DC’s Newly Elected Mayor Signs Anti-Catholic Bills

A while back, I wrote to you about a bill which passed the DC Council.  Now, Mayor Bowser has signed two bills:

Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act, which could coerce religious organizations to work with and hire those in favor of abortion and force employers to cover elective abortions in their health plans

Human Rights Amendment (don’t you just love how they use language to hide their motives) repeals an exemption that protected religious schools and universities from approving or funding homosexual advocacy.

For more, go to The Cardinal Newman Society:  http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/3918/Mayor-Signs-Coercive-Bills-Damaging-Religious-Freedom-of-D-C-Catholic-Schools-Colleges.aspx

PS:  I wonder if we will see anything about this in the Catholic Standard.

Georgetown University and Catholics for Equality

The Cardinal Newman Society reports about Catholics (it really should be Catholycs) for Equality, an organization made up of catholycs who support same sex marriages, attempt to show that the Catholic Church is wrong on this issue, and that catholycs do support this issue (and to sway others). I wrote about this a few weeks ago.

One of the founders is a Rev. Joseph Palacios, who is also an assistant professor at Georgetown. He admits he is gay and has challenged the Church on the issue of gay marriage for many years.

So, my question is this: Has the Archdiocese granted him faculties? If yes, why have they not revoked his faculties?

If anyone knows the answer to these questions, please comment or write to me.

Note: Faculties means he is allowed to hear confession, offer Mass, etc. in an Archdiocese/Diocese.