lifesitenews--2020-10-29--Nightmare scenario: What happens if there is an Electoral College tie?

WASHINGTON , D.C. , October 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Nobody wants to think about it , but there is a very real possibility that the 2020 presidential election could result in a tie between incumbent Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden .
A simple majority of electoral college votes — 270 to 268 — is required for a candidate to win the White House .
But it ’ s possible that in 2020 the country could end up with a 269-269 tie .
“ While this scenario might seem unlikely , it was predictable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” wrote David Mark , Political Analyst for NBC News .
Eric Teetsel , legislative Director for Sen. Josh Hawley ( R-MO ) , weighed in on Facebook about the possibility with a map demonstrating how that might occur .
“ I ’ m not predicting that this will happen , but this map isn ’ t crazy , ” said Teetsel .
If there ’ s a tie in the Electoral College , the House of Representatives votes to determine the President from among the Top Two finishers .
The Senate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But they don ’ t vote as individuals — in which case the Democratic-controlled House would vote for Biden — they vote as state delegations .
Republicans currently have a majority of Representatives in 26 states , but it ’ s the next Congress that votes .
So if Democrats win over a majority in one delegation and it ’ s tied then what ?
The Vice President is President until the House figures it out .
The website 270toWin lays out in more detail the mechanisms that would kick into action according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Clause 3 of the 12th Amendment to the Constitution : Thus , whichever party has the most members elected to the House of Representatives becomes inconsequential , while the number of state delegations the parties control rises to supreme importance .
Whether or not the election is close , Congress will meet on January 6 , 2021 to conduct an official count of the 2020 electoral votes .
If the vote is tied , both houses will do what the Constitution has tasked them to do .
Since this vote would take place @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the 117th Congress have been seated after the start of the new year , the vote of the congressional delegations is not as easily predictable as it sounds .
At the moment , Republicans control 26 House state delegations and Democrats control 23 , while one state ’ s delegation , Pennsylvania , is tied with equal members of both parties .
But that composition could change and have a major impact on who occupies the White House in the event of a tie .
If the 117th Congress of the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ splitting control of House state delegations 25-25 , the constitution requires them to keep voting until a winner is selected .
If no winner is chosen by Inauguration Day , January 20 , 2021 , then the Vice President selected by the Senate will be designated as “ Acting President ” until the state delegations arrive at a compromise vote .
If Republicans continue to maintain control of a majority of House delegations after the November 3 election , President Trump would remain in office .
If Democrats manage to flip control of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then Joe Biden sits behind the desk in the oval office .
Similarly , if Republicans maintain their majority in the Senate , Mike Pence would maintain his position .
If Democrat Senators were to outnumber Republicans after the election , then Kamala Harris will be the next Vice President .
“ In the 21st century we have had two elections where the winner of the popular vote did not become president because of the Electoral College , ” sighed Elaine Kramarck , Founding Director of the progressive Brookings Institute ’ s Center @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is time to abandon the Electoral College for once and for all before we get into another mess , ” she suggested .
Kramarck ’ s dismay is understandable , because in both those cases — in 2000 , George Bush v. Al Gore , and in 2016 , Donald Trump v. Hillary Clinton — the electors chose the candidate who lost the popular vote .

Both the House of Representatives and the Senate will play a key role.
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Nobody wants to think about it, but there is a very real possibility that the 2020 presidential election could result in a tie between incumbent Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
A simple majority of electoral college votes — 270 to 268 — is required for a candidate to win the White House. But it’s possible that in 2020 the country could end up with a 269-269 tie.
“While this scenario might seem unlikely, it was predictable enough to be included in the Constitution,” wrote David Mark, Political Analyst for NBC News.
Eric Teetsel, legislative Director for Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), weighed in on Facebook about the possibility with a map demonstrating how that might occur.
“I’m not predicting that this will happen, but this map isn’t crazy,” said Teetsel.
He offered a succinct explanation:
If there’s a tie in the Electoral College, the House of Representatives votes to determine the President from among the Top Two finishers. The Senate votes for the Vice President.” “But they don’t vote as individuals — in which case the Democratic-controlled House would vote for Biden — they vote as state delegations. Republicans currently have a majority of Representatives in 26 states, but it’s the next Congress that votes. So if Democrats win over a majority in one delegation and it’s tied then what? The Vice President is President until the House figures it out.
The website 270toWin lays out in more detail the mechanisms that would kick into action according to Article 2, Section 1, Clause 3 of the 12th Amendment to the Constitution:
If neither candidate gets a majority of the 538 electoral votes, the election for President is decided in the House of Representatives, with each state delegation having one vote. A majority of states (26) is needed to win. Senators would elect the Vice-President, with each Senator having a vote. A majority of Senators (51) is needed to win.
Thus, whichever party has the most members elected to the House of Representatives becomes inconsequential, while the number of state delegations the parties control rises to supreme importance.
Whether or not the election is close, Congress will meet on January 6, 2021 to conduct an official count of the 2020 electoral votes. If the vote is tied, both houses will do what the Constitution has tasked them to do.
Since this vote would take place after the newly elected & reelected members of the 117th Congress have been seated after the start of the new year, the vote of the congressional delegations is not as easily predictable as it sounds.
At the moment, Republicans control 26 House state delegations and Democrats control 23, while one state’s delegation, Pennsylvania, is tied with equal members of both parties. But that composition could change and have a major impact on who occupies the White House in the event of a tie.
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If the 117th Congress of the United States ends up with Republicans and Democrats splitting control of House state delegations 25-25, the constitution requires them to keep voting until a winner is selected. If no winner is chosen by Inauguration Day, January 20, 2021, then the Vice President selected by the Senate will be designated as “Acting President” until the state delegations arrive at a compromise vote.
If Republicans continue to maintain control of a majority of House delegations after the November 3 election, President Trump would remain in office. If Democrats manage to flip control of just three state delegations next week, then Joe Biden sits behind the desk in the oval office.
Similarly, if Republicans maintain their majority in the Senate, Mike Pence would maintain his position. If Democrat Senators were to outnumber Republicans after the election, then Kamala Harris will be the next Vice President.
“In the 21st century we have had two elections where the winner of the popular vote did not become president because of the Electoral College,” sighed Elaine Kramarck, Founding Director of the progressive Brookings Institute’s Center for Effective Public Management.
“Perhaps it is time to abandon the Electoral College for once and for all before we get into another mess,” she suggested.
Kramarck’s dismay is understandable, because in both those cases — in 2000, George Bush v. Al Gore, and in 2016, Donald Trump v. Hillary Clinton — the electors chose the candidate who lost the popular vote.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-29--Why ‘Catholic’ Biden’s support for gay ‘marriage’ is equally as scandalous as his abortion support

October 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – On August 1 , 2016 then Second Lady Jill Biden tweeted “ Love is love !
” She did so just after Vice President Joseph Biden officiated at the wedding of two homosexuals thereby announcing her support for and celebration of the same-sex “ nuptials.
” “ Love is love ” is the pithy slogan used by those who support gay “ marriage.
” The point made by these three simple words is that one ’ s embodied sexuality as a man or woman is ultimately irrelevant to the essence of marriage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the soul , the will to be committed to another and such realities are beyond the body , or at least take precedence over the significance of the body .
The slogan sums up the idea that the body is not identified with the self—as if the body is a mere shell , a kind of costume that the true self wears .
At best the body ’ s value is strictly functional , and so it is impersonal to the invisible soul with which the essence of what it means to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course , the slogan “ love is love ” is meant to close off opposition to “ gay marriage.
” After all , who could possibly be opposed to love ?
And indeed , all persons despite their sexual orientation are entitled to protection of their legitimate rights .
But , if you voice opposition to same-sex relationships , one is accused of insensitivity to the feelings of others , others who only seek to express their commitment to one another and one is seen as guilty of standing in the way of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insist that marriage is between one man and one woman are characterized as narrow-minded bigots , full of intolerance and indeed against love !
That the body and physical sex is irrelevant to personhood is based upon a gnostic view of the world—that dualist philosophy in which reality is divided between spirit on the one side and matter on the other .
In gnosticism , spirit is favored , indeed the invisible world of soul , intellect , mind , will and the exercise of human liberty is the true world .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one ’ s body is , at the least , insignificant and at the most hostile to those disembodied values .
Saint John Paul II articulated well this modern gnosticism in his 1993 encyclical Veritatis Splendor .
He warned against those who conceive : of freedom as somehow in opposition to or in conflict with material and biological nature , over which it must progressively assert itself .
… For some , `` nature '' becomes reduced to raw material for human activity and for its power : thus nature needs to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ freedom , inasmuch as it represents a limitation and denial of freedom .
For others , it is in the untrammeled advancement of man 's power , or of his freedom , that economic , cultural , social and even moral values are established : nature would thus come to mean everything found in man and the world apart from freedom .
In such an understanding , nature would include in the first place the human body , its make-up and its processes : against this physical datum would be opposed whatever is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` culture '' , seen as the product and result of freedom .
Human nature , understood in this way , could be reduced to and treated as a readily available biological or social material .
This ultimately means making freedom self-defining and a phenomenon creative of itself and its values .
Indeed , when all is said and done man would not even have a nature ; he would be his own personal life-project .
Man would be nothing more than his own freedom !
Certainly , this dualism serves to justify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is the foundation of transgenderism .
Here the body itself may be altered by mutilation to fit the mind—as mind , and one ’ s spiritual/psychological sense of self must dominate biological matter that has been relegated to the impersonal world of the “ its.
” What does any of this have to do with Joseph Biden ?
As we head into the November 3rd presidential election much has been made , at least from various quarters , of Biden ’ s support for legalized abortion contrary to the Catholic faith he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ healthy handful of bishops have instructed their flocks that abortion is the “ preeminent priority ” as we go to the polls .
Even a few , such as Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield , have boldly taught voting for Biden would be sinful unless one sought to protect a moral good proportionate to the nearly one million human beings annually put to death under the law that Biden supports .
Finding such a good is a near impossibility .
While much has been made of Biden ’ s support for legalized abortion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been given to this candidate ’ s equally adamant advocacy of “ gay marriage ” and even transgenderism—an advocacy also contrary to the teachings of the Church .
There is hardly a voice within the Church , either lay or clerical , that draws attention to the “ other Joseph Biden.
” It is almost as if faithful Catholics and other pro-lifers are simply too overwhelmed by the scandal of Biden ’ s advocacy for legalized abortion and the urgency of the need to end abortion that the Catholic Biden is not challenged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Or perhaps there is a fear that making an issue of Biden ’ s “ gay rights ” position is so politically incorrect no one wishes to go there .
And indeed , there is no organized national political/cultural movement comparable to the pro-life movement working to reverse the Supreme Court ’ s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex “ marriage.
” Even Los Angeles auxiliary bishop Robert Barron , perceived as reliably orthodox , advised against working to reverse the Court ’ s ruling .
While stating his disagreement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2017 interview with active homosexual Dave Rubin : “ I wouldn ’ t want to get on a crusader ’ s tank and try to reverse that.
” It simply seems that the Church doesn ’ t have the heart to enter the fray and battle the culture war over “ gay marriage.
” One might even say that , at least for now , the Church has essentially thrown in the towel on this one .
However , Biden ’ s support for “ gay marriage ” while professing the Catholic faith @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for legalized abortion .
And , like Biden ’ s defense of abortion , his position on “ gay rights ” dramatically evolved over his nearly fifty years in public office .
In 1996 , Biden voted for the Defense of Marriage Act blocking federal recognition of same-sex “ marriages.
” In 1998 , he voted to cut off funds to schools that taught acceptance of homosexuality .
When Biden first entered public office way back in 1973 he made an off-handed response to a question , wondering if perhaps homosexuals in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Both Biden and Obama running in the 2008 presidential race voiced opposition to “ gay marriage ” and their support for “ traditional marriage.
” Biden even stated this position in the debate with Sarah Palin .
When asked by moderator Qwen Ifill : “ Let ’ s try to avoid nuance , Senator .
Do you support gay marriage ?
” Biden responded : “ No .
Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage .
We do not support that .
That is basically the decision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sic ) to be left to faiths and people who practice their faiths the determination what you call it.
” It appears that even in 2008 Biden was somewhat prone to verbal incoherency .
Nonetheless , he did voice opposition to redefining marriage .
However , between 2008 and 2012 something changed .
On May 6 , 2012 Biden appeared on NBC ’ s “ Meet the Press.
” When asked about his view of gay “ marriage ” Biden stated his complete support for such relationships and a change in the law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President of the United States of America .
The president sets the policy .
I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men , women marrying women , and heterosexual men and women marrying , are entitled to the same exact rights , all the civil rights , all the civil liberties .
And , quite frankly , I don ’ t see much of a distinction beyond that.
” Biden ’ s public reversal of opposition to gay “ marriage ” caught Obama rather off-guard as he seemed to have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden , in running ahead of the president , prompted Obama to finally publicly admit that he too supported such “ marriages , ” telling ABC News only 3 days after the NBC Biden disclosure : “ I ’ ve been going through an evolution on this issue .
I ’ ve always been adamant that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally .
… At a certain point I ’ ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get married.
” It is difficult to analyze Biden ’ s so-called evolution on the subject .
Is it possible that well before the 2008 election he had already come to his position , abandoning long ago whatever motivated him to support the Defense of Marriage Act .
Back in 1996 , despite his personal views , perhaps he sensed that not to do so was politically risky .
Moreover , his party at the time , led by Bill Clinton , supported such legislation as Clinton actually signed the bill into law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of gay “ marriage ” evolved with the growth in cultural acceptance of homosexual relationships and once the culture had “ advanced ” to a certain level of acceptance through television shows like “ Will and Grace , ” to which he specifically referred , it was now safe for Biden to express his personal beliefs .
What is most interesting is how Biden justified the moral legitimacy that undergirds the legal legitimacy of same-sex “ marital ” unions .
Looking his “ Meet the Press ” host square in the eye and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The good news is that as more and more Americans come to understand what this is all about is a simple proposition .
Who do you love ?
Who do you love and will you be loyal to the person you love ?
And that ’ s what people are finding out what all marriages at their root are about .
Whether they are marriages of lesbians or gay men or heterosexuals.
” The Catholic Biden embraced the gnostic view of the human person .
In the gnostic view held by Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between a man and a woman who speak the truth of their union through a total gift of self—the handing over of their full identities in the gift of their sexuality as male and female in the celebration of the other ; the affirmation and celebration of the other that creates their indissoluble union open to the giving of life .
Biden ’ s view of marriage is heretical .
For him , the essence of any marriage is “ at root ” located strictly in the invisible will to be committed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advocates that the body is irrelevant to the person and thus to marriage—a view absolutely contrary to the doctrine of the Catholic Church .
Biden has no respect for natural law which transcends sectarian religious commitments .
Moreover , his gnostic dualism is a denial of sacramental truth that this world reveals the mysteries of God .
From the beginning , male and female sexuality are transcendent signs that speak the nuptial covenant between Christ , the Bridegroom , and the Church , His Bride .
Saint Paul helps the early Christians to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Redemption , the union of Christ and the Church , through the marital bond .
When one denies this God-given sacramental order , one attacks the sacred and the holy .
Biden , the Catholic , has a moral obligation to honor and defend this truth—starting simply with an affirmation of natural law accessible to everyone .
In this election , what also needs to be addressed is not only the scandal of Biden ’ s support for a law that has sent sixty-one million human beings to their deaths .
What also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the God-given truth of about marriage and human sexuality , a denial that is equally scandalous .
In other words , attention needs to be drawn to the “ other Joseph Biden ” —who openly and patently contradicts the faith he claims to embrace .
Biden is a prime example of the politician Cardinal Ratzinger described in his 2002 Doctrinal Note issued by Ratzinger when he was Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith .
This instruction clarified the duties of Catholic politicians and warned against politicians living two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : The social doctrine of the Church is not an intrusion into the government of individual countries .
It is a question of the lay Catholic ’ s duty to be morally coherent , found within one ’ s conscience , which is one and indivisible .
There can not be two parallel lives in their existence : on the one hand , the so-called “ spiritual life ” , with its values and demands ; and on the other , the so-called “ secular ” life , that is , life in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social responsibilities , in the responsibilities of public life and in culture .
The appeal often made to “ the rightful autonomy of the participation of lay Catholics ” in politics needs to be clarified .
Promoting the common good of society , according to one ’ s conscience , has nothing to do with “ confessionalism ” or religious intolerance .
For Catholic moral doctrine , the rightful autonomy of the political or civil sphere from that of religion and the Church – but not from that of morality – is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Catholic Church and belongs to the inheritance of contemporary civilization .
“ Confessionalism ” is the error made by many Catholic politicians who in an attempt to justify their support for legalized abortion treat opposition to abortion as if it were just a Catholic quirk—a sectarian bit of Catholic doctrine , exclusive to Catholicism that they argue can not be imposed on members of the public who do not share that faith .
Take this a step further .
Biden even treats marriage between one man and one woman as merely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a quirk of Catholicism—rather than an objective anthropological reality upon which all culture and civilization is based and achieves its inherent order .
Biden ’ s gnosticism is not simply theoretical .
He practices the heresy .
In 2016 , as mentioned earlier , he openly and proudly officiated at the “ wedding ” of two male White House staffers .
He performed a sacrilegious act in bold defiance of the Catholic Faith he professes .
During the October 15th Town Hall , Biden was asked what he would do to protect the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by a mother who said her eight-year-old daughter identified as transgender .
Biden stated : “ The idea that an 8-year-old child or a 10-year-old child decides , ‘ You know , I decided I want to be transgender .
That ’ s what I think I ’ d like to be .
It would make my life a lot easier , ’ there should be zero discrimination.
” In other words , Biden defended transgenderism , and that even a child of eight could decide to alter their embodied sexuality .
Here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end .
Biden ’ s gay rights advocacy is not simply a political issue .
So long as Biden professes the Catholic faith his advocacy of gay “ marriage ” and transgenderism is an ecclesial issue .
Thus it is incumbent on priests and bishops to clarify Catholic teaching in the face of the scandal and confusion sown by Biden ’ s heresy .
And what will the Church do should Biden win the presidency ?
A heretic claiming to be a Catholic will occupy the White House .
He will continue to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denial of Catholic sacramental/marital doctrines .
It is incumbent on the bishops to admonish him .
For the sake of Biden ’ s own soul , he should be denied the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ .
The spiritual contradiction is obvious : One can not receive that Body while at the same time deny the inherent God-given meaning of the body .

October 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – On August 1, 2016 then Second Lady Jill Biden tweeted “Love is love!” She did so just after Vice President Joseph Biden officiated at the wedding of two homosexuals thereby announcing her support for and celebration of the same-sex “nuptials.”
“Love is love” is the pithy slogan used by those who support gay “marriage.” The point made by these three simple words is that one’s embodied sexuality as a man or woman is ultimately irrelevant to the essence of marriage. Marriage is of the heart, the soul, the will to be committed to another and such realities are beyond the body, or at least take precedence over the significance of the body. The slogan sums up the idea that the body is not identified with the self—as if the body is a mere shell, a kind of costume that the true self wears. At best the body’s value is strictly functional, and so it is impersonal to the invisible soul with which the essence of what it means to be human is identified.
And, of course, the slogan “love is love” is meant to close off opposition to “gay marriage.” After all, who could possibly be opposed to love? And indeed, all persons despite their sexual orientation are entitled to protection of their legitimate rights. But, if you voice opposition to same-sex relationships, one is accused of insensitivity to the feelings of others, others who only seek to express their commitment to one another and one is seen as guilty of standing in the way of human happiness. Thus, those who insist that marriage is between one man and one woman are characterized as narrow-minded bigots, full of intolerance and indeed against love!
That the body and physical sex is irrelevant to personhood is based upon a gnostic view of the world—that dualist philosophy in which reality is divided between spirit on the one side and matter on the other. In gnosticism, spirit is favored, indeed the invisible world of soul, intellect, mind, will and the exercise of human liberty is the true world. The corporeal world of nature, and especially one’s body is, at the least, insignificant and at the most hostile to those disembodied values. Saint John Paul II articulated well this modern gnosticism in his 1993 encyclical Veritatis Splendor. He warned against those who conceive:
of freedom as somehow in opposition to or in conflict with material and biological nature, over which it must progressively assert itself. … For some, “nature” becomes reduced to raw material for human activity and for its power: thus nature needs to be profoundly transformed, and indeed overcome by freedom, inasmuch as it represents a limitation and denial of freedom. For others, it is in the untrammeled advancement of man's power, or of his freedom, that economic, cultural, social and even moral values are established: nature would thus come to mean everything found in man and the world apart from freedom. In such an understanding, nature would include in the first place the human body, its make-up and its processes: against this physical datum would be opposed whatever is “constructed”, in other words “culture”, seen as the product and result of freedom. Human nature, understood in this way, could be reduced to and treated as a readily available biological or social material. This ultimately means making freedom self-defining and a phenomenon creative of itself and its values. Indeed, when all is said and done man would not even have a nature; he would be his own personal life-project. Man would be nothing more than his own freedom!
Certainly, this dualism serves to justify “gay marriage” and most certainly it is the foundation of transgenderism. Here the body itself may be altered by mutilation to fit the mind—as mind, and one’s spiritual/psychological sense of self must dominate biological matter that has been relegated to the impersonal world of the “its.”
What does any of this have to do with Joseph Biden? As we head into the November 3rd presidential election much has been made, at least from various quarters, of Biden’s support for legalized abortion contrary to the Catholic faith he claims to profess. At least a healthy handful of bishops have instructed their flocks that abortion is the “preeminent priority” as we go to the polls. Even a few, such as Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, have boldly taught voting for Biden would be sinful unless one sought to protect a moral good proportionate to the nearly one million human beings annually put to death under the law that Biden supports. Finding such a good is a near impossibility.
While much has been made of Biden’s support for legalized abortion, hardly any attention at all has been given to this candidate’s equally adamant advocacy of “gay marriage” and even transgenderism—an advocacy also contrary to the teachings of the Church. There is hardly a voice within the Church, either lay or clerical, that draws attention to the “other Joseph Biden.” It is almost as if faithful Catholics and other pro-lifers are simply too overwhelmed by the scandal of Biden’s advocacy for legalized abortion and the urgency of the need to end abortion that the Catholic Biden is not challenged on his support for “gay marriage.” Or perhaps there is a fear that making an issue of Biden’s “gay rights” position is so politically incorrect no one wishes to go there. And indeed, there is no organized national political/cultural movement comparable to the pro-life movement working to reverse the Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex “marriage.” Even Los Angeles auxiliary bishop Robert Barron, perceived as reliably orthodox, advised against working to reverse the Court’s ruling. While stating his disagreement with Obergefell, Barron stated in a 2017 interview with active homosexual Dave Rubin: “I wouldn’t want to get on a crusader’s tank and try to reverse that.” It simply seems that the Church doesn’t have the heart to enter the fray and battle the culture war over “gay marriage.” One might even say that, at least for now, the Church has essentially thrown in the towel on this one.
However, Biden’s support for “gay marriage” while professing the Catholic faith is equally as scandalous as his support for legalized abortion. And, like Biden’s defense of abortion, his position on “gay rights” dramatically evolved over his nearly fifty years in public office. In 1996, Biden voted for the Defense of Marriage Act blocking federal recognition of same-sex “marriages.” In 1998, he voted to cut off funds to schools that taught acceptance of homosexuality. When Biden first entered public office way back in 1973 he made an off-handed response to a question, wondering if perhaps homosexuals in the military posed risks to national security.
Both Biden and Obama running in the 2008 presidential race voiced opposition to “gay marriage” and their support for “traditional marriage.” Biden even stated this position in the debate with Sarah Palin. When asked by moderator Qwen Ifill: “Let’s try to avoid nuance, Senator. Do you support gay marriage?” Biden responded: “No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage. We do not support that. That is basically the decision to be able to be able (sic) to be left to faiths and people who practice their faiths the determination what you call it.” It appears that even in 2008 Biden was somewhat prone to verbal incoherency. Nonetheless, he did voice opposition to redefining marriage.
However, between 2008 and 2012 something changed. On May 6, 2012 Biden appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” When asked about his view of gay “marriage” Biden stated his complete support for such relationships and a change in the law: “Look, I am Vice President of the United States of America. The president sets the policy. I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying, are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And, quite frankly, I don’t see much of a distinction beyond that.”
Biden’s public reversal of opposition to gay “marriage” caught Obama rather off-guard as he seemed to have not as yet staked-out his position. Biden, in running ahead of the president, prompted Obama to finally publicly admit that he too supported such “marriages,” telling ABC News only 3 days after the NBC Biden disclosure: “I’ve been going through an evolution on this issue. I’ve always been adamant that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally. … At a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.”
It is difficult to analyze Biden’s so-called evolution on the subject. Is it possible that well before the 2008 election he had already come to his position, abandoning long ago whatever motivated him to support the Defense of Marriage Act. Back in 1996, despite his personal views, perhaps he sensed that not to do so was politically risky. Moreover, his party at the time, led by Bill Clinton, supported such legislation as Clinton actually signed the bill into law. More likely Biden’s defense of gay “marriage” evolved with the growth in cultural acceptance of homosexual relationships and once the culture had “advanced” to a certain level of acceptance through television shows like “Will and Grace,” to which he specifically referred, it was now safe for Biden to express his personal beliefs.
What is most interesting is how Biden justified the moral legitimacy that undergirds the legal legitimacy of same-sex “marital” unions. Looking his “Meet the Press” host square in the eye and choosing his words carefully Biden declared: “The good news is that as more and more Americans come to understand what this is all about is a simple proposition. Who do you love? Who do you love and will you be loyal to the person you love? And that’s what people are finding out what all marriages at their root are about. Whether they are marriages of lesbians or gay men or heterosexuals.”
The Catholic Biden embraced the gnostic view of the human person. In the gnostic view held by Biden, marriage is not a one-flesh unity between a man and a woman who speak the truth of their union through a total gift of self—the handing over of their full identities in the gift of their sexuality as male and female in the celebration of the other; the affirmation and celebration of the other that creates their indissoluble union open to the giving of life.
Biden’s view of marriage is heretical. For him, the essence of any marriage is “at root” located strictly in the invisible will to be committed to another and thus he believes in and advocates that the body is irrelevant to the person and thus to marriage—a view absolutely contrary to the doctrine of the Catholic Church. Biden has no respect for natural law which transcends sectarian religious commitments. Moreover, his gnostic dualism is a denial of sacramental truth that this world reveals the mysteries of God. From the beginning, male and female sexuality are transcendent signs that speak the nuptial covenant between Christ, the Bridegroom, and the Church, His Bride. Saint Paul helps the early Christians to understand the essence of the Covenant of Redemption, the union of Christ and the Church, through the marital bond. When one denies this God-given sacramental order, one attacks the sacred and the holy. Biden, the Catholic, has a moral obligation to honor and defend this truth—starting simply with an affirmation of natural law accessible to everyone.
In this election, what also needs to be addressed is not only the scandal of Biden’s support for a law that has sent sixty-one million human beings to their deaths. What also needs to be addressed is his denial of the God-given truth of about marriage and human sexuality, a denial that is equally scandalous. In other words, attention needs to be drawn to the “other Joseph Biden”—who openly and patently contradicts the faith he claims to embrace.
Biden is a prime example of the politician Cardinal Ratzinger described in his 2002 Doctrinal Note issued by Ratzinger when he was Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. This instruction clarified the duties of Catholic politicians and warned against politicians living two “parallel lives.” Article six states:
The social doctrine of the Church is not an intrusion into the government of individual countries. It is a question of the lay Catholic’s duty to be morally coherent, found within one’s conscience, which is one and indivisible. There cannot be two parallel lives in their existence: on the one hand, the so-called “spiritual life”, with its values and demands; and on the other, the so-called “secular” life, that is, life in a family, at work, in social responsibilities, in the responsibilities of public life and in culture.
The appeal often made to “the rightful autonomy of the participation of lay Catholics” in politics needs to be clarified. Promoting the common good of society, according to one’s conscience, has nothing to do with “confessionalism” or religious intolerance. For Catholic moral doctrine, the rightful autonomy of the political or civil sphere from that of religion and the Church – but not from that of morality – is a value that has been attained and recognized by the Catholic Church and belongs to the inheritance of contemporary civilization.
“Confessionalism” is the error made by many Catholic politicians who in an attempt to justify their support for legalized abortion treat opposition to abortion as if it were just a Catholic quirk—a sectarian bit of Catholic doctrine, exclusive to Catholicism that they argue cannot be imposed on members of the public who do not share that faith. Take this a step further. Biden even treats marriage between one man and one woman as merely private religious doctrine—as if it too was a quirk of Catholicism—rather than an objective anthropological reality upon which all culture and civilization is based and achieves its inherent order.
Biden’s gnosticism is not simply theoretical. He practices the heresy. In 2016, as mentioned earlier, he openly and proudly officiated at the “wedding” of two male White House staffers. He performed a sacrilegious act in bold defiance of the Catholic Faith he professes.
During the October 15th Town Hall, Biden was asked what he would do to protect the rights of the LGBTQ community—the question posed by a mother who said her eight-year-old daughter identified as transgender. Biden stated: “The idea that an 8-year-old child or a 10-year-old child decides, ‘You know, I decided I want to be transgender. That’s what I think I’d like to be. It would make my life a lot easier,’ there should be zero discrimination.” In other words, Biden defended transgenderism, and that even a child of eight could decide to alter their embodied sexuality. Here Biden’s gnosticism reached its ultimate end.
Biden’s gay rights advocacy is not simply a political issue. So long as Biden professes the Catholic faith his advocacy of gay “marriage” and transgenderism is an ecclesial issue. Thus it is incumbent on priests and bishops to clarify Catholic teaching in the face of the scandal and confusion sown by Biden’s heresy. And what will the Church do should Biden win the presidency? A heretic claiming to be a Catholic will occupy the White House. He will continue to wear his Catholic faith despite his gnostic denial of Catholic sacramental/marital doctrines. It is incumbent on the bishops to admonish him. For the sake of Biden’s own soul, he should be denied the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ. The spiritual contradiction is obvious: One cannot receive that Body while at the same time deny the inherent God-given meaning of the body.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-29--Lost and found: Tucker Carlson says ‘damning’ Biden docs temporarily ‘vanished’ in shipping

October 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Fox News primetime host Tucker Carlson raised the eyebrows of fans and foes alike Wednesday evening when he announced that his show had obtained allegedly-incriminating documents pertaining to former Vice President and current Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden , only for them to “ vanish ” in shipping , and finally be recovered by UPS .
“ On Monday of this week we received from a source a collection of confidential documents related to the Biden family .
We believe those documents are authentic , they are real , they are damning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time we received them , my executive producer Justin Wells and I were in Los Angeles preparing to interview Tony Bobulinski about the Bidens ’ business dealings in China , Ukraine , and other countries .
So we texted a producer in New York and asked him to send those documents to us in L.A. and he did that.
” “ So Monday afternoon of this week he shipped those documents overnight to California with a large national carrier , a brand-name company that we ’ ve used , you ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem , ” he continued .
“ But the Biden documents never arrived in Los Angeles .
Tuesday morning we received word from the shipping company that our package had been opened and the contents were missing .
The documents had disappeared.
” Carlson stressed that the unnamed company “ took this very seriously , ” exhaustively searching every step of the package ’ s journey and interviewing “ every one of its employees who touched the envelope we sent … They went far and beyond , but they found nothing.
” “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ declared .
“ As of tonight , the company has no idea and no working theory even , about what happened to this trove of materials , documents that are directly relevant to the presidential campaign just six days from now .
We spoke to executives at that company a few hours ago .
They seemed baffled and deeply bothered by this .
And so are we.
” The next day , a spokesman for UPS informed Business Insider that “ after an extensive search , we have found the contents of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The company did not elaborate on what had happened to them .
“ UPS will always focus first on our customers , and will never stop working to solve issues and make things right , ” UPS Senior Public Relations Manager Matthew O ’ Connor said .
“ We work hard to ensure every package is delivered , including essential goods , precious family belongings and critical healthcare.
” Carlson did not elaborate on the nature of the alleged material , but the announcement follows his in-depth interview with Tony Bobulinski , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ partner of Biden ’ s troubled son Hunter .
Bobulinski went public to corroborate a trove of emails detailing how the Biden family made millions of dollars around the world by selling meetings with the former vice president .
He says the former vice president was aware of Hunter ’ s dealings , despite past claims to the contrary , that “ they ’ re able to set up meetings and get people to jump through hoops in an interest to garner favor with the sitting vice president , ” and that “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ given the history here and the facts , how Joe can ’ t be influenced ” by foreign interests .
While Carlson ’ s announcement set social media ablaze with speculation about some sort of conspiracy to intercept the materials to protect Biden ( for which there is currently no evidence , and which Carlson has not claimed ) , others questioned why his team apparently did not take greater precautions for transporting and preserving such purportedly-important material , such as making physical or digital copies for safekeeping : As for the broader @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denied the authenticity of the previously-revealed emails , but its allies in traditional and social media have worked tirelessly to ignore , suppress , or discredit the story , despite evidence of the emails ’ authenticity .

‘We believe those documents are authentic, they are real, they are damning.’
October 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Fox News primetime host Tucker Carlson raised the eyebrows of fans and foes alike Wednesday evening when he announced that his show had obtained allegedly-incriminating documents pertaining to former Vice President and current Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden, only for them to “vanish” in shipping, and finally be recovered by UPS.
“On Monday of this week we received from a source a collection of confidential documents related to the Biden family. We believe those documents are authentic, they are real, they are damning,” Carlson said. “At the time we received them, my executive producer Justin Wells and I were in Los Angeles preparing to interview Tony Bobulinski about the Bidens’ business dealings in China, Ukraine, and other countries. So we texted a producer in New York and asked him to send those documents to us in L.A. and he did that.”
“So Monday afternoon of this week he shipped those documents overnight to California with a large national carrier, a brand-name company that we’ve used, you’ve used countless times with never a single problem,” he continued. “But the Biden documents never arrived in Los Angeles. Tuesday morning we received word from the shipping company that our package had been opened and the contents were missing. The documents had disappeared.”
Carlson stressed that the unnamed company “took this very seriously,” exhaustively searching every step of the package’s journey and interviewing “every one of its employees who touched the envelope we sent … They went far and beyond, but they found nothing.”
“Those documents have vanished,” Carlson declared. “As of tonight, the company has no idea and no working theory even, about what happened to this trove of materials, documents that are directly relevant to the presidential campaign just six days from now. We spoke to executives at that company a few hours ago. They seemed baffled and deeply bothered by this. And so are we.”
The next day, a spokesman for UPS informed Business Insider that “after an extensive search, we have found the contents of the package and are arranging for its return.” The company did not elaborate on what had happened to them.
“UPS will always focus first on our customers, and will never stop working to solve issues and make things right,” UPS Senior Public Relations Manager Matthew O’Connor said. “We work hard to ensure every package is delivered, including essential goods, precious family belongings and critical healthcare.”
Carlson did not elaborate on the nature of the alleged material, but the announcement follows his in-depth interview with Tony Bobulinski, a retired Navy lieutenant and former business partner of Biden’s troubled son Hunter.
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Bobulinski went public to corroborate a trove of emails detailing how the Biden family made millions of dollars around the world by selling meetings with the former vice president. He says the former vice president was aware of Hunter’s dealings, despite past claims to the contrary, that “they’re able to set up meetings and get people to jump through hoops in an interest to garner favor with the sitting vice president,” and that “I just don’t see, given the history here and the facts, how Joe can’t be influenced” by foreign interests.
While Carlson’s announcement set social media ablaze with speculation about some sort of conspiracy to intercept the materials to protect Biden (for which there is currently no evidence, and which Carlson has not claimed), others questioned why his team apparently did not take greater precautions for transporting and preserving such purportedly-important material, such as making physical or digital copies for safekeeping:
As for the broader story, the Biden camp never specifically denied the authenticity of the previously-revealed emails, but its allies in traditional and social media have worked tirelessly to ignore, suppress, or discredit the story, despite evidence of the emails’ authenticity.
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lifesitenews--2020-10-29--FBI hinted Biden docs should be suppressed as ‘foreign manipulation,’ Zuckerberg claims

WASHINGTON , D.C. , October 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – While this week ’ s grilling of social media giants on Capitol Hill offered little in the way of bringing about policy changes to better protect free speech on the internet , it did unearth one potentially alarming revelation : that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) allegedly suggests that social media suppress “ misinformation.
” The ongoing debate over free speech online took on new urgency this month when Facebook and Twitter attempted to clamp down on the spread of a New York Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how the family of former Vice President and current Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden made millions of dollars by selling meetings with the vice president around the world .
The uproar spurred Senate Republicans to call Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to Congress for questioning , during which Zuckerberg indicated that Facebook was acting on the advice of the FBI .
“ One of the threats that the FBI has alerted our company and the public to was the possibility of a hack and leak operation in the days @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Zuckerberg said , American Greatness reported .
“ So you had both public testimony from the FBI and in private meetings alerts that were given — at least to our company , I assume the others as well – that suggested we be on high alert and sensitivity that if a trove of documents appeared , that we should view that with suspicion that it might be part of a foreign manipulation attempt.
” Zuckerberg added that the FBI had not specifically mentioned the Biden laptop story , but “ alerted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a hack and leak operation around the release of a trove of information.
” While Facebook ’ s initial statement cited the need to “ fact-check ” alleged “ misinformation , ” Twitter had claimed that the Post ’ s publication of emails and phone numbers violated their Hacked Materials Policy ; the Post denied that the emails had been obtained via hacking , and Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe says the laptop is not related to foreign disinformation operations .
So far , the FBI says only that it has “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the October 19th public statement by the Director of National Intelligence about the available actionable intelligence , ” and that the Bureau “ can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any ongoing investigation of persons or entities under investigation.
” Still , the possibility that someone within the FBI , which has reportedly been in possession of the laptop since last year , encouraged social media to suppress coverage of it is deeply alarming to supporters of President Donald Trump , who have been suspicious of politicization within the bureau for years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wednesday that the FBI has been sitting on Hunter ’ s laptop all this time so they can “ hold it over ( the ) heads ” of a potential Biden administration .
“ It doesn ’ t matter who the president is .
They want the access , ” Limbaugh said .
“ They want to be able to tell him the hot spots around the country , around the world .
Power .
P-O-W-E-R.
It ’ s what they want .
If they ’ ve got the Hunter Biden/Joe Biden laptop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of all this criminal activity on it , do you realize how much power they have over the Bidens if Biden gets elected ?
”

PETITION UPDATE (12/11/2020)
Right before Thanksgiving, YouTube deleted a LifeSite video of a distinguished Canadian physician protesting the "unfounded public hysteria" over COVID-19 and accused us of spreading "medical misinformation."
Our account was suspended, and we were prohibited from posting videos on our YouTube channel for one week. And, while that may not seem like a big deal, it's a huge deal for a news organization like LifeSite.
Then, earlier this week, YouTube again suspended our account – this time for two weeks – over an episode of The Bishop Strickland Show wherein Bishop Strickland said he would not take an unethical COVID-19 vaccine.
We were able to appeal the suspension, and our request was granted.
This means that in YouTube's three-strikes-and-you're-out content-policing, idea-cleansing scheme, we are back down to one strike. But, we still face the threat of losing our account permanently.
And, we're not the only ones.
In a recent turn of events, YouTube just announced that it will remove videos alleging widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
But, what is YouTube afraid of? The truth???
Thankfully, however, there is a one, big bright spot on the horizon: 48 states filed suit against Facebook just this week.
And, although this seems like a step in the right direction, the draconian measures which YouTube just rolled out, which are already wielded by Twitter, are an assault against free speech.
So, the fight for freedom of speech against Big Tech goes on. And, we must do everything we can to protect it!
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-youtube-reverses-ban-on-lifesitenews?
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/youtube-bans-lifesite-over-video-of-bp-strickland-refusing-to-take-corona-vaccine
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lifesites-channel-was-suspended-by-youtube-heres-how-you-can-still-watch-our-videos
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/youtube-starts-removing-videos-that-contain-allegations-of-mass-voter-fraud
https://tennesseestar.com/2020/12/10/facebook-sued-by-48-states-federal-trade-commission-over-allegations-of-monopolistic-practices/
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PETITION UPDATE (11/18/2020)
Everyone thought the censorship by Big Tech corporations would decrease after the 2020 election, but the truth is that censorship is being felt just as much as it was before the election.
And, given the election outcome, perhaps Big Tech censorship now is even more consequential than it was before the election!
The two biggest social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter, and other Big Tech companies, are still censoring and suppressing stories and posts favorable to conservatives, and especially anything that has to do with election fraud.
Here are a few recent examples:
Women for America First organized the March for Trump on November 14, which was shut down by Facebook, MailChimp and Eventbrite. Despite Big Tech’s best efforts to cancel the event, the march went on and gathered a huge crowd.
Twitter has been suppressing a large number of President Trump’s Tweets. Most of his Tweets have been flagged arbitrarily with a warning stating: “This claim about election fraud is disputed."
Please READ this recent article about Big Tech's attempt to choke information conerning the recent Million MAGA March in Washington, DC: '5 things mainstream media won’t tell you about massive DC ‘Stop the Steal’ rally'
Then, please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition, which calls on the Congress, the president, and governors to defend freedom of speech as Big Tech continues their rampant censorship.
PETITION UPDATE (10/15/2020)
In a remarkable development, Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham have announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will be issuing subpoenas to Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's Mark Zuckerburg for their company's suppression of two critical expose news stories about how Hunter Biden and the Biden Family allegedly profited from business deals made because of Joe Biden's position as Vice President.
Please WATCH LifeSite's exclusive video of the announcement by Senator Ted Cruz below.
According to the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Lindsey Graham, the subpoenas will be issued next Tuesday, for hearings to be held on Friday of next week.
This is a MASSIVE development, and should be welcomed by those who champion freedom of speech.
Again, this is all happening because Twitter and Facebook refuse to allow their members to share stories which would be favorable to conservatives.
Here's the timeline:
Yesterday, Twitter and Facebook suppressed a NY Post story about how Hunter Biden allegedly profited from introducing a Ukrainian businessman to his then-Vice President father, Joe Biden. The story also alleges that Vice President Biden then subsequently pressured Ukrainian authorities to fire a prosecutor who was investigating the businessman's company.
And, just this morning, Twitter suppressed another expose by the NY Post alleging that the Biden Family improperly profitted from deals made with one of the largest Chinese energy companies because of Vice President Biden's position in government.
But, right after the story broke, Senator Cruz tried to share the latest story on Twitter and was blocked. Twitter says that they are blocking the stories because they claim that the information was obtained illegally. However, Twitter showed no problem allowing illegally obtained information about President Trump's tax returns to be shared.
Please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition, which calls on the Congress, the president, and governors to defend freedom of speech as Big Tech continues their rampant censorship.
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'GOP senators decry Big Tech censorship of NY Post story exposing Biden corruption' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gop-senators-decry-big-tech-censorship-of-ny-post-story-exposing-biden-corruption
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PETITION UPDATE (9/17/2020)
Big Tech is out to kill free speech. LifeSite is out to protect it!
LifeSite has been digging deep into the many claims of liberal bias and selective censorship of pro-life, pro-family, and conservative voices on social media.
And, we are now launching our new series 'Uncensored: Big Tech vs. Free Speech', which will unpack how the actions of Big Tech censors actually affect conservative and Christian organization and individuals.
Please WATCH the first video in our series featuring Brigitte Gabriel, the Founder of ACT For America, one of the nation's premier national security grassroots organizations.
Ms. Gabriel's organization, ACT For America, has been targeted by Big Tech especially in the manipulation of search results.
Big Tech “think[s] they are God and they are exercising their godly power over everybody else,” Gabriel explained. "Because in today's world, anytime you want to find out any information about somebody, what do you do? Google. You go to the internet to find out some information about them. When you research anything about somebody, the first thing that comes up [in the search results] is the Southern Poverty Law Center’s labeling of ‘hate groups.’”
“And who are the ‘hate groups’? Family Research Council is a hate group because they are pro-family. American Family Radio is a hate group…LifeSiteNews is a hate group. My organization is a hate group because we sound the alarm about terrorism and protecting our constitutional freedom. And so they try to character assassinate you. And they control the language.”
LifeSite's research shows that Facebook, Google, YouTube, Twitter, and others have become far too dangerous for democracy.
They can and do sway elections and public opinion in whatever direction they want, primarily by manipulating search results, tracking our online behavior, and by blocking truthful content from their platforms.
Today, LifeSite is starting to fight back, with facts and with stories of conservatives and Christians who are being negatively impacted by Big Tech's liberal bias.
Please continue to follow our 'Big Tech vs. Free Speech' series which aims to launch a new video each week for the next eight weeks.
And, please sign our petition demanding that Big Tech monopolies are broken up. Thank you!
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ORIGINAL PETITION BACKGROUND TEXT:
The outrageous erasing of the White Coat Summit from the internet is only the latest in a long series of brazen acts of censorship against conservatives and all those who support legitimate free speech.
You may agree or disagree with the efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine against the coronavirus, but everyone should agree on this point:
No Big Tech company should have the power to erase from the internet the medical opinions of licensed practicing doctors simply because they do not like what they have to say about the coronavirus or their experience treating it. Americans and other free peoples do not need leftist computer programmers deciding what the best course of medical treatment is for them.
Google/Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Apple and their Big Tech friends want to control what you see, what you read, what you think, and ultimately, how you vote. Not only do they spend hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying congress and buttering up big Washington DC think tanks, but now they brazenly and directly censor any content they don't want you to see.
Big Tech, like other interest groups, aggressively lobby to help their businesses thrive, but increasingly, Big Tech is using blatant internet censorship to impose its radical world view over those they consider to be "deplorables."
This must stop, but it won't unless we demand it as forcefully as legally possible. We believe that we have reached the point were Big Tech must be broken up if legitimate free speech is going to survive and continue to thrive on the internet.
Please sign our petition to demand real consequences for Big Tech's suppression of legitimate free speech.
In 2016, emails revealed by Fox News' Tucker Carlson proved that Google tried to influence the election by affecting voter turnout. Thankfully they failed. But they didn't give up. Instead, they have been preparing and testing how to manipulate information to continue to abuse their monopolistic power.
In 2018, Google/Youtube et. al. succeeded in manipulating the Irish abortion referendum by blacklisting pro-life videos, manipulating pro-life search terms and results and intentionally withholding pro-life information. Again, this is not an opinion or a conspiracy theory, Project Veritas obtained first hand information proving the intentional censorship by Big Tech.
And the Coronavirus has just made things worse. You see, scared people are more easily manipulated into giving up their freedom of speech. Children are being kept from going to school, tens of millions of Americans are out of work, and rioting has broken out in most major American cities.
Now, more than ever, freedom of speech is necessary to secure all of our freedoms. Freedom of speech is crucial to truly exercise the freedom to vote for the person that best represents one's own views, or the freedom to decide what course of medical treatment to accept - especially the decision to control what vaccines are administered to our children.
Some experts, like Dr. Robert Epstein, a behavioral psychologist who has testified before congress against Big Tech believes that we may already be too late to control Big Tech's tyrannical control over information.
President Trump took a step in the right direction with his Executive Order calling for increased regulation of Big Tech. But much more can be done and needs to be done right now.
In an era where almost everything is polarized, there is an overwhelming support for breaking up the Big Tech monopolies. A recent Pew poll found that 75% of Americans believe that Big Tech companies have too much influence.
It is time to bring serious accountability to Big Tech for their attempts to use their monopolies to kill free speech.
It is time to break up Big Tech.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Google, Facebook, Twitter shut down ‘frontline’ US doctors who promote ‘cure for COVID’ - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/google-facebook-twitter-shut-down-frontline-us-doctors-who-promote-cure-for-covid?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=standard
Americans overwhelmingly agree Big Tech has too much power: Pew poll - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/americans-overwhelmingly-agree-big-tech-has-too-much-power-pew-poll
Leaked Google employee's email reveals effort to boost Latino vote, surprise that some voted for Trump - https://www.foxnews.com/tech/leaked-google-employees-email-reveals-effort-to-boost-latino-vote-surprise-that-some-voted-for-trump
Undercover video proves Google interfered in Irish abortion referendum - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/americans-overwhelmingly-agree-big-tech-has-too-much-power-pew-poll


lifesitenews--2020-10-29--Uncovering the shocking truths about Big Tech censorship

October 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Facebook , Twitter , Google , and other Big Tech giants want you to believe they don ’ t engage in censorship of any kind , and that they are simply upholding “ community guidelines ” to regulate “ fake news ” and “ hate speech.
” We know now that this is all a lie .
LifeSite has been working hard to shed light on Big Tech corruption these last two months .
Our explosive original series , Uncensored : Big Tech vs. Free Speech , blew the lid off the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can watch a short documentary of our reporting below .
You can also read about our reporting here .
Scroll down to the bottom of this article to watch our interviews with each activist we sat down with .
Thanks to testimonies from leading pro-life and pro-family voices , we showed firsthand just how these unaccountable corporations spy on , manipulate , and censor their users .
In our documentary , we heard from Brigitte Gabriel the founder of ACT for America , Brent Bozell from the Research Media Center , Allison Centofante @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Susan B. Anthony List , Allum Bokhari from Breitbart , and Eric Cochran from Project Veritas .
Although each has experienced the wrath of Big Tech in different ways , their resounding message was the same : these companies can not be trusted to ensure our freedoms .
“ The algorithms that run so much of our lives , that determine whose political movement is going to be successful … are all programed by critical race theorists .
That ’ s digital totalitarianism , ” Bohkari declared .
Cochran , a former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how pro-lifers are censored , agreed with Bohkari .
This is a battle “ about free speech , about a basic American principle.
” Alison Centofante from Live Action told our viewers that , “ these social media companies are suppressing your ability to see [ pro-life truth ] , to see and know about what abortion really does for a child .
… The American people are going to get fed up with this continued suppression and look to D.C. to do something.
” Brent Bozell from the Meda Research Center likewise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it 's their responsibility to fact check , to make sure that the public is n't told things that it should not be told.
” Below you can watch our stand-alone interviews with our all-star lineup of guests .
No one in conservative media has ever done this before .
Brigitte Gabriel shares the story of how the Souther Povetry Law Center labeled her organization a hate group and how they successfully cancelled her fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago .
Brent Bozell lays out how Big Tech manipulates search engine results and why conservatives @ @ @ @ @ @ @

October 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Facebook, Twitter, Google, and other Big Tech giants want you to believe they don’t engage in censorship of any kind, and that they are simply upholding “community guidelines” to regulate “fake news” and “hate speech.”
We know now that this is all a lie. LifeSite has been working hard to shed light on Big Tech corruption these last two months.
Our explosive original series, Uncensored: Big Tech vs. Free Speech, blew the lid off the industry’s liberal bias. You can watch a short documentary of our reporting below. You can also read about our reporting here. Scroll down to the bottom of this article to watch our interviews with each activist we sat down with.
Watch the full documentary here:
Thanks to testimonies from leading pro-life and pro-family voices, we showed firsthand just how these unaccountable corporations spy on, manipulate, and censor their users.
In our documentary, we heard from Brigitte Gabriel the founder of ACT for America, Brent Bozell from the Research Media Center, Allison Centofante from Live Action, Prudence Robertson from the Susan B. Anthony List, Allum Bokhari from Breitbart, and Eric Cochran from Project Veritas.
Although each has experienced the wrath of Big Tech in different ways, their resounding message was the same: these companies cannot be trusted to ensure our freedoms.
“The algorithms that run so much of our lives, that determine whose political movement is going to be successful … are all programed by critical race theorists. That’s digital totalitarianism,” Bohkari declared.
Cochran, a former Pinterest engineer who blew the whistle on how pro-lifers are censored, agreed with Bohkari.
This is a battle “about free speech, about a basic American principle.”
Alison Centofante from Live Action told our viewers that, “these social media companies are suppressing your ability to see [pro-life truth], to see and know about what abortion really does for a child. … The American people are going to get fed up with this continued suppression and look to D.C. to do something.”
Brent Bozell from the Meda Research Center likewise said that Big Tech giants “believe that it's their responsibility to fact check, to make sure that the public isn't told things that it should not be told.”
Below you can watch our stand-alone interviews with our all-star lineup of guests. No one in conservative media has ever done this before.
Brigitte Gabriel shares the story of how the Souther Povetry Law Center labeled her organization a hate group and how they successfully cancelled her fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago.
Brent Bozell lays out how Big Tech manipulates search engine results and why conservatives need to break up their monopolies.


lifesitenews--2020-10-29--Irish Catholics demand the sacraments after government bans Mass

DUBLIN , Ireland , October 29 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – In the wake of new laws which Catholics in Ireland are comparing to penal times and the persecution of the Catholic Church , an ever growing number of priests and lay people are demanding the return of Mass and the sacraments .
On October 6 Ireland moved into a “ Level 3 lockdown ” meaning that all religious services must “ move online.
” However since then , the country has been ordered into the highest level of restrictions , and a new law introduced , expressly forbidding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” and threatening priests with heavy fines and even jail , should they attempt to offer public Mass .
The law is in direct violation of Article 44 of the Irish Constitution , which states : “ The State acknowledges that the homage of public worship is due to Almighty God .
It shall hold His Name in reverence , and shall respect and honour religion .
Freedom of conscience and the free profession and practice of religion are , subject to public order and morality , guaranteed to every citizen.
” Fr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protested the law in a powerful sermon , ( which has subsequently been viewed more than 1,700 times on YouTube ) , in which he decried the new law as “ a new type of tyranny and persecution ” and stated that “ it ’ s our own government who are orchestrating this attack on our faith and our right to practice it in public.
” Another priest in rural Ireland , who wished to remain anonymous , told LifeSiteNews of the effect which the law is having on the faithful : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the penal days .
I ’ ve been speaking with the faithful who feel very upset and distressed that they have been deprived of the sacraments .
And it ’ s sad to think that you can buy unnecessary goods in the supermarket , yet we have been deprived of sacramental grace , which is so essential.
” He also pointed out the mistake which was made in closing down the churches in March : “ By doing so , the Church in Ireland has deemed the practice of our faith non-essential…It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a devastated vineyard.
” The soon to be retired bishop of Ferns , Bishop Brennan , spoke out saying that the government ’ s decision was “ very hard to understand , churches are very safe places.
” The bishop also issued a pastoral letter in which he called for “ the need to revisit and amend the continued existence of church closures for public worship.
” However , it is not just members of the clergy who have been protesting the law , as prominent lay Catholics have also spoken out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ O ’ Hanlon , of the Irish Society for Christian Civilization , made reference to the Church ’ s duty “ to provide the Sacraments to the faithful , and under divine and natural law the Catholic hierarchy has the right to carry out this duty , whether the government likes it or not.
” He told LifeSiteNews that the government was violating its constitutional duty to “ respect and honour religion.
” O ’ Hanlon said that by closing churches whilst leaving “ elite sports ” and schools open , the government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ club of anti-Catholic tyrannical regimes around the world.
” Anthony Murphy , Director of Lumen Fidei Institute and editor of Catholic Voice magazine , said in a statement to LifeSiteNews that the bishops must exercise their authority and open the churches .
“ The bishops have handed over the sacraments for the government to control and regulate and God has been side-lined , ” Murphy said .
“ God is being openly mocked in Ireland and the bishops do not seem to care , they stand silent while the sheep go hungry.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of infection for COVID-19 in Ireland , and how churches had been meticulously been cleaned to prevent the virus spreading .
He urged that regardless of the current laws , bishops must “ open Ireland ’ s Catholic churches and should call the faithful to come to Holy Mass so that they can feed the flocks entrusted to their care by Jesus Christ.
” Deputy Matthew McGrath , a pro-life , independent member of the Irish parliament and the only member to oppose same-sex “ marriage ” in the 2015 referendum , decried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ wouldn ’ t happen under Hitler.
” The four Archbishops of Ireland had a meeting with the Taoiseach yesterday evening , in which they “ emphasised that they are fully supportive of the Public Health messages but highlighted that the coming together in prayer and worship , especially for Mass and the Sacraments , is fundamental to Christian tradition and a source of nourishment for the life and well-being of whole communities.
” The Taoiseach is reported to have thanked them , but no concessions have been made regarding the opening of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need for a shared understanding of the effects of the pandemic as it evolves and to align our response accordingly.
” In an open letter published in May , Catholic clergy led by former papal nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò and Cardinals Gerhard Ludwig Mueller , Joseph Zen , and Janis Pujats reminded politicians around the world that “ the state has no right to interfere , for any reason whatsoever , in the sovereignty of the church.
” “ This autonomy and freedom are an innate right that Our Lord Jesus Christ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her proper ends .
For this reason , as pastors we firmly assert the right to decide autonomously on the celebration of Mass and the Sacraments , just as we claim absolute autonomy in matters falling within our immediate jurisdiction , such as liturgical norms and ways of administering Communion and the Sacraments , ” the signatories stated .
We Need Worship Campaign In order to co-ordinate efforts and galvanise people into action for the return of Mass , a lay group called We Need Worship ( WNW ) has formed , prayerfully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the constitutional right to worship and have Mass .
The group ’ s Facebook page states that “ Our constitutional right to worship Jesus Christ is being violated.
” WNW warns that unless action is taken swiftly , then Ireland risks still being prohibited from celebrating Mass even on Christmas Day : “ Already , the Irish government have prohibited us , the lay faithful , from the proper worship that we owe ( and long to give ) Jesus Christ our Saviour , in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
” WNW @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worship which the Irish Catholic bishops imposed in March , paved the way for the constitutional breach : “ This blithe disregard for Bunreacht na hEireann is not surprising in late October , when such disregard has been apparent since March - when the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference unanimously steamrolled over these constitutional rights - and the Irish government did nothing to stop them.
” WNW has drawn up letter templates to be sent to the TD ’ s , ( Members of the Irish Parliament ) , Irish Catholic bishops and priests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violation of the constitution .
All three letters note that the new law is a violation of religious and constitutional rights and calls for the law to be over-ruled in light of this .
The letter to the TD ’ s warns that the new law places the “ government in conflict with the Constitution ” and is “ intellectually ignorant of the Catholic faith at best and intentionally insulting at worst.
” Government ministers are accused of seeking to “ provoke a confrontation between the State and the lay faithful - who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they “ have to protect our right to worship in this way.
” In writing to the Catholic Bishops , WNW appeals to them as shepherds of the faithful , noting their duty to care for souls as outlined in Canon Law , and pointing out that bishops do not need to ask the government for permission to say Mass .
The letter urges bishops to have zealous care for the faithful , promising to pray for them , but asking that in return the bishops will act with “ fortitude , perseverance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Mass and for the protection of the souls of the faithful : “ Holy Mass is central to our lives .
It is ESSENTIAL !
” WNW also writes to encourage priests , reassuring them of prayers and warning that those who “ want to destroy religion , they begin by attacking the priest.
” In the face of this warning , the letter earnestly recommends priests to have recourse to “ our Blessed Mother , St. John Vianney , St. Patrick and all the Irish Saints.
” Contact information for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ here , to respectfully ask for the churches to be opened , and Mass to be celebrated : https : //www.catholicbishops.ie/bishops/ Those in Ireland are urged to contact their TD ’ s in order to change the current restrictions imposed upon the Church .
Contact information can be found here : https : //www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/

PETITION UPDATE (3/15/21) -
Reports suggest that the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Conference (USCCB) is preparing a vote on what to do about pro-abortion Joe Biden (and, presumably, other abortion-promoting politicians) who continues to present himself (themselves) for Holy Communion.
Public excommunication would be a suitable response for Biden's obstinate, public and grave sin of scandalously promoting abortion.
Please continue to SIGN and SHARE this important petition.
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PETITION UPDATE (2/4/20)
Since Joe Biden was sworn-in on the 20th of January, he has wasted no time in signing Executive Orders to destroy the protections which former President Trump offered to the unborn and to the innocence and modesty of children of the United States.
In one executive order, Biden rescinded the Mexico City Policy prohibiting the federal government from spending taxpayer monies on abortion and the promotion of abortion.
And, in another executive order, Biden seeks to force girls' athletic programs, restrooms, and locker rooms to accept gender-confused males.
Since the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was shamefully silent throughout the presidential campaign on the pre-eminent issues of abortion and gender ideology, and what Biden vowed he would do as president, it is cold comfort that their pro-life office is now speaking up about this Administration's wilful disregard for human life and for God's design of human nature (i.e., two biological sexes).
Stated plainly, Joe Biden is as bad as he said he would be, and the bishop, acting in unison (as the USCCB) have an obligation to the Lord (first) and to the faithful (second) to refuse Holy Communion to this grave public sinner.
With all due respect to these bishops, they diminish the Holy Eucharist and their high office, as well as cause grave scandal to the faithful, by dialoguing with a man who is promoting mass murder of the unborn against the constant teaching of the Church.
A man who continues to use the church as a backdrop for statements about how "Catholic/religious" he is, but, at the same time, is now doing everything in his power to protect the murder of the innocent, needs to publicly repent before dialogue can begin.
The bishops should not dialogue with or congratulate someone who has publicly betrayed the Church's teaching and who is leading others astray.
It's an embarrassment and a scandal for the bishops to continue to allow him to receive Holy Communion.
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today!
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PETITION UPDATE (12/10/20)
Prior to the election on November 3, the U.S. bishops did not address Joe Biden’s anti-Catholic position regarding faith and morals as a unified body.
The USCCB, the organization to which every U.S. bishop belongs and which is staffed and led by bishops, remained disgracefully silent in the run-up to the election.
What were the bishops afraid of, losing their charitable tax status with the IRS, or being deprived of fat checks from the HHS (immigration programs) and USAID (foreign aid programs)?
Or, were they just too cowardly to clearly declare Christ's law to be above man's law and risk the ire of a Joe Biden as president?
Either way, the bishops’ lack of clarity in this regard is a terrible scandal in itself and probably greatly contributed to the possible election of a pro-abortion, anti-Catholic Catholic to the presidency.
Given the fact that exit polling shows Catholics split their vote 50-50 for Trump and Biden, even a slight deviation in the heavily-Catholic swing-states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania could have produced different results.
The bishops could have spoken out against Biden’s pro-abortion stance collectively, but, again, they were overwhelmingly and shamefully silent.
Because of this, they will be at least partly responsible for the policies advanced by a Biden administration, in the event that Biden is sworn into office.
However, the bishops can, even now, mitigate the damage done by their inaction by taking the following steps: 1) Speak with one voice, as the USCCB, and plainly condemn Biden's pro-abortion stance; 2) Publicly advise Biden not to present himself for Holy Communion because of his scandalous position on abortion and homosexual "marriage;" and, 3) Tell Biden to publicly repent of publicly promoting the wilfull murder of the preborn, sins against nature, and diminishing the natural family.
Thankfully, some individual bishops have spoken out forcefully on Biden's scandalous behavior, and his standing in the Church.
On November 9, Archbishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas tweeted: “A dark cloud has descended on this nation when the USCCB and Planned Parenthood speak in unison in support of a Biden-Harris administration that supports the slaughter of innocents by abortion for all 9 months of pregnancy.”
Additionally, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver, Colorado and Archbishop Charles Chaput have both declared publicly that Joe Biden “should not receive Holy Communion."
But, to add insult to injury, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. has said that he will give Holy Communion to Biden because “it’s a matter of the responsibility that I have as the archbishop to be engaged and to be in dialogue with him, even in those areas where we obviously have some differences.”
And, Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington, Delaware and Bishop McElroy of San Diego also congratulated Biden in statements, but they have not indicated whether or not they would administer Holy Communion to him.
With all due respect to these bishops, they diminish the Holy Eucharist and their high office, as well as cause grave scandal to the faithful, by dialoguing with a man who is promoting mass murder of the unborn against the constant teaching of the Church.
A man who uses the church as a backdrop to make sickening political advertisements about how "Catholic/religious" he is, but, at the same time, says that he will do everything in his power to protect the murder of the innocent, needs to publicly repent before dialogue can begin.
The bishops should not dialogue with or congratulate someone who has publicly betrayed the Church's teaching and who is leading others astray.
It's an embarrassment and a scandal for the bishops to continue to allow him to receive Holy Communion.
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/us-bishops-concerned-about-pro-abortion-biden-previously-hailed-him-as-second-catholic-president
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abp-aquila-backs-call-for-pro-abortion-catholic-joe-biden-to-be-denied-holy-communion?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=standard
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/former-philly-archbishop-biden-not-in-full-communion-with-the-catholic-church
https://www.thesoutherncross.org/news/bishop-mcelroy-offers-prayers-and-congratulations-to-president-elect-biden/
https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/us-catholics-weigh-mixed-reaction-biden-win
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PETITION UPDATE (9/29/20)
Cardinal Raymond Burke has stated that Democratic candidate Joe Biden should not receive Holy Communion because of his support for abortion.
In an interview for Thomas McKenna's Catholic Action for Faith and Family podcast, Cardinal Burke states the following (starting around 5:00):
First of all, I would tell him [Biden] not to approach to receive Holy Communion, out of charity toward him, because that would be a sacrilege and endanger the salvation of his own soul.
But, also, he should not approach to receive Holy Communion because he gives scandal to everyone, because if someone says, 'I'm a devout Catholic," and, at the same time is promoting abortion, it gives the impression to others that it's acceptable for a Catholic to be in favor of abortion.
Of course, it's absolutely not acceptable, and never has been, and never will be.
We give thanks for Cardinal Burke's frankness and clarity. And, we call on every U.S. Catholic bishop to follow Cardinal Burke's lead and call out Joe Biden for his bloody-minded hypocrisy on the issue of abortion.
To reiterate: You cannot be a Catholic and support abortion.
Thank you for continuing to sign this urgent petition.
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PETITION UPDATE (8/17/20)
The Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, keeps claiming to be Catholic but has said he will do everything in his power to support abortion.
And, with his pick of California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, Biden has just cemented abortion into the Democrats' 2020 presidential ticket.
Indeed, Harris is vehemently pro-abortion.
During her time as attorney general of California, Harris played a key role in defending Planned Parenthood over its sale of aborted baby parts (which violated multiple federal laws, according to undercover video of abortion industry personnel).
And, last year, Harris unveiled a plan to essentially force pro-life states to seek permission from the federal government before pro-life laws can take effect.
Additionally, Harris has dangerous views on religious liberty and freedom of speech.
Harris displayed anti-Catholic bigotry in the confirmation hearings of Judge Brian Buescher. Harris cited his membership in the “all-male society” the Knights of Columbus and its stances against abortion and same-sex “marriage” as grounds for rejecting Buescher for a federal district court in Nebraska.
And, David Daleiden, head of the pro-life investigative group Center for Medical Progress, wrote that from his firsthand experience, he considers Harris the “greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen.”
Joe Biden has seriously erred by taking on Kamala Harris as his running mate, further distancing himself from the truths of the Catholic Faith, especially that every life is sacred from conception till natural death.
Please CLICK HERE to read an article which details one U.S. bishop's warning about the Biden-Harris ticket.
And, please continue to SIGN and SHARE this petition.
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Of course, these two things are incompatible: you cannot be Catholic and pro-abortion.
And, a "Catholic" politician's responsibility in this regard is absolute: On pain of serious sin, he or she can never promote abortion because abortion is the wilful murder of innocent preborn human beings, and also because doing so causes grave scandal to the Church and the faithful.
Please SIGN this urgent petition asking the bishops of the United States to refuse to give Holy Communion to Joe Biden until he publicly repents from his scandalous promotion of abortion.
Biden recently promised to “codify Roe v. Wade” as president, adding, "my Justice Department will do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate a woman’s protected, constitutional right to choose."
And, since starting his latest run for the presidency, Biden also flip-flopped against the Hyde Amendment, saying that he would allow federal funds to be spent on abortion - a position he claimed to be against for more than 40 years.
In short, Joe Biden will do everything in his power to enable and defend the wilful murder of innocent preborn human beings.
So, this should not be a hard decision for our U.S. bishops. In fact, in another circumstance, it was already done by an Illinois bishop.
Indeed, Bishop Paprocki, of Springfield, Illinois, invoked Canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law to withdraw Holy Communion from two Illinois state politicians who had worked to enact radical new abortion legislation in 2019.
Canon 915 states: "Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion."
Of course, no-one, least of all the bishops, wants anyone to be deprived of Holy Communion.
A politician who publicly and obstinately advocates for the murder of innocent preborn babies puts himself out-of-communion with the Church and her teaching.
Pro-abortion politicians should not think that they can advocate for the murder of the unborn and receive the Body of Christ at the same time. This would be to defile the Eucharist while giving scandal to the faithful.
Depriving politicians of Holy Communion is not just meant to prevent scandal; it is also designed to bring a grave public sinner to repentance. In this way, such an action is meant to be for the good of their souls, too.
Thank you for SIGNING this urgent petition which calls on the U.S. Catholic bishops to refuse to admit Joe Biden to Holy Communion until he publicly repents from his scandalous promotion of abortion.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Joe Biden: I support abortion ‘under any circumstance’ - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/joe-biden-i-support-abortion-under-any-circumstance
Catholic priest denies Joe Biden Holy Communion for pro-abortion stance - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-priest-denies-joe-biden-holy-communion-for-pro-abortion-stance
Cardinal McCarrick and the Concealing of Rome’s Position on Denying Communion - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-mccarrick-and-the-concealing-of-romes-position-on-denying-communio
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