"Though you may have to reprove your fellow citizen, do not incur sin because of him" (2/23/20).

 

(signed homily)  

• Report: India Suffers ‘Record Number of Violent Attacks Against Christians’ (Breitbart, 2/17/20)  

• Gunmen Kill Christians, Pastor in Burkina Faso as Attacks Against Christians Increase at an ‘Alarming Rate’ (The Stream, 2/17/20) 

• “The 'love is love' strategy was so successful for the gay marriage lobby, why should polygamists reinvent the wheel?
  
  "The latest slip down the slope those uptight Christians warned us about was just served up, compliments of a Utah Senate committee that passed a bill decriminalizing polygamy....
  
  "The pro-gay and pro-poly scripts are one and the same because both view marriage as adult-centric. From this perspective, the only consideration for what constitutes a marriage is with whom you share a love connection. That’s because when marriage is simply a vehicle for adult fulfillment, as per the Obergefell ruling, marriage morphs into whatever assemblage makes adults happy....
  
  "Marriage is the most child-friendly institution the world has ever known. That’s not because the state bestows its seal of approval to your love affair. It’s child-friendly because it’s the only relationship that connects a child to both his mother and father—the only two adults to whom children have a natural right. Marriage is also child-friendly because it excludes all other adults....
  
  " The data has no agenda and no amount of politically correct platitudes will transform either of these 'Modern Family' arrangements into one that honors the rights of children....a just society promotes the only adult relationship that protects children’s rights. If you happened to miss it, that relationship is one-man-one-woman marriage" (The Federalist, 2/17/20).

• "The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress in the early 70’s….But before the ERA could become an official amendment to the Constitution, it needed to be ratified (approved) by 38 states before the year 1982…..

“on Thursday, February 13 [2020], the U.S. House of Representatives voted ‘yes’ to remove the original 1982 deadline, passing H.J.Res.79 on to the Senate….

“why are modern-day feminists and radical activists clamoring so loudly for the ERA to be passed now?.... 

“They claim that because the 14th Amendment uses the word ‘citizen’ and not the word ‘sex’ or ‘gender,’—and rightfully so—the 14th Amendment doesn’t allow men (who say they’re women) to be treated like women. It doesn’t allow these men into women’s bathrooms or allow boys to compete on girls’ sports teams. Nor does the 14th Amendment allow for the right to abortion to be encoded into our Constitution or require tax-payer funding for abortion….

“When sex distinctions are erased from the law, women and all the laws passed to protect their unique position in society are also erased….

“From state cases, we can predict the devastating impact a federal ERA would have on women…. most egregiously, it is highly likely to encode the right of abortion into the U.S. Constitution.

“Yet, it is this fresh and radical spin on the interpretation of ‘women’s rights’ that has captured the devotion of the radical left and why the House passed H.J.RES 79, which could be heard by the Senate. We must remain vigilant and prevent this grave injustice against women from passing. Reach out to your Senators and ask them to oppose the ERA" (Family Policy Alliance 2/15/20 email).

• Priest kidnapped in Nigeria (Aleteia, 2/15/20) 

• 'There will be dad and mum': Putin rules out Russia legalizing gay marriage (Reuters, 2/14/20)

• Catholics asked to sign petition opposing assisted suicide in N.Y. (Catholic Courier, 2/3/20)

PETITION:Puberty is Not a Disease! Ban transgender drugs and surgeries for minors.

International Concerns

• Protect Nigeria's Christians from Persecution.



National Concerns

• Petition: STRIKE DOWN the "Abortion on Demand Act" [aka, the deceptively named “Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019”] (Susan B Anthony List) 

• URGE Pres. Trump: Enforce EXISTING Obscenity Laws (America Needs Fatima)

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

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

• 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 HJ Res 79, as it is "intended to insert language into the U.S. Constitution that could invalidate any limits whatsoever on abortion, including late abortions, and require government funding of abortion"  (cf, NRLC)

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

• 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)

• Act Now: Wolf's Budget Sends Taxdollars to Planned Parenthood (Pa Family Council)

• 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, SB 224, and HB 1404 (Pa Family Institute).

Pennsylvania March for Life [Harrisburg, 5/18/20] 

Pa ProLife Federation petition

The Garden State

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

• "Legislation (S2173/A3818) to remove a religious exemption and mandate immunizations for children....this legislation undermines parental rights and should be vigorously opposed" (NJRTL email, 1/10/20).