Cardinal O’Malley: A man to honor on Mother’s Day

A righteous man stands tall for life

Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston, has issued this statement announcing his intention to boycott Boston College’s upcoming commencement ceremony. Enda Kenny, the Prime Minister of Ireland, will be the commencement speaker and is slated to receive an honorary degree at Boston College’s graduation.

Cardinal O’Malley has publicly opposed Ireland’s proposed abortion law, which Kenny has resolutely promoted.

The Cardinal Newman Society reports O’Malley has challenged Boston College for inviting the pro-abortion commencement speaker. He urged Boston College to “work to redress the confusion, disappointment and harm caused by not adhering to the Bishops’ directives,” referencing the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops instruction that Catholic institutions not honor those whose views are inconsistent with the Church’s teachings.

By tradition, the Boston archbishop delivers the final benediction at BC’s commencement each spring. The college is scheduled to award Kenny an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the May 20 ceremony. 

In his statement, O’Malley said the church considers abortion “a crime against humanity’’ and he noted that Kenny has been “aggressively promoting abortion legislation’’ despite opposition from church leaders in Ireland.

“Although I shall not be present to impart the final benediction, I assure the graduates that they are in my prayers on this important day in their lives, and I pray that their studies will prepare them to be heralds of the Church’s Social Gospel and “men and women for others,” especially for the most vulnerable in our midst,” Cardinal O’Malley’s statement said.

Cardinal O’Malley’s office number is (617) 254-0100. You might want to call and leave a message of appreciation for this outstanding and principled man.

Mark Sanford: resurrected from political graveyard

Redemption, second chances still work in America

Scandal plagued former Gov. Mark Sanford has reclaimed his congressional post, proving that South Carolina voters prefer a blemished conservative to a liberal. Sanford’s Democrat opponent Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of left-wing comic Stephen Colbert is decidedly in left field herself.

Though Sanford was out-raised in campaign donations by Colbert Busch, the state’s First CD hasn’t elected a Democrat to congress in over three decades and Republicans hold the registration edge by 10 points. Sanford was successful in linking his opponent to extremist Nancy Pelosi, a stigma she was unable to shake.

In the end, the now divorced politico who left his wife in 2009, after tearfully pledging his love for his “soul mate” Argentine girlfriend to whom he is now engaged, won over the pro-abortion Catholic. Colbert Busch opposes school vouchers, supports amnesty and Second Amendment restrictions, ObamaCare/Medicaid expansion, increased spending and taxes. Sanford’s political views are the mirror opposites. This was his first campaign ad.

With such stark choices, it would be a fair bet even former First Lady Jenny Sanford, a Republican, might have been moved to vote for her ex-husband.

Remaining Boston bombing suspect caught

Religion of Peace update

Police have announced Boston Marathon murder suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is in custody. His brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed in a furious attempt to escape police. During a long night of violence Thursday into Friday, the brothers killed MIT police officer Sean Collier, 26, severely wounded another lawman and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle, in which at least 200 rounds were fired, authorities said. WCVB News 5 video here.

The suspects were identified by law enforcement officials and family members as Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, ethnic Chechen brothers who had lived in Dagestan, which neighbors Chechnya in southern Russia. They had been in the U.S. for about a decade. They self identified as Islamic.

Read the complete my way report here.

This You Tube page provided by BuzzFeed, linked to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is packed with videos about Islam and includes a playlist called “terrorists.”

Boston.com provides the harsh realities of the marathon carnage wrought by these supporters of jihad.

Senate immigration hearings: Déjà vu on steroids

Speaking at the start of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on granting amnesty to millions here in the U. S. illegally, Sen. Charles  Grassley (R-Iowa) noted that exactly 30 years ago — April, 19, 1983 — the same committee met to consider similar immigration legislation that claimed to bolster border security and reunite separated families.

“Now 30 years have passed, and we’re saying the same thing, facing the same problems,” Grassley said. “We’re proposing the same remedies and asking the American people to trust that we’ll get serious about enforcing our immigration laws.”

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) was also skeptical: “We have laws today that are utterly ignored, and I have no confidence that this administration, based on what we’ve seen, will ever enforce any law,” he said.

Grassley also criticized Democrats for “rushing to read and analyze” an 844-page bill.

The only thing that has changed is that in 1986, through the passage of the flawed Simpson-Mazzoli Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) signed by Ronald Reagan, amnesty was granted to 2.7 million illegals.  Today the number is at least ten times greater.

Then, as today, the efforts to legalize those who thumb their noses at our laws as they make demands and refuse to acclimate, was promoted by a “bi-partisan” team. Rep. Romano Mazzoli was a Kentucky Democrat who collaborated with Sen. Alan Simpson, a Wyoming Republican. They each chaired their respective immigration subcommittees in Congress.

Their effort was assisted by the recommendations of a so-called bipartisan Commission on Immigration Reform, chaired by Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, then President of Notre Dame University.

Today we have the notorious amnesty hustling “bi-partisan” Gang of 8, including Arizona’s two ostensibly Republican Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake, in cahoots with four Democrats and two other deceptive Rs. The Catholic Church is still actively involved as noted in this article by Accuracy in Media’s Cliff Kincaid: Bishops Lobby for ObamaCare and Amnesty for Illegals.

Sens. Grassley and Sessions are correct. But rather than the situation not changing, the illegals have become militants who desire to take over this country.

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Dem official compels students to mock Jesus & Updates

Deandre Javaris Poole, a Florida Atlantic University professor is the subject of national outrage after requiring students in his class to write the name “Jesus” on a piece of paper, then put it on the floor and stomp on it.

And wouldn’t you know? Poole is vice-chairman of the Palm Beach County Democrat Party.  Oddly, he is also a member of Lighthouse Worship Center Church of God in Christ, Fort Lauderdale, FL, where he serves as a member of the usher board.

Ryan Rotela, a junior in Poole’s class said some of his classmates complied with the instructor’s request to denigrate the name of Jesus, but he refused. He has since been suspended from the Intercultural Communication class. Florida Atlantic University is defending the controversial assignment.

According to Florida Atlantic University, Poole was conducting an exercise from the class textbook. 

Paul Kengor, executive director of the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College, says he’s not surprised by the classroom lesson.

“These are the new secular disciples of ‘diversity’ and ‘tolerance’ –- empty buzzwords that make liberals feel good while they often refuse to tolerate and sometimes even assault traditional Christian and conservative beliefs,” Kengor said. 

Kengor said classes like the one at Florida Atlantic University demonstrate the contempt many public institutions hold for people of faith. “It also reflects the rising confidence and aggression of the new secularists and atheists, especially at our sick and surreal modern universities,” he said.

The university did not explain why students were only instructed to write the name of Jesus – and not the name of Mohammed or another religious figure

 

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More at WND.

H/T Commenter Euby

The national negative attention has had an effect. This is the message we just located on the Florida Atlantic University’s website:

http://www.fau.edu/explore/homepage-stories/2013_03message.php

Although the university’s message engages in some interesting word games, it concludes with this apology: “This exercise will not be used again. The University holds dear its core values. We sincerely apologize for any offense this caused. Florida Atlantic University respects all religions and welcomes people of all faiths, backgrounds and beliefs.”

March 29, 2013:

FAU Professor In “Jesus Stomping” Incident Placed On Administrative Leave.

No word as to whether or not this “leave” is paid or unpaid. Best guess is this is a paid vacation until the storm over this so-called professor subsides.

 http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/03/29/fau-professor-in-jesus-stomping-incident-placed-on-administrative-leave/

Illegals get $3.5 million boost from Catholic Bishops

Illegal aliens benefit from Church’s generosity

The headline from the website of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, touts a grant of “Nearly $1 Million to Make Comprehensive Immigration Reform a Reality.“

The opening paragraph declares, “The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the official domestic anti-poverty agency of the U.S. bishops, has approved special grants totaling nearly $1 million to mobilize Catholics on behalf of comprehensive immigration reform and to prepare Catholic institutions for the prospects of reform legislation.”

It’s not until the final sentence in the article before it is revealed that with these recently announced grants, CCHD will have committed more than $3,500,000 in the past year in support to grassroots organizations promoting comprehensive immigration reform — better known as amnesty.

If you care about the future of our country, you might want to let the collection plate pass by in the future.

CPAC rejects conservative Pamela Geller & Update

Republicans: Eating our own once again

Pamela Geller is the author and publisher of Atlas Shrugs blog, President of the American Freedom Defense Initiative and Stop Islamization of America, and a regular columnist at WND. A dedicated conservative, she has bravely exposed fundamentalist Islamic extremism and taken on encroaching sharia law, here and abroad. In short Geller is wise to the ways of the influence of radicalized Islamism in America and willing to shine a bright light on the issue.

American Thinker shares these thoughts. The Conservative Political Action Conference, better known as CPAC, has already has earned headlines for narrowing the conservative tent this year. CPAC is refusing to allow Pamela Geller to have a booth or rent rooms to conduct events. This, after five straight years of packed house audiences attending her featured speaker and discussion events.

Breitbart.com also questions CPAC’s actions.  More shock here at Marooned in Marin, which poses the question, “Why Is A Conservative Conference Silencing Pamela Geller?”

Geller calls her annual appearance at CPAC is “a must-see event, addressing issues that the Grover Norquist/Suhail Khan cabal refuse to address (jihad, sharia, the war on freedom in the West).”  Norquist, well-known as the president of Americans for Tax Reform, became an outspoken Republican opponent of politicizing the Ground Zero mosque issue, calling it a “distraction.”

CPAC’s three-day conference begins March 14 in Washington, D.C. Some of this year’s featured speakers include prominent figures such as Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Sarah Palin, Rick Perry and WND columnist and former presidential candidate Rick Santorum.

In an article titled “Khan Job” this past issue of FrontPageMag provides further information regarding Grover Norquist and his ally Suhail Khan, whose viewpoints have undeniable clout at CPAC. Norquist’s troubling ties to Islamic supremacists and jihadists have been widely known for years. He and his Muslim Palestinian wife, Samah Alrayyes, formerly director of communications for his Islamic Free Market Institute until their 2005 marriage, are very active in “Muslim outreach.”

That would exclude Pamela Geller.

Powerline blog has a powerful post, titled “CPAC’s idea of a worthwhile discussion of immigration reform.” All five of the presenters on the panel “Respecting Families and the Rule of Law: A Lasting Immigration Policy,” support the amnesty scheme masquerading as Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

We urge you to read Powerline’s post. Author Paul Mirengoff concludes, “In short, the fix seems to be in.”

It’s difficult to disagree.

SSM Political Correctness reigns: Where’s Johnny Mc?

An amicus brief, or friend-of-the-court, has been filed with the U. S. Supreme Court, deceptively arguing that same-sex marriage (SSM) promotes family values by allowing children raised by such couples to grow up in two-parent homes, and that it advances conservative values of “limited government and maximizing individual freedom.”

As of Tuesday, 75 Republicans signed on, petitioning the Supreme Court to grant constitutional protections to SSM. Hollingsworth v. Perry is the appeal by proponents of California’s Proposition 8, which upholds the state‘s Defense of Marriage Act.  This is the amicus brief filed in support of the traditional definition of marriage by faith-based organizations.

In 2008, Arizona voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 102, the Marriage Protection Amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, by a vote of 56-44 percent. At the time, the crafty word-twisters at the Arizona Republic, defined the issue as the “Gay Marriage Ban.”

Yet, sticking a finger in the eye of Arizonans, in 2010, while their husband and father was a candidate, both Cindy and Meghan McCain signed on as poster women (scroll down for their photos) with the NOH8 campaign (No Hate, get it?) promoting the very issue that had been voted down in their home state.

In making the brief’s argument that SSM bans are discriminatory, the signatories are at odds with the House Republican leadership, which has authorized the defense of  the 1996 marriage law. Federal law defines marriage as a legal union of a man and a woman. As expected, Barack Obama has weighed in, urging the overturning of the law.

Proposition 8, the Defense of Marriage Act,  was passed by California voters in Nov. 2008, overturning a ruling by the California Supreme Court which had authorized same-sex unions.

Oral arguments in ” Hollingsworth v. Perry are scheduled for March 26.

Jon Huntsman, former Utah Governor and unable-to-gain-traction presidential candidate, doing his best imitation of an anything-goes guy, writes of his acceptance of SSM, illogically calling the issue a conservative cause: “The party of Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan has now lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections. The marketplace of ideas will render us irrelevant, and soon, if we are not honest about our time and place in history,”  Huntsman says.

The Roman Empire collapsed in large measure due to the breakdown of economic, cultural and social institutions — in effect decaying from within. Huntsman and the Republicans who have abandoned their reason at the altar of political correctness, need to reacquaint themselves with the Judeo-Christian, biblical-based values that define the greatness of this nation.

Proposed Phx. ordinance raises valid concerns & Update

Discrimination?  Toward whom?

A new ordinance being rushed through by Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton is being broadly characterized as a non-discrimination law that provides protections for homosexual Phoenix residents. Yet the city’s lengthy Municipal Code already provides protections to residents based on race, gender, national origin and religion.

Faith-based organizations such as Center for Arizona Policy and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix see this fast-tracked issue through a much different lens. On Monday, the Diocese issued this statement clarifying its opposition. “As written, the proposed ordinance could be interpreted as forcing people to actively endorse, support and promote actions and behaviors that violate their own personal, deeply held religious beliefs,” the Diocese states. “We call upon the Phoenix City Council to acknowledge and protect the conscience rights of all people to live and act according to their faith and values.”

Using the pretext of “prohibiting discrimination” against people on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, this poorly crafted proposed ordinance holds devastating legal and ethical consequences for Phoenix residents.

More commonly known as the “Bathroom Bill,” the proposed city regulation presents serious problems for every church, pastor, parent, and small business owner within the city of Phoenix.

Faith leaders have questioned whether the ordinance fully exempts religious organizations, as city staff and supporters claim. They also have raised significant concerns that it would allow transgender men to share bathrooms with young girls and women.

Phoenix District 6 City Councilman Sal DiCiccio opposes the measure, saying “Mayor Stanton needs to push back on this radical proposal he’s got, this is his proposal, he wants to get it through and he is trying to cram it through.”

CitizenLink, associated with Focus on the Family, provides in-depth information on this issue.

Mayor Stanton and his wife Nicole were recently featured in Echo Magazine — a homosexual publication — based on the special relationship they have fostered with that community, even marching in Phoenix’ Gay Pride parade. The pair was honored as the magazine’s 2012 Man and Woman of the Year — the first “straight” pair so warmly acknowledged.

The council is scheduled to meet today at 2:30 pm at the Orpheum Theatre, 203 West Adams Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003. (map) The public is invited to participate.

It a flashy display of its own pro-homosexual bias, the daily newspaper heralds the passage of this unnecessary and problematic ordinance with the following Page One headline: Phoenix OKs ban on gay bias.

The clearly one-sided report describes the vote “to broadly outlaw discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents,” peppered with numerous quotes from the homosexual lobbies and descriptions of their advocates in attendance.  The crowd estimated at 500, included those who disagreed with this expansive measure. Called “opponents” throughout the article, they received little coverage, although the latter portion of the report acknowledged  that boos and expletives were hurled at Councilman Sal DiCiccio by the supposedly dispirited contingent.

Although there was no tangible evidence of bias presented, the vote of the supposedly non-partisan city council went mainly along party lines in a 5 – 3 vote.  Republican councilmen Sal DiCiccio, Bill Gates and Jim Waring voted against the measure. RINO Thelda Williams joined Democrat Council members Michael Johnson, Daniel Valenzuela, and openly homosexual Tom Simplot, who united with Mayor Greg Stanton in support.  Michael Nowakowski, who has previously expressed his backing of the measure was not in attendance.

Promotion of homosexual issues have stepped front and center with the Arizona Republic since January 2008, when flagrant homosexual Randy Lovely took over as chief editor and VP of News at the daily newspaper. Under his guidance, in August 2010, the newspaper editorially endorsed same sex “marriage.”