The bedrock of North American morality including hatred of the unorthodox, anti-intellectualism, homophobia, divorce, sexual repression and guilt, fear of the unknown, absence of critical thought, blind faith over facts, unthinking acceptance of the tyranny of the majority, subjugation of women, gullibility, obsequious sycophant-like respect for “charismatic leaders”, profit before people, the right to make a buck at the expense of the environment, unflinching intolerance for anyone who deviates one iota from the narrow Judaeo-Christian sense of moral outrage, the desire to inflict pain on the “immoral” and a respect for power regardless of its source or legitimacy.

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What’s going on in Louisville, Ky., is especially alarming. A University of Louisville-affiliated hospital that serves a mostly low-income population is planning a merger with a Catholic health-care system. An array of services may be lost, hitting a population that can ill afford to see them go.

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The amicus brief argues that recognizing the ministerial exception would place religious institutions above the law, unjustly denying to their employees their day in court when they have been subject to illegal discrimination by their employer.

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[…] independent media’s time has come, because people see, young and old, what it means when the media has a corporate agenda, how dangerous it is when our image is projected to the rest of the world through a corporate lens. I mean, if you look at the way the rest of the world sees us and the way we see ourselves, I think, that is very telling.

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The new chaplain will he paid $178,000 annually, most of which, Conroy says, will be turned over to the Jesuits. […] Americans United and other organizations have argued that the chaplain’s position is a violation of church-state separation and have pushed to have it abolished.

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