Reading Time: 3 minutes As anyone who doesn’t live off the grid already knows, the Supreme Court handed down its decision on Dobbs v. Jackson, effectively removing protections for women to obtain secure safe abortions in the United States. The decision overturns Roe v. Wade, allowing states to outlaw a woman’s right to choose at their discretion, and introducing […]
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Supreme Court forces taxpayers to fund religious education
Reading Time: 4 minutes “What a difference five years makes. In 2017, I feared that the Court was ‘lead[ing] us … to a place where separation of church and state is a constitutional slogan, not a constitutional commitment. Today, the Court leads us to a place where separation of church and state becomes a constitutional violation.” -Justice Sotomayor’s Dissent […]
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How to discuss the overturning of Roe v. Wade with our kids
Reading Time: 4 minutes We’ve heard about the SCOTUS decision. Changes to abortion laws are coming. Now it’s time to discuss it with our kids. Here’s how.
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Could a SCOTUS Roe v. Wade reversal really help the Democrats?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Last night, a Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) draft opinion was leaked, showing they have voted to overturn the 50-year legal precedent of Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling that established the right to abortion. Justice Samuel Alito wrote a draft, which was circulated in February, and was leaked to Politico. It seems […]
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SCOTUS and the city of Boston’s forced flag attack
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Supreme Court just ruled that the city of Boston must allow religious flags to be flown on flagpoles at city government buildings. The ruling is based on the premise that the city had created a “limited public forum” by allowing the flags of other nations or private organizations to be flown on the flagpoles, […]
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A Tale of Two Cities
Reading Time: 3 minutes Well, not really two cities. More like one mini-city and a small town. And this little scribble is obviously not on the scale of Charles Dickens monumental historical novel about London and Paris during the French Revolution. This is about two places with the same name…Bangor. An article in the October issue of Church & […]
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A Few Election Thoughts
Reading Time: < 1 minute Are a couple of thoughts: Irrespective as to whether Biden or Trump wins this, Joe Biden was my last choice for Democratic primary nominee. I wonder whether there is any decent data to suggest whether he was the best choice or not for beating Trump. I came round to the conclusion that the best choice […]
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Actuality, Abortion and the SCOTUS
Reading Time: 19 minutes Here is a guest piece from author Gunther Laird, who recently wrote The Unnecessary Science: A Critical Analysis of Natural Law Theory (UK), which I edited and consulted on. Please grab a copy! This piece is particularly pertinent given what is going on in the Supreme Court right now. Actuality and Abortion Gunther Laird As readers of A […]
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Amy Coney Barrett Shows Her True Colours
Reading Time: < 1 minute We are in a situation where Trump’s one-term administration has had three times more indictments than Nixon’s. This is corruption central, and nothing reflects this more for me than the deeply hypocritical manner the GOP are going about their SCOTUS nomination. They are prepared to do anything for power. What has been fascinating is Amy […]
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Dark Money and Selecting a Conservative Catholic Judge
Reading Time: 4 minutes This performance from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is stunningly good. And this should make anyone interested in far and honest politics utterly ashamed of what the GOP is doing right now. Vested interests. $250 million spent why? “If you find hypocrisy in the daylight, look for power in the shadows.” Wow, that is spot on. Watch […]