Category Archives: Catholics & Catholicism

Big Anti-Abortion Squabble Dogs Campaign in Ohio

AP News: Anti-abortion groups are at odds on strategies ahead of Ohio vote. It could be a preview for 2024

Protect? Women? Ohio? Anti-abortion logo.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Abortion opponents in Ohio are at odds not only over how to frame their opposition to a reproductive rights initiative on the states November ballot but also over their longerterm goals on how severely they would restrict the procedure.

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A Dyer Twofer: Thailand’s Struggles & Pope Francis’ s Mixed History

Thailand: The Last Rigged Election?

Lèse-majesté is the ‘crime’ of offending the dignity of the king, and these days it has gone out of fashion. In Britain, you can say anything you like about King Charles the Turd (as an Irish friend calls him), and no one turns a hair. But if you insult King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand, you’re in deep trouble.

By Gwynne Dyer – September 4, 2023

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Thailand’s Lèse-majesté law decrees specifies a jail term of up to fifteen years for insulting the king, and it is vigorously enforced. Every insult attracts a separate punishment, so the penalties pile up fast.

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Air-Conditioned Cartoons

Too many indulgences for the carburetor??

 

 

More of the Texas Gospel According to Greg & Ron . . .

Just papering over our differences??

I hear the streaming version is a bomb . . .

I kept telling Grandpa to stay away from that recycling bin . . .

 

Quakers & Ugandan Catholics Called to Take Up Concern for LGBTQ Justice & Safety In Uganda–Plus a Postscript on Visitation

 

Version #1 – The Original,
from the National Catholic Reporter

The world is watching in disbelief as Uganda, a country known for its vibrant diversity and rich culture, continues to regress on human rights issues, particularly concerning the LGBTQ+ community. The country on May 29 enacted a law, colloquially known as the “Kill the Gays” bill, that imposes severe and harsh penalties for homosexuality, including the death penalty or life imprisonment in some cases.

While the international outcry grows louder, the silence from a significant portion of Uganda’s moral and spiritual guardians — the Catholic bishops — is deafening.
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Foul Ball — Dodgers drop, then Re-Invite Drag “nuns” to their Pride Night: Two Views

 

Stepping Up to The Plate: the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will be in the lineup for the Dodgers’ annual “Pride Night”.

Baseball team apologizes to Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence after removing group from event amid conservative opposition

The Guardian staff and agencies — 23 May 2023

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a well-known San Francisco order of queer and trans “nuns” that has existed since the 1970s, are once again welcome at the team’s annual Pride Night.

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