Links: Republicans control state legislatures; Archbishop Gomez earns some praise

Links: Republicans control state legislatures; Archbishop Gomez earns some praise 

In Gonzalez v. Carhart, Kennedy, Alito and Roberts refused to overturn Roe when they had the chance. At least Gorsuch, if not Roberts as well, fit into that mode. Roe will not be falling, nor will the 5th Circuit decision be affirmed. Mississippi is seeking to obliterate the 14th Amendment supremacy over such issues. It should not happen, although the fact that it took three conferences to get four votes for Certiorari is troubling. The option no one is forecasting is a unanimous or near unanimous decision that firmly slams the door on state action to move the needle on viability. It would end the pro-life movement.

Define a pro-life feminist. How do such women (men don't count) feel about jailing women. If they don't think this is possible, they are simply ignorant on what making a non-viable fetus a legal person would automatically do.

For every Texas, you have a Maryland. Each state has a court system. Even if federal courts stay out of this arena, state courts will not.

Mothers are Santa in most houses. Men simply cannot wrap gifts well. A Black, Gay Santa will be a tradition in Black Gay households. They are rare, although my family has one.

Does Trump have enough of a war chest to share? Trump, share? Now that is funny. In bygone days, Trump had a Super PAC full of Russian money.That he did share. If Trump goes down, he won't go down alone.

When the Register praises you, it is time to dodge phone calls from the Nuncio or the Cardinal Advisor. That these five are not ostracized shows what is wrong with the Conference.

Book banners are a prime example of what is wrong with public education today. Bureaucracies put rules above common sense - and many principals are wannabe bureaucrats. In the Archdiocese of Washington, the education office has exactly five staff and parental boards, along with pastors, control the schools. Of course, pastors can be as careerist (and dense) as school administrators. Remember that the Roman Inquisition was a leading force in book banning, so those in glass cathedrals should not throw stones.

Meeting Jesus in the air is an individual enterprise. The universe will not end (nor mankind perish) in short order. There will be no restoration of the Golden Age of American Catholicism. As for the hymn, it is a tad too close to anti-Semitism for me to be comfortable with.