He listened patiently to the answers given by politicians to his question about whether the assets of religious orders found guilty by a commission report of systemic, endemic child abuse should be frozen. Then he let rip.
Read moreGo to www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8VkYFAGR9I to see the actual video of the statement.
Rabbi Levin also called upon other Orthodox Jewish religious and civic organizations such as Agudath Israel of America, the OU, the Rabbinical Council of America, Chabad and the Chasidic groups to follow suit.
Read moreNevertheless, some feared that the court which had overturned a referendum in which Californians voted 61% against counterfeit marriage in 2000 - would do so again.
In this week's decision, the Court said its role is "limited to interpreting and applying the principles and rules embodied in the California Constitution, setting aside our personal beliefs and values."
Read moreENGLAND: Nurse loses job after urging patients to find God during a training course
A nurse has lost his job after he advised two "patients" to find God during a role play session on a training course.
But I think that the fundamental objection to gay marriage among most who oppose it has very little to do with one's feelings about the nature of homosexuality or what the Bible has to say about sodomy. The obstacle to wanting gay marriage is instead how we use and depend on marriage itself--and how little marriage, understood completely, affects or is relevant to gay people in love. Gay marriage is not so much wrong as unnecessary.
Read moreBut these words, mighty as they are, serve as bookends to the extraordinary events on the cross, which took place over that Passover weekend almost 2000 years ago. As Christ hung in agony and near death, He uttered the words, "It is finished," and passed into Paradise. He had been the one perfect sacrifice as a remission of sins for all those who would believe-a free gift of salvation for the world. Could there be any three words as important as these? To the Christian, the answer is yes.
Read moreThese are the words of one Ms. Eagle, the British Government Equalities Minister,
Read moreThe religious liberty protection amendment would affirm the right of clergy and others affiliated with religious organizations to refuse to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies. However, an openly homosexual state Representative, Steve Vaillancourt from Manchester, led the opposition to the bill because he was opposed to the religious liberty amendment and said the House should not be "bullied" by the Governor.
Read moreSecond, a new Gallup Poll reported that for the first time ever, a majority (51 percent) of Americans now say they are "pro-life" and only 42 percent are "pro-choice." Last year, the public was pro-choice by a 50-44 margin, the reverse of the current sentiment. That helped elect him.
Read moreBut even when we know a fight is coming, we don't always get to choose the field on which it will be fought. A better place to make all this public might have been the Sacred Heart University dinner at the end of April, which the bishop of Bridgeport, William Lori, refused to attend because it was in honor of the pro-abortion Kerry Kennedy.
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