Someone got a call from the Vatican ... you can bank on that.
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Posted on 03/10/2009 10:19:28 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Following the biggest political firestorm of the 2009 legislative session, a public hearing scheduled for Wednesday on the financial and administrative management of the Catholic Church has been canceled. The bill is dead for the rest of the legislative session....
The cancellation came less than 24 hours after Senate Republican John McKinney of Fairfield called for the cancellation, saying that his caucus was unanimously against the bill because they believe it is clearly unconstitutional.
The Democratic co-chairs of the legislature's judiciary committee, Rep. Michael P. Lawlor of East Haven and Sen. Andrew McDonald of Stamford, just released the following statement:
"...With that in mind, it would serve no useful purpose to have a conversation about changing the laws that govern existing Roman Catholic corporations until we know if any of these existing laws are constitutional. At the request of the proponents who are advocating this legislation, we have decided to cancel the public hearing for tomorrow, table any further consideration of this bill for the duration of this session, and ask the Attorney General his opinion regarding the constitutionality of the existing law that sets different rules for five named separate religions....
"In the meantime, we think it would be most beneficial if the proponents who requested these changes and church officials meet together privately to see if they can come to a resolution on their own. Open and honest communication between these two groups could only help. For our part, we intend to reach out to representatives of the Catholic Conference and continue the discussion that began in 2008 on this issue. We hope they will agree to meet with us."
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.courant.com ...
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“... against the bill because they believe it is clearly unconstitutional.”
Seems obvious to me.
I glanced at the article. but I did not see an explanation of what this law would have mandated.
The Power of Prayer works every time!
Not IMHO-- no, you put a pebble in front of an ant. If it is unconstitutional, they ["we"] shouldn't even be discussing what they ["we"] think.
"In the meantime, we think it would be most beneficial if the proponents who requested these changes and church officials meet together privately to see if they can come to a resolution on their own. Open and honest communication between these two groups could only help. For our part, we intend to reach out to representatives of the Catholic Conference and continue the discussion that began in 2008 on this issue. We hope they will agree to meet with us."
Who do those democrats think they are — King Henry the 8th?
It would be most beneficial if the state would butt out. They have no damn business urging the Church to make nice and dialogue with enemies wishing for her ruin. This outrage is far from being over.
Good, we won one for religious liberty this time. However, the assaults will continue, and eternal vigilance is required.
Praise be to God!!!
Democrats=Nazis.
And that is the truth.
THANK YOU LAURA INGRAHM
I think they knew thousands were going to revolt and show up! Dont stop watching these folks, they will do it in the dead of night. WOLVES IN SHEEPS CLOTHING! THAT IS OUR GOVERNMENT!
CT Catholics need to check every CT law and demand every one with any hint of religious encroachment or unconstitutionalism in it be repealed.
They just heard we started work on the catacombs there.Who they kidding:)
Please take another look. Cooler heads in the legislature have decided they don't want their fingerprints on an anti-Catholic bill -- so their solution is to browbeat the hierarchy into "dialogue"! Maybe a nice compromise can be worked out, right?
This is BS. Since when is any of this the business of the state? This is a serious threat, which must be seriously opposed.
> Open and honest communication between these two groups
> could only help. For our part, we intend to reach out to
> representatives of the Catholic Conference and continue
> the discussion that began in 2008 on this issue.
Here is the end of the discussion, you totalitarian, statist, collectivist THUGS!
Congress shall MAKE NO LAW respecting an establishment of religion NOR PROHIBIT THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF.
What part of that very, very SIMPLE sentence do these THUGS not understand?
That these statist PIGS even THINK there is room for ANY discussion shows their open contempt for the FREEDOMS recognized by the US Constitution.
It would be beneficial of the proponents if this bill met with Church officials for a bit of spiritual counseling. Then take a course in the Constitution 101.
Someone got a call from the Vatican ... you can bank on that.
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