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Senate advances same-sex marriage bill amid religious freedom concerns
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Nov 16, 2022 / 17:00 pm The U.S. Senate voted 62-37 Wednesday to pass a bill that would federally recognize same-sex marriage and provide legal protections for interracial marriages. The Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA), if ultimately signed into law by President Joe Biden, would repeal the …
Wealthy corporations back Equality Act stripped of religious freedom protections
Denver, Colo., May 4, 2021 / 15:00 pm America/Denver (CNA). Federal LGBT legislation that excludes important religious freedom protections has the backing of over 400 American corporations with trillions of dollars in annual revenue. More than 400 companies, including dozens of Fortune 500 companies, have joined a business coalition in …
Canadian grants for summer jobs: Catholics and traditional Christians need not apply?
By Gail Finke The Canada Summer Jobs Program (CSJ) helping small businesses and charities pay salaries for summer workers got an extra $113 million this year, but pro-life organizations and traditional Christians suspect they need not apply. New restrictions on grants require that both the jobs and the “core mandates” …
Analyzing ruling’s implications will take time, say church officials
By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS)— Analyzing the ramifications of the June 26 same-sex marriage ruling for the Catholic Church at the national, state and local levels will take time, said Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore. It has implications for “hundreds, if not thousands” of laws at all …
USCCB: ‘The nature of the human person remains unchanged’
Press Release USCCB WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court decision, June 26, interpreting the U.S. Constitution to require all states to license and recognize same-sex “marriage” “is a tragic error that harms the common good and most vulnerable among us,” said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. …
Archbishop Schnurr reacts to SCOTUS ruling on same-sex marriage
Staff Report The Most Reverend Dennis M. Schnurr, Archbishop of Cincinnati, made the following comment on today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges. The 5-4 decision by the court effective legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. “Under the false banner of ‘marriage equality,’ the United State Supreme …
Supporters of traditional marriage gather outside courthouse
By John Stegeman The Catholic Telegraph Dwarfed in size and volume by an opposing rally less than a block away, roughly 30 people gathered to pray for the Sixth Circuit court to uphold traditional marriage outside the Potter Stewart Courthouse Wednesday in downtown Cincinnati. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, …
Live Tweets: Marriage supporters expected to gather outside courthouse today
Staff Report Today, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Cincinnati, will review challenges to laws upholding traditional marriage in four states — Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee. The court will review all the cases together.
Archbishop Schnurr urges prayer for pending same-sex marriage cases
Staff Report On Wednesday, August 4, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Cincinnati, will review challenges to laws upholding traditional marriage in four states — Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee. The court will review all the cases together.
Arkansas to appeal ruling that strikes down ban on same-sex marriage
By Malea Hargett Catholic News Service LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas took center stage in the same-sex marriage debate May 9 when a state judge overturned a 10-year constitutional amendment that banned same-sex unions in the state.