Being "nice" or being loving?

"Jesus was always loving, but he was not always nice, as we Americans count niceness" (Steve Ray, 1/7/20).

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth.  Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing....You serpents, you brood of vipers, how can you flee from the judgment of Gehenna?" (Jesus Christ, c., 30-33A.D.) 

Jesus Demands that We Protect the Innocent!

(cf., Pharmacists for Life International)

• "Please contact Governor Murphy and urge him to veto [A5508 / S3804]....
  Phone:609 292 6000
  Email the Governor: HERE
  You can also go to our legislative action center...
  Urge the Governor to Veto A5508/S3804 and Protect the Religious Employers' Exemption
  S3804/A5508 is part of a package of bills that the Governor and the legislature are supporting to create a New Jersey version of the federal Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act of 2010...

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  "Legislation (S2173/A3818)  to remove a religious exemption and mandate immunizations for children may be scheduled for a Senate vote on Monday, January 13th, the last day of the Legislative session.  Apparently, some amendments were passed which may exclude children attending private schools, and students with a sibling who had a severe reaction to a particular vaccine.  Regardless of your views on vaccines, this legislation undermines parental rights and should be vigorously opposed" (NJRTL email, 1/10/20)

• Pope Francis' Address to the Diplomatic Corps (1/9/20) 

• NJ Governor Murphy’s $9.5 Blood Money Bailout to Planned Parenthood Calls for Catholic Response (American Life League, 1/3/20) 
• American Life League Pleads with New Jersey’s Catholic Bishops (1/7/20)

National Concerns

• Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)

• Senate Fails to Pass Born-Alive Legislation (Human Life Action)
• Born-Alive Legislation Deserves a Voteur in the House (Human Life Action; USCCB)

• Support the Life at Conception Act

• Support the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

• Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)

• Support S. 2590/HR 4934 The Dignity for Aborted Children Act (Human Life Action)

• Support H. Con. Res. 79, that assisted suicide is a “deadly, discriminatory and non-compassionate practice” (USCCB) 

• Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action)

• Opppose the Misnamed International Violence Against Women Act (cf, C-Fam)

• Oppose the Misnamed Do No Harm Act (cf, American Life League)

• Oppose the Misleadingly Named Medicare for All Act (cf., Politico)

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  While the American Life League believes that the statement is not sufficiently strong, I am not even able to find the signatures of at least two Pa "pro lifers" (i.e., Casey, Fitzpatrick) on this pro life Amicus Brief.

• Support the Equal Campus Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)

• Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)

• Urge the President and Congress to Maintain the Refugee Resettlement Program (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Support S. 874, the Dream Act of 2019 (USCCB Justice for Immigrants) 

• Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB) 

• NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).

The Commonwealth of Pa

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)

• Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)

• Support the Perinatal Hospice Care Act (Pa Catholic Conference)

• Support the "Buyer Beware Act" (SB 60) to fight human trafficking (Pa Catholic Conference)

• Support the Fetal Remains Bill, HB 1890 (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Support the "Heartbeat" Bill (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Support the Down Syndrome Protection Act (Pa Catholic Conference)

• Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)

• Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
• Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

• Support school choice in the Harrisburg School district (Pa Catholic Conference), and ask for co-sponsorship of Speaker Turzai's bill (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Oppose SB 614 and HB 1404 (Pa Family Institute).

The Garden State

• Urge Gov Murphy to Veto NJ S3804/A5508 (NJ Catholic Conf; NJRTL)

• Support the NJ Pain Capable Unborn child Protection Act, A 1686/ S537 (http://protectviablebabies.com/take-action/)

• Oppose S2173/A3818 (c, NJRTL)