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[Mrs. Don-o]

God bless the Becket Fund. I have just decided that ALL of my Catholic charitable giving (measly as it is) will be given to such groups, and not to any ecclesiastical entity.

Not that my parish and diocese don't deserve it, they do indeed, but I serve them in other ways; and with the little bit of money I have, I want to make sure the impact is maximum.

[Mrs. Don-o]

P.S. The Hutterites (or Hutterian Brethren) are about as far away from Catholics as you can get on the "Christian ecclesial spectrum," and yet I feel very close to them. They are Christians, farmers, close in spirit to the Amish, except they are communal. (I stress "of course voluntarily" to stave off any untoward comments about communism.)

They intend harm to no one, speak harm to no one; do harm to no one; and if that isn't enough to guarantee them peace from the authorities then there's something damned perverse about the authorities. I am thrilled that Becket is defending them.

[cdcdawg]

If the SCOTUS hears it, Scalia will be a very interesting one to watch. The last time this issue came up directly, I don’t think Thomas was on the Court yet. I assume Roberts will work extra hard to find a way for the government to win.

[1010RD]

Excellent and all people of faith need to band together on these and other religious liberty issues. If you want to kill the welfare state, it will be churches that do it via religious freedom. I hope they win.

[Salvation]

BTTT!

[SJackson]

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