Sunday, August 23, 2020

"The family has to take on the task of rebuilding society, for no other institution is prepared to....Every parent with half a heart wants his child to become a happy adult, and when you cut through all the discourse everything boils down to two goals: developing in the child the capacity for hard work and the capacity to attract a good spouse.... each generation succeeds when the new generation is ready to dedicate themselves to raising future parents. Given this central measure in society’s success or failure, the ultimate measure of every other institution is whether is it facilitates these two goals. This is the measure, not just of the family, but of the church (at the natural level), the school, the marketplace and government. If, in practice, they are stumbling blocks to these two goals one can say that whatever blocks these two goals is dysfunctional (or even more bluntly, evil). Many may disagree but only if they are prepared to say they do not care about raising children and they do not care about the common good.... the goal is rebuilding the foundations, way more important than putting a man on the moon, or building 5G global connectedness for everyone, or renewable energy that never fails" (Pat Fagan, PhD, 8/20/2020)

(Catechism of the Catholic Church)

"For those of us who recall Senator Biden’s leadership in crafting the most racially biased drug and incarceration policies throughout the 1980s and 1990s, it is difficult to take him seriously when he claims to believe that black lives matter to him.... The NAACP called the Biden Crime Bill a 'crime against the American people'.... most of us realize that Biden is the same person he was in the 80s and 90s—a person who was willing to say or do anything that would help him get elected" (Crisis Magazine, 8/19/2020).

Neither Casey, Nor Fitz, Nor Fitzpatrick sign 8/12/2020 letter asking to an end for tax breaks for abortion.

Two Lower Bucks Catholic h.s. alumni vie for the same seat in Congress.... (7/7/2020)

Demand a COVID-19 Vaccine Free from Abortion (USCCB; Human Life Action;

HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II can be reached at Secretary@HHS.gov or

Petition on Hormonal Contraceptives: Effects of Hormonal Birth Control
(Human Life International, 4/21/20)

Protect the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (USCCB)
Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (USCCB)
Support the Born Alive Survivors' Protection Act (Human Life Action)
Support S. 2590/HR 4934 The Dignity for Aborted Children Act (Human Life Action)
Support S. 874, the Dream Act of 2019 (USCCB Justice for Immigrants)
Protect DACA recipients (USCCB Justice for Immigrants)
Concern for vulnerable people in COVID-19 Relief (USCCB; USCCB Justice for Immigrants)
Support "equitable access to K12 federal funds for Catholic schools, direct funding to families for tuition aid and tax breaks for K12 tuition payments" (USCCB)
Support the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (USCCB)
NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).
Oppose HJ Res 79 (USCCB)
Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Senate Conservatives)

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)

Reject Wolf's budget item to increase funding to Planned Parenthood (Pa Family Council)
Support a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Family Council).
Oppose SB 614, SB 224, and HB 1404 (Pa Family Institute).
Please Urge Governor Wolf to Not Divert Federal CARES Act Money From Catholic and Nonpublic Schools (Pa Catholic Conference)
Pennsylvania Cannot Afford New Gambling Expansion (Pa Family Council)
In rightly asking us to advocate for school transportation for all students (https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/FMMTkN3gUSYvGi4yr6Wafg), the Pa Catholic Conference states "School districts are required to provide transportation to both public and nonpublic students, even during the pandemic." LONG before the pandemic, that has NOT been happening with the Morrisville school district. Though stuck with paying for the Morrisville School District, Morrisville families are forced to paying for high school transportation to nonpublic schools. Please remind state representatives (RepWarren@pahouse.com, Jgalloway@pahouse.net), the state senator (senatorsantarsiero@pasen.com), and the U.S. representative (BriFitz8@gmail.com) of their duties to their Morrisville constituents. They should be urging other districts to accept a merger with Morrisville (which is woefully shy of students) and/or advocating a voucher system that would truly benefit ALL families.