Far-right Catholics outline agenda in new document.A group of ultra-conservative Roman Catholics gathered in Phoenix in October to release a new document demanding that U.S. church members vote only for candidates who agree with the hierarchy's views on abortion, marriage and other social issues. The organization, called the Catholic Leadership Conference, drew more than 100 attendees from 22 states, as well as Canada, the Virgin Islands and Austria, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report issued by conservative Catholic activist Deal W. Hudson. Hudson reported that among those attending were Karl Keating Karl Keating (born 1950), a prominent Catholic apologist and author, is the founder and president of Catholic Answers. He received his undergraduate degree in Applied Math at UCSD in 1972 and went on to get a J.D. at the University of San Diego. , president of Catholic Answers; Judie Brown, president of the American Life League One of the largest pro-life organizations in the United States, according to their website, American Life League, or ALL, opposes all forms of abortion, birth control, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia. ; the Rev. Terence Henry, president of Franciscan University; and Domino's Pizza For Domino's Pizza in Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Principality of Monaco, see . Domino's Pizza, LLC (NYSE: DPZ) (LSE: DOM) is an international pizza delivery corporation headquartered just outside Ann Arbor, Michigan, United founder Thomas Monaghan
Thomas Monaghan VC (18 October 1833 - 10 November 1895) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be . Participants released a "Statement on Political Action" that reads in part, "The first obligation of government is the protection of innocent human life from conception to natural death" and calls on Catholic voters to "first make decisions about their votes based on the moral issues that are non-negotiable. First among these are the life issues." The document goes on to imply that Catholic moral teaching should be binding on all of society "and not be artificially limited to the private domain of individual belief." Catholic clergy, it asserts, are to "instruct and remind voters, candidates and public officials of the moral obligations and social principles that should guide their political action." Participants also released a statement on marriage that criticized same-sex unions A Same-sex union refers to an enduring relationship between two people of the same gender. Literary, historical, and archaeological evidence of such unions has been found for a number of diverse cultures as early as 2400 B.C. . It was drafted by Maggie Gallagher, a freelance columnist and president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy. Gallagher, who frequently writes about the Bush administration's marriage-related initiatives, was criticized in 2002 for accepting $21,500 from the Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS to promote the Bush approach. After accepting the payment, Gallagher wrote a column asserting, "The Bush marriage initiative would emphasize the importance of marriage to poor couples" and "educate teens on the value of delaying childbearing until marriage." |
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