Search Results: Discrimination

New Title IX Rules Threaten Human Rights

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / September 26, 2022 /
government power, america, three branches

…supposedly banning discrimination based upon “sex”!). Instead, the rules expand the definition of “sex discrimination” to include such things as, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotypes (i.e., “fixed or generalized…

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Italy’s LGBT Zan Bill Rejected

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / November 8, 2021 /

…Legislative Proposals on the Non-Discrimination of Homosexual Persons.” In this letter the CDF noted that while “unjust discrimination” must be opposed, “There are areas in which it is not unjust…

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Male and Female He Created Them: Gender Identity Is Not a Choice

By Denise Hunnell, MD / January 9, 2017 /

“Gender” is a social construct. (Zenit.org) – 2012 marked the first time gender identity was included as a specific protected classification in a United Nations General Assembly anti-discrimination resolution. This…

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How Special are “Gay Rights”?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / July 8, 2020 /
question marks

…characterize civil rights and equal protection of the law for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans as “special rights” in an attempt to energize opposition to anti-discrimination and equal opportunity…

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Trans Statistics and the Catholic Response to Transgenderism

By Susan Ciancio / May 5, 2023 /
demographics, people pie chart

…stressors and obstacles. These include rejection at work or within their family, discrimination in housing, or fear of discussing health issues with a doctor. Any of these can lead to…

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Does God Forgive Homosexuality?

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / December 9, 2022 /
Sodom and Gomorrah by John Martin

…Legislative Proposals on the Non-Discrimination of Homosexual Persons teaches: 10. “Sexual orientation” does not constitute a quality comparable to race, ethnic background, etc. in respect to non-discrimination. Unlike these, homosexual…

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Catholic Health Care and Religious Freedom Are Under Attack

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / July 12, 2021 /
patient being rushed through hospital

…to be viewed as good old-fashioned decent behavior or moral common sense will gradually become categorized as “discrimination” and “hate.” And once that happens, it is only a matter of…

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A Merciful Decision to Deny Joe Biden Holy Communion

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / November 11, 2019 /
St. Padre Pio, priest and stigmatist, bled during the consecration of the Mass.

…if he became president. The Equality Act would change the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include “sex,” “sexual orientation,” and “gender identity” as recognized “non-discrimination” categories. Conservatives have warned that,…

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Hyde Amendment Under Attack

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / August 16, 2021 /
US Capitol building by Andy Feliciotti via Unsplash

…dollars for funding of abortions and abortion-related discrimination was successfully adopted by a vote of 50-49 to the Democrats’ partisan budget resolution. The amendment, if adopted by Congress in the…

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Eliminating Down Syndrome? Or People with Down Syndrome?

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / September 2, 2017 /

…participants in this atrocious act of discrimination and murder. The distressing thing is how recently we’ve been here. The extremely influential eugenics movement in the late 19th and early 20th…

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