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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O'Malley yesterday criticized opponents of legalizing slot machines and Maryland schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick, saying he would like to replace her as soon as possible. When asked by a caller on a radio show why he supports slots after having called them "morally bankrupt" while serving as mayor of Baltimore, Mr. O'Malley said that he is ready to compromise and that state lawmakers should be too. "I hope other members of the General Assembly will loosen up and realize that compromise is not a dirty word," Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, said on the "Marc Steiner...

TIMONIUM, Md. — Marylanders may not know all the gritty details of the state's $1.5 billion budget shortfall, but many of those who attended the state fair yesterday said they don"t want Gov. Martin O'Malley to address it by raising their taxes. "Why is he putting the taxes up?" asked Bud Jones, 65, a retired truck driver from Glen Burnie, Md. Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, is scheduled today to visit the Maryland State Fair at the Timonium Fairgrounds in Baltimore County. Since the 2007 General Assembly session ended in April, one of Mr. O'Malley's most pressing tasks has become to...

NASHVILLE — Gov. Phil Bredesen suggested himself as a model for Democratic presidential nominees Monday, though disavowing any interest in a national position and declining to state a preference for any of his party’s presidential candidates. “If one of those presidential candidates who chose not to come here today can sell themselves in Tennessee, they can sell themselves in mainstream America,” Bredesen told the Democratic Leadership Council. None of the Democratic presidential candidates spoke at the DLC gathering, though they were invited. Still, presidential politics was a topic in speeches by former President Clinton, Bredesen and three other Democratic governors...

Boston, Jul 30, 2007 / 08:56 am (CNA).- Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston made history yesterday by appointing Tiziana Dearing as the first woman to ever lead Catholic Charities in Eastern Massachusetts. The new appointment comes as Fr. J. Bryan Hehir leaves the position so that he can spend more time working as the Secretary for Social Services for the Archdiocese. For the past three years, Fr. Hehir has served as the head of both Catholic Charities and as the Secretary for Social Services. Father Hehir said that separating the two positions will strengthen the organization and the executive...

ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O'Malley and Maryland lawmakers gathered yesterday with utility officials, nonprofits and academics to exchange ideas about how to resolve energy-conservation and power-supply concerns. Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, called for the summit to bring together experts to talk about reducing Maryland's per capita energy consumption, which he hopes to reduce by 15 percent by 2015. Mr. O'Malley said other states with similar levels of growth have used energy more sparingly, and now Maryland has to focus on being more efficient. Maryland residents have been feeling the pinch of higher energy costs. In June, a 50 percent increase...

Welcome and thank you for visiting my blog! After my return from vacation, I was very pleased to see so many messages on the blog regarding the motu proprio. We couldn’t post all of them but it was interesting to see people’s reactions, and the interest in the motu proprio. I think it only underscores the wisdom of the Holy Father’s approach to people’s liturgical preferences. I continue to echo the Holy Father’s desire that the liturgy not be the battleground but be a source of unity for all of us. We must love the Mass in all of its...

Gov. Martin O'Malley said this week that he wants to find ways to make the state's tax structure more progressive, and key legislators, including Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, have expressed support for at least a temporary tax increase on top earners, such as one that helped Maryland weather its last major fiscal crisis, in the early 1990s. "I believe in progressive taxation," O'Malley, a Democrat, said last week. Anyone who makes less than $8,450 a year does not have to file a tax return so, effectively, every taxpayer in the state is in the top bracket. Maryland is...

29 June 2007 Card. O’Malley: MP for “reconciliation” On the blog of His Eminence Sean Card. O’Malley, we read an account of the meeting he attended in Rome concerning the Motu Proprio.  My emphases and comments. From Cleveland I flew to Rome at the request of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone to participate in a meeting discussing the Holy Father’s Moto Proprio about the use of the older form of the Latin Mass. [Very good!  A distinction!  Someone who understands that "Latin Mass" is any Mass in Latin, not the so-called "Tridentine" Mass.] There were about 25 bishops there, [Okay… was it...

In an exercise of political theater intended to set the stage for tax increases and possibly slot machines, legislators got a grim look yesterday at how the state (democrats) could balance the budget with spending cuts alone. The "doomsday budget" - ordered up by (democrat) legislative leaders to make the case that Maryland's expected $1.5 billion shortfall requires revenue increases - would cut state funding for public education by $500 million. It would cut grants for police officers, force tuition increases at state universities, freeze state workers' salaries, eliminate hundreds of state jobs and close some state institutions, including the...

ANNAPOLIS -- A Maryland administrative law judge ruled this week that Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration illegally fired a Republican state worker and ordered the worker to be reinstated with full back pay. Judge Susan A. Sinrod ruled that Greg Maddalone was fired illegally by the O'Malley administration because of his political ties to former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., a Republican. Democratic lawmakers in 2005 accused the Ehrlich administration of illegally firing thousands of state workers because of their ties to previous Democratic governors. After the Democrat-controlled General Assembly spent 13 months and $1.1 million of public funds to investigate...

Baltimore Gas and Electric customers will open their whopping light bills soon and ask: "How did this happen - a 70 percent increase in utility rates?" If they say it in the style of an ominous campaign commercial voiceover, it might take them back to a happier time, when candidate Martin O'Malley was promising in a TV ad to "stop the rate hikes." "How did this happen - a 72 percent increase in utility rates?" it begins. "Costing consumers and seniors while energy companies make record profits. The special interests already have their governor. We need one of our own....

b class="Dateline">BOSTON -- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston announced a $65 million dollar deal on Thursday to sell its administrative headquarters in Brighton to Boston College to complete a money-saving move to the suburbs. The sale of just under 20 acres to the Jesuit institution, which has already bought other nearby land from the archdiocese, is scheduled to close by Aug. 1. It is part of a long-range effort to recover from financial problems related to the clergy sex abuse scandal that erupted in 2002. "We have reached a significant milestone in announcing this agreement," Cardinal Sean O'Malley said...

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley this week began building his case for budget cuts and tax increases by blaming former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. for the state's $1.4 billion deficit. "We have inherited a $1.4 billion structural deficit from the last administration," Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, said during a state party fundraising dinner in Howard County Thursday. "It's going to be very difficult, and I really need your help to communicate with your neighbors."

ANNAPOLIS -- Gov. Martin O'Malley said yesterday that he will trim the state budget by $200 million by imposing layoffs and cutting overtime for state employees. "The reality is some layoffs will be necessary," said Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat. "Where they will be, I don't know yet." Mr. O'Malley ordered his Cabinet to reduce work force costs, look for savings in government purchases and help consolidate redundant boards and commissions. Maryland faces a $1.5 billion structural deficit next year. Agencies will receive budget reduction targets that will average 2.5 percent across state government... Republican lawmakers said the budget cuts are...

ANNAPOLIS -- Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law dozens of bills yesterday to protect the environment, including a law tightening car-emissions standards and a permanent ban on catching diamondback terrapins. Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, also signed one of the most divisive measures of this year's lawmaking session -- a bill that makes voting easier for former felons. The highlight of the signing ceremony was a bill making Maryland the eleventh state to require tighter car emissions than the federal government. The new law means that by model year 2011, new cars sold in Maryland will have to meet California emissions...

A bid by lawmakers to repeal Maryland's death penalty collapsed yesterday by a single vote, presenting Gov. Martin O'Malley with an early political defeat but leaving questions about the future of capital punishment in the state in his hands. Capping weeks of emotional appeals and soul-searching by lawmakers, a state Senate committee deadlocked 5 to 5 on legislation to end executions, preventing it from moving to the chamber's floor. O'Malley (D) strongly supported the bill, which was the subject of intense lobbying by the Catholic Church and other clergy. The committee's tie vote followed two failed attempts at compromise, one...

ANNAPOLIS -- State lawmakers attempting again to ban assault weapons in Maryland are hoping Gov. Martin O'Malley will give his support as hearings on the issue begin today. "That's what we think is very different this year than in the past," said Sen. Michael G. Lenett, Montgomery Democrat and chief sponsor of the bill. "We have a governor who is very committed to public safety." Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, pledged his support for the proposed ban while campaigning last year for governor. The Democrat-controlled General Assembly has failed four straight years to pass such legislation, and members think Mr. O'Malley's...

BALTIMORE - Outspoken radio show host Tyrone Powers has filed notice with the state that he intends to sue Gov. Martin O'Malley for $88.9 million for abridging "his freedom of speech." Powers' attorney Jimmy Bell sent a two-page letter of intent to the State Treasurer Nancy Kopp Tuesday. Powers, the former FBI agent and host of The Powers Report on Morgan State University's WEAA-88.9 FM, claims the station manager canceled his show because the governor wanted it "pulled off the air."O'Malley spokesman Rick Abruzzese declined to comment on Powers' allegations.Powers said at a Tuesday rally that his views and politics...

James Pelura III, the new Maryland Republican Party chairman, says voters who last month gave Democrats control of state government will be surprised by how far left party leaders have gone. "A lot of Democrats will see the direction their leaders are going and that the Republican message is more beneficial to the social, economic and environmental well-being of Maryland," Mr. Pelura told The Washington Times.

More than 1 million residents of the Washington-Baltimore region already live close to heavily trafficked motorways where dangerous soot pollution is at levels that can trigger asthma attacks, heart attacks and respiratory disease. Building the $2.4 billion (and rising), 18-mile intercounty connector linking Interstate 270 to Interstate 95 through neighborhoods and near schools would worsen these health problems. Maryland Gov.-elect Martin O'Malley (D) reiterated his support for the road following his election last month, but if the public demands protection for our children and the elderly, he still could take steps to prevent these health hazards. The toxic pollution the...

THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF Maryland has just one key responsibility under the law: to finish out the term of the state's chief executive if he or she no longer can serve. But a good lieutenant governor can carve out a meaningful role in the administration of the state -- and that potential is what voters should be looking for in a candidate. Both Democrat Anthony G. Brown and Republican Kristen Cox have experience in government. He served eight years in the state legislature; she's been a Cabinet secretary since 2003. But of the two, Mr. Brown has the experience and...

Martin O'Malley was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol in August 1987 but was later found not guilty of the offense, aides to the Baltimore mayor said last night, responding to media inquiries. O'Malley, the Democratic nominee for governor in Maryland, was a 24-year-old law student at the University of Maryland at the time. The arrest occurred in the early morning as O'Malley was returning to his parents' home in Montgomery County, aides said. "About 20 years ago, when I was a student, I was found not guilty after being pulled over for DUI on...

Sixteen percent of black Democratic voters in Maryland are backing Republican Gov. Bob Ehrlich in his reelection bid, while 21 percent have yet to decide, according to a new poll that suggests he still has time to pick up more votes among black Democrats. The poll by Ariel & Ethan, LLC, also found that Democratic nominee Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley, who is also white, has 64 percent of black Democrats. More than one in five voters is not yet decided on the gubernatorial race. Ehrlich also has nearly one in five votes among middle-aged blacks (aged 35-65), and he has...

It was former Democratic Gov. Parris N. Glendening who often referred affectionately to politics in Maryland as a contact sport. If so, the current race for governor would be no exception. As the ever-tightening race enters the home stretch, the campaigns of Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., the Republican incumbent, and Democratic challenger Martin O’Malley, the mayor of Baltimore, have traded so many charges and countercharges, the voters are ready for the game to be over......

BALTIMORE, Md. -- Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley has a slight lead over Governor Robert Ehrlich in the race for governor, according to results from a poll published in The Baltimore Sun. The poll, which was conducted by Potomac Inc., found that O'Malley has a 6 percentage-point lead among likely voters--50 percent to 44 percent--over the Republican incumbent. The statewide survey of 815 likely voters indicates it will be a tight race in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by about 2-to-1. "This campaign should be neck-and-neck in November," said Keith Haller, the president of Potomac Inc., which conducted the Sun...

BOSTON (CNS) -- From advice on how to live a life of prayer to descriptions of casual encounters with American tourists, Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley's latest effort to communicate with his flock is making a splash both in Boston and in cyberspace. The cardinal is documenting his most recent trip to Rome with a Web log, or blog, launched for the occasion: www.cardinalseansblog.org. "It was suggested I use a blog to communicate with everyone but primarily with young people, to speak to them in their own media," the cardinal told The Pilot, Boston's archdiocesan newspaper, in a Sept. 26 telephone...

[EXCERPT]: Baltimore Mayor MARTIN O'MALLEY: CEO: Speaking of police, when you entered the Mayor’s office, crime was your top issue. In the first half of your tenure, things went pretty well, but then you experienced a lot of upheaval with your police commissioners. You’ve got one ex-commissioner hosting a radio show where he’s routinely not being very nice to you and another ex-commissioner is suing to get his old job back, saying he was wrongly terminated. Why has there been such a problem managing that position? What’s been going wrong? MO: You know, I wish the appointments that I make...

The Capuchin Franciscans began their 83rd General Chapter this morning in Rome with a Mass celebrated by the community's first cardinal in half a century, Boston's Sean P. O'Malley. The gathering, held at the order's International College of St Lawrence of Brindisi, runs until 17 September. The chief order of business awaiting the 200 or so delegates is the election a new General Minister in succession to Canadian Fr John Corriveau, who has reached the limit of two six-year terms. While the order will release an official summary of each day's activities, interested parties would be wise to keep...

Joseph Steffen, a former aide to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., was rebuffed today in his bid to avoid testifying before lawmakers about firing practices. Steffen, who called himself the "Prince of Darkness," is a key witness for Democratic lawmakers who want to know if Ehrlich used Steffen to improperly fire Democrats working for the state. Steffen no longer works for Ehrlich, and he argued that the legislative panel should have no power to subpoena witnesses. Harford County Circuit Court Judge Maurice Baldwin rejected Steffen's motion today. The former aide was subpoenaed to address the panel on Wednesday. A lawyer...

Former Republican aide Joseph F. Steffen Jr., the so-called "Prince of Darkness" who gained notoriety for his role in the firing of state employees perceived as disloyal to the governor, filed a motion in Harford County Circuit Court Monday to quash a subpoena calling him to testify about his work for Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. Steffen was scheduled to appear at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Annapolis before the special committee investigating whether state workers were fired for being Democrats, according to court documents filed by his attorney. But the attorney, George S. Robinson IV, contended in his filing that...

A former police commissioner suing the city says he can implicate an associate of Mayor Martin O'Malley in a 2004 plot that entrapped Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s administration in a rumor-mongering scandal. Kevin P. Clark, who is suing over being fired in November 2004, says he lost his job, in part because a police probe of a city-owned laptop stolen from Baltimore Labor Commissioner Sean R. Malone threatened to expose Mr. Malone's link to the scandal. "We received information ... that there was information on the computer regarding a group called MD4Bush," said Neal M. Janey Sr., a lawyer...

BALTIMORE -- Former Baltimore City police commissioner Kevin Clark's lawyers claimed a city-owned laptop computer may hold the key to why their client was fired. WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team lead investigative reporter Jayne Miller said that same computer may answer the riddle surrounding a political dirty tricks mystery as well. Miller reported the computer in question was stolen just weeks before Clark was fired Nov. 2004, and what it may have contained explains why Clark was tossed out as police commissioner. Miller reported with Clark's lawsuit against the city now revived, his lawyers have delivered a letter to city hall...

He was supposed to be the star witness before a committee of lawmakers examining the firing practices of the Ehrlich administration, the so-called Prince of Darkness accused of clearing out state agencies to make room for GOP loyalists. Then Joseph F. Steffen Jr. disappeared. His cell phone went dead. A subpoena drafted earlier this year was never delivered, and the select committee that wanted to hear from him put its work on hold. Steffen has returned to the Baltimore area and is ready to talk - to lawmakers and the news media. He never intentionally vanished, he said, but had...

In an unusual incidence of religious leaders in Massachusetts publicly criticizing one another, a multifaith coalition of clergy who support same-sex marriage plan to accuse Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley and other Catholic leaders of ``religious discrimination" today.The gay-marriage supporters plan to call on O'Malley and the other three Catholic bishops of Massachusetts to stop campaigning for a repeal of same-sex marriage, arguing that it is discriminatory to deny civil marriage benefits to gay couples whose marriages are sanctioned by other religious denominations and that it violates the principle of church-state separation to deny civil marriage rights based on Catholic teaching.``While...

Bobby Smoov is Going Down In his most recent Political Animal column (“Still Good to Be You,” June 7), Brian Morton waxes far too positive about Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s re-election chances in the fall. In fact, not only will he lose, but he will be thoroughly thrashed in a historic landslide, defeated by our next governor, Montgomery County Executive Douglas Duncan, who will best Mayor Martin O’Malley handily in the September Democratic primary. O’Malley will lose because Duncan is competent, and O’Malley simply is not. The governor will lose for many reasons, chief among them that he hired a political...

He wore a black trench coat, called himself the "Prince of Darkness," and proudly mounted a Grim Reaper figurine on his desk. Then he went from state agency to state agency marking Democrats for firing. He's Joseph F. Steffen Jr., who spawned a year-long, $1 million investigation of what he was doing in state government. He came into Maryland politics with a bang, and has exited like a dark shadowy figure of old mystery radio shows. Now, just about every political junkie in Annapolis is asking the same question: "Where in the world is Joe Steffen?" A special committee that...

O'Malley shakes up campaign staff Baltimore Business Journal - 3:46 PM EDT Monday by Heather Harlan StaffBaltimore City Mayor Martin O'Malley has replaced his campaign manager and appointed three political strategists, including his brother, in his quest to become Maryland's next governor. O'Malley, a Democrat, named Josh White as campaign manager, sending Jonathan Epstein packing. White, who joined the O'Malley campaign as deputy campaign manager for political outreach in March, is the former head of the Maryland Democratic Party. The campaign also announced the additions of Lucie Snodgrass, former director of governmental and community relations for Harford County, and Peter...

For the Maryland lawmakers who have spent eight months investigating why so many state employees were fired by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s administration, yesterday was supposed to be the big day. After more than 20 witnesses subpoenaed, sworn and grilled, it was time for the main event. Time to get back to where it all started. Time to hear from Joe Steffen. "I half expected him to burst in the hearing room in dramatic fashion, wearing a cape or something," said Ward B. Coe III, the special counsel hired last year to conduct the probe. But the man who...

The Maryland legislative committee investigating the administration's termination of dozens of longtime state workers plans to hear from key witnesses today, including Public Service Commission Chairman Kenneth D. Schisler. Lawmakers had hoped the star witness of the day would be Joseph Steffen, the former Ehrlich political aide who called himself "the Prince of Darkness" and, according to testimony thus far, had compiled lists of people to fire. After months of staying in touch with Steffen, and a series of interviews, the legislature's chief investigator, Ward Coe, now says he can't locate Steffen. Last week, Coe hired a process server to...

The 12-member legislative committee investigating Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.’s personnel practices voted Friday to extend its work until mid June as its special counsel vowed to issue more subpoenas. The Special Committee on Employee Rights and Protections — after months of dormancy — met Friday morning to decide its next steps in probing the hiring and firing decisions made by the Ehrlich administration. The panel met in closed session where its legal counsel, Ward B. Coe III, discussed his on-going efforts in obtaining personnel documents from the Ehrlich administration via speaker phone. Democratic members said that the administration has...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass with his 15 new cardinals on the steps of St. Peter’s Square on Saturday, welcoming them as his new partners in running the Catholic Church and giving them their symbolic rings. Tens of thousands of people -- family, friends and supporters of the new "princes" of the church -- packed the square, waving flags from the cardinals’ 11 homelands and toting banners adorned with their pictures.During the Mass, Benedict placed a golden ring engraved with a crucifix and Benedict’s papal seal on each man’s right hand. The Pope said the ring...

VATICAN CITY, MARCH 23, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Cardinals, those special advisers to and collaborators with the popes, have a long history and varied duties. They oversee the presbyterates of 25 titular and quasi parish churches of Rome, of which seven are regional deaconries and six Palatine deaconries, and seven suburban sees. The Pontifical Yearbook explains that the College of Cardinals was formed in 1150, with a cardinal dean, who is the bishop of Ostia, and the chamberlain, who on the death of a pope is in charge of the administration of the affairs of the Holy See. Since 1059 the cardinals...

VATICAN CITY, MARCH 23, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The red hat that 15 new cardinals will receive from Benedict XVI on Friday will manifest their willingness to shed their blood for the Church. The Pope will attest to this during the consistory for the elevation of new cardinals, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. local time in St. Peter's Square. According to the new rite introduced in the June 1991 consistory, the ceremony will begin with a liturgical greeting and the Holy Father's reading of the formula of elevation and of the solemn proclamation of the names of the new cardinals. The first of...

Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church began gathering in Rome for a day of "prayer and reflection" ahead of the first consistory under Pope Benedict XVI, in which he will elevate 15 cardinals who will help him guide the world's more than one billion Catholics. The day of prayer on Thursday will be a kind of "brainstorming" session to discuss problems facing the Church worldwide, what observers say is an example of Benedict's stated intention to have greater collegiality, or consultation, within the Church. The gathering of top clergy will show the two faces of the Roman Catholic Church in...

ROME (CNS) -- Although he said he would continue to wear his brown Capuchin habit most of the time, the archbishop of Boston did go to a tailor for a final fitting of his new red cassock three days before he was set to become a cardinal. Cardinal-designate Sean P. O'Malley told Boston reporters that he told the tailor, "I could always wear it if I was called to be on a hunting expedition with the vice president," Dick Cheney. "It's very red." The cardinal met with his hometown media March 21 at Rome's North American College. He was scheduled...

A former vice chancellor of the Boston Archdiocese and six other priests accused of molesting children have been defrocked by the Vatican, church officials announced Friday.In a statement, Boston Archbishop Sean O'Malley expressed his "deepest sorrow for the grievous harm" done by Monsignor Frederick Ryan and the other Boston priests."The violations of childhood innocence, under the guise of priestly care, are a source of profound shame," O'Malley said.Ryan was one of the highest-ranking church officials to be accused of child molestation since the Boston sex scandal broke in 2002. He resigned that year after being accused of abusing two boys...

Breaking... Boston Archdiocese has announced it will not be involved in any more Massachusetts adoptions because the state is mandating gay couples be allowed to adopt. Dem talking head on Fox (Bob Beckle of "Common Ground") berating Church as homophobic and wrong...

The decision by the state's Catholic bishops to seek to exclude gays and lesbians from adopting through Catholic social service agencies could imperil millions of dollars in donations from corporations and philanthropies that have their own nondiscrimination policies to abide by. ''It's definitely a concern," said Jeff Bellows, a spokesman for the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, which was the largest private donor to Catholic Charities of Boston last year with a gift of $1.2 million. ''We have an antidiscrimination policy in accordance with the law and to protect the freedom of all citizens, especially the most vulnerable."If the bishops...

BOSTON - Boston Archbishop Sean O'Malley declined to wash the feet of women during a Holy Week ritual that symbolizes Jesus' washing the feet of his disciples. O'Malley, heeding instructions from the Vatican on the subject, washed the feet of 12 men - representing Jesus' 12 male disciples - as he celebrated Holy Thursday Mass. The practice of including women in the foot-washing ritual is controversial among some clergy. Traditionalists oppose inclusion of women in the ritual, but others see it as an outdated rule that can alienate women from the church. In Atlanta, about 100 men and women gathered...

Rev. J. Bryan Hehir and the full board of Catholic Charities are revealing today their decision to tell no to Cardinal-designate Sean O’Malley and the Catholic Conference of Massachusetts’ request to exclude homosexual couples as adoptive parents.The board’s decision, which immediately puts Catholic Charities Boston outside the Catholic Church, has been supported by Massachusetts’ Attorney General Tom Reilly, who says Catholic Charities has the “right� to keep giving children in adoption to homosexual couples.What is the business of the Attorney General on this internal problem of the Catholic Church? Don’t ask me, I am as clueless as you are.The dramatic...