Monthly Archives: September 2006

GAY MARRIAGE LOSES IN FIVE STATES

By |2013-05-29T19:35:27-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

The New York State Court of Appeals ruled on July 6 that denying homosexuals the right to marry does not violate the state's constitution. That same day, Georgia's Supreme Court upheld a 2004 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. On July 13, a Superior Court judge in Connecticut ruled against eight same-sex couples who were seeking the [...]

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RELIGIOUS LEFT CROSSES THE LINE

By |2013-05-29T19:36:04-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

A coalition of religious leaders in Massachusetts who are in favor of gay marriage recently accused Boston Archbishop Sean Cardinal O'Malley and other Catholic leaders of religious discrimination for opposing same-sex unions. The coalition requested that the Catholic leaders stop campaigning for laws that protect the institution of marriage. United Methodist minister Tiffany Steinwert, who works [...]

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CENSORS GET ACTIVE IN MISSOURI

By |2013-05-29T19:37:29-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Maurice S. Owens, a Washington lawyer, filed a complaint with the IRS against the Missouri Catholic Conference alleging "illegal political interference." The Catholic group was urging candidates for state office to return contributions received from an organization, Supporters of Health Research and Treatment, that promotes embryonic stem cell research and human cloning. The ruthlessness of this [...]

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MEDIA HYPE WOMEN “PRIESTS” STORY

By |2013-05-29T19:37:13-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

On July 31, eight women proclaimed themselves priests and four other women anointed themselves deacons in a "ceremony" in Pittsburgh. Contrary to some news reports (like the ABC television report on the Pittsburgh "ceremony" that we told you about in the July-August Catalyst), this was not the first time that this make-believe game had been played. In [...]

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TROUBLE IN PROVINCETOWN

By |2017-03-20T17:55:12-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Provincetown, Massachusetts, a small resort town on the tip of Cape Cod, was once a sleepy Portuguese fishing village. In recent years, it has become popular with homosexuals, both for year-round dwelling and as a summer vacation spot. Gays say they feel comfortable in Provincetown, which was honored by the Anti-Defamation League as worthy of the [...]

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BACK TO SCHOOL: CATHOLICISM IN TEXTBOOKS

By |2013-05-29T19:38:22-04:00September 7th, 2006|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: |

Catalyst senior editor Christopher Iasiello analyzed textbooks from four major publishers to determine how Catholicism is covered. The following are his findings. A bill passed in California's state senate earlier this year would require California history textbooks to include positive coverage of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. It's not certain the bill will become law (it [...]

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BACK TO SCHOOL: CHRISTIAN-BASHING RETURNS

By |2017-03-20T17:55:12-04:00September 5th, 2006|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

The Catholic League was recently contacted by students at the University of Virginia regarding two anti-Christian cartoons that appeared in The Cavalier Daily, the student newspaper on campus. The August 23rd edition showed a drawing of Jesus crucified on a mathematical graph with the inscription, “Christ on a Cartesian Coordinate Plane.” On August 24, the newspaper ran a [...]

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