by Karoli on November 22, 2009
Really, there doesn’t seem to be any limit to their evil. Not only does Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin bar Rep. Patrick Kennedy from taking Communion (which he’s permitted to do under Catholic doctrine), he does it because Kennedy opposes the official Church stance on health care reform, and threatens any other priest who disobeys him. [...]
by Karoli on November 20, 2009
Religion has had more than its say — perhaps too much to say — in our political discourse, so reports of an alliance of evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders who have embarked on a course of “civil disobedience” aren’t a big surprise. Nor is it a surprise that while they’re willing to be [...]