Politics

February 26, 2021

The Equality Act Would ‘Potato Head’ All Americans, by Kylee Zempel

By Kylee Zempel, The Federalist - A much more important thing you might have missed on Thursday is that the Democrat-led House of Representatives is taking up a vote on the Equality Act, a nice and equitable-sounding piece of legislation that would effectively end legal sex distinctions as we know them and coerce traditional conservatives and Christians into violating their most deeply held religious beliefs. The bill, if it passes, will amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sex ....

February 26, 2021

China Betrays Its Deal with the Vatican, by Nina Shea

By Nina Shea, National Review - So far, the Vatican has not commented on China’s stunning betrayal... “China’s state-run Catholic Church and bishops’ conference will select, approve, and ordain episcopal candidates — with no mention of the Vatican’s involvement in the process.”... Significantly, the new rules require the clergy to “adhere to the principle of independent and self-administered religion in China.”

February 26, 2021

HHS Nominee Dr. Rachel Levine Won’t Say if Parents Can Refuse Child’s Gender Transitioning

By Matt Hadro, EWTN News - When pressed by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on the matter of minors being allowed to transition genders, (biological male Dr. Rachel Levine, President Biden’s nominee for assistant secretary HHS) would not directly answer his questions... “Do you support the government intervening to override the parent’s consent to give a child puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and/or amputation surgery of breasts and genitalia?”

February 26, 2021

Xavier Becerra Thinks It’s OK He Supports Abortions Up to Birth Because His Mom Prays the Rosary, by Mary M. Olohan

By Mary Margaret Olohan, LifeNews - President Joe Biden’s HHS nominee Xavier Becerra dodged questions Wednesday on abortion limits by talking about his mother praying the rosary... Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines pressed the HHS nominee Wednesday afternoon on what restrictions, if any, Becerra thinks should be placed on abortion.