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• Weekly Political Roundup

  
  Mombian — Authority: 474
  U.S. National News Democratic leaders said they plan to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) in next year’s defense authorization bill. The American Medical Association (AMA) passed a resolution calling for full repeal of DADT, saying that it “clearly has a negative impact on military healthcare, ...
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• Lawmakers defy church pressure on DC gay marriage

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 156
  (Washington) The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is threatening to stop providing social services, including management of city homeless shelters, unless lawmakers change a proposal to legalize same-sex marriages. So far, most city council members have refused to do that. Catholic Charities has city contracts to ...
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• A Case of Selective Compassion

  
  dcpeg's blog — Authority: 121
  If all life is sacred, how can Catholic Charities and perhaps other religiously affiliated service organizations threaten to abandon those who need them most? This is what is being threatened here, in D.C. Next month, the D.C. Council will vote on whether or not to endorse same-sex marriage. If they vote in favor of ...
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• Gay Activists Scramble to Pile the Hard Spin On Catholic Charities in D.C. To Cover Their Own Intolerance

  
  Beetle Blogger — Authority: 421
  Realms of Inexplicable Evil The Huffington Post today berated the Catholic Church as an ‘Inexplicably Evil Organization’ . Why? Because it will soon be forced to stop providing services to the poor, homeless and needy on D.C.’s streets if same sex marriage legislation is passed. The Catholic Archdiocese of ...
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• Yes to gay marriage means no social services, Catholic Church warns

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 156
  In Washington, DC, the Catholic Church has issued an ultimatum. Yes to gay marriage means no social services, Catholic Church warns is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix California: Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Colorado: Denver District of ...
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• Catholic Church Threatens to Withhold Social Services if City Passes Same-Sex Marriage Law

  
  Housing Complex — Authority: 549
  Well, this is really shameful. For most of the Fall, we’ve been reporting on the latest strains on homeless services around the city: First, it was Central Union Mission struggling to find space for a new shelter; Next, we focused on budgetary concerns crippling  shelters around the city. Well, forget all ...
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• Redefining Marriage, Rolling Back Charity

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 768
  The price of passage of same-sex marriage legislation in the District of Columbia has just risen dramatically. Refusing to include robust religious liberty protections in the bill that has just been approved by a Council subcommittee , the City appears poised to impose requirements that will drastically cut social ...
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• Bishops’ Bluff: D.C. Officials Should Reject Church Threat Over Tax Funding

  
  The Wall of Separation — Authority: 582
  When I picked up my Washington Post at the breakfast table this morning, the first thing I saw was a blaring headline reading, “Catholic Church gives D.C. ultimatum.” All I could think was, “This ought to be good.”And indeed it was. Church officials are angry over pending legislation in Washington, D.C., that ...
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• Will Phillips is a Fine Example for my Son, for the Nation

  
  All Spin Zone — Authority: 539
  Will Phillips is a bright 10 year old boy from Arkansas. He’s been getting in trouble lately, but not like most other 10 year old get in trouble. He’s not respecting the Pledge of Allegiance in class, and that’s what is getting him in trouble. You see, Will doesn’t think gay and lesbian citizens are ...
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• Exclusionary Politics or Care for the Poor?: Reflections on the Eroding Moral Authority of the U.S. Catholic Bishops

  
  Bilgrimage — Authority: 428
  I appreciate the discussion that followed my posting two days ago about the latest Catholic hall of shame—the list of Catholic dioceses across the U.S. (and in the Caribbean) that sent donations to the diocese of Portland, Maine, to attack gay human beings in Maine recently. Some readers have noted that if you ...
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• Catholic Hierarchy Threatens the Capital’s Homeless

  
  Unsilent Generation — Authority: 421
  For the second time in a week, the hierarchy of the American Catholic Church has jumped into sexual politics at a time when conservatives are trying to make sexuality and reproductive rights a divisive issue in health care reform. Last week the Conference of Catholic Bishops got involved in vetting and promoting ...
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• Catholics may need to "Atlas Shrug"

  
  MaryMajor — Authority: 128
  Ayn Rand is known for her rather goofy opus called "Atlas Shrugged," where industrialists, feeling "unappreciated," eventually "go on strike" and "disappear," until ungrateful society begs them to "return." This was, needless to say, a quite godless and unspiritual book, but generations have found it fascinating, ...
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• The Neediest Cases: Offering a Helping Hand, and Then Needing One

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Nannette Perkins has a catalog of health problems. But they do not keep her from helping others in her community.
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• D.C. Archdiocese Threatens To Cut Services Over Same-Sex Marriage Bill

  
  City Desk — Authority: 697
  Today, the D.C. Archdiocese just handed Christopher Hitchens a chapter in his next anti-God book. The archdiocese continues to press for a more watered down version of the D.C. Councils gay-marriage bill. Its gone so far as to threaten to pull its Catholic Charities services from the District, WaPo is reporting : ...
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• The Neediest Cases: After a Boss’s Fraud, Training for a New Job and Holding on to Hope

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Carlton Palmer, 46, lost his job at a Park Avenue law firm. Now he spends a lot of time on his computer looking for work.
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• Food Bank Podcasting: Giving a voice to hungry Central Texans

  
  Capital Area Food Bank of Texas Blog — Authority: 116
  Alese Colehour Communications VISTA I have the amazing job of collecting hunger stories from our clients, donors, volunteers and staff, and today I’m excited to introduce our newest initiative: podcasting! Podcasts are downloadable audio files you can listen to and stream online. Our podcasts feature weekly ...
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• Foster parents in critical need

  
  blogtcs.com — Authority: 125
  For the second week in a row, I have seen a desperate call for help from Catholic Charities Community Services. The social service agency that helps more people out of poverty, as refugees and in a family crisis than one sentence can adequately describe, has a critical need for new foster parents.Teens, sibling groups ...
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• Tom And Katie Go Jogging--Hand In Hand

  
  RadarOnline.com — Authority: 766
  They say that couple’s that do things together stay together. Well, Hollywood super-couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes took that a step further after they were spotted jogging together holding hands! The joined-at-the-hip par hit the streets of Boston, Massachusetts, where Cruise is currently filming his ...
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• Follow-up on Agency Reunion Mix-Up

  
  FAMILY PRESERVATION ADVOCACY — Authority: 430
  Follow up to Oct 12 posting : Catholic Charities of Trenton, NJ who matched a returning father with an adopted young man alleged to be his son, only to have them find out AFTER THIRTY YEARS via DNA tests that they are unrelated...now refuses to help, despite admitting to having the all the answers to the resolve ...
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• Thanksgiving race benefits Catholic Charities

  
  Sevier County News — Authority: 138
  KNOXVILLE – - Hot to Trot races will take place on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, in Turkey Creek Shopping Area on Parkside Dr.  The races start at 7:30 a.m. and will include a 5K, a 10K, and a Fun Run.  Fleet Feet Sports is proud to partner with the title sponsor Mercy Health Partners [...]
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