Posted on 01/22/2019 6:13:21 PM PST by marshmallow
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 21, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – The United States Senate may have unanimously approved a resolution condemning religious discrimination against the Catholic fraternal organization Knights of Columbus, but one of the Democrat lawmakers who instigated the controversy is showing no regrets.
Last Wednesday, the Senate passed by unanimous consent a resolution from Nebraska Republican Ben Sasse, expressing the “sense of the Senate that disqualifying a nominee to Federal office on the basis of membership in the Knights of Columbus” violates the Constitution’s bar on religious tests. It was a response to Sens. Mazie Hirono and Kamala Harris grilling Trump judicial nominee Brian Buescher on his membership in the charitable organization last month.
Hirono’s written questions claimed the Knights have “taken a number of extreme positions,” including opposition to same-sex “marriage,” support for defunding abortion-involved health centers, and criticism of contraception. She asked whether Buescher would “end your membership with this organization to avoid any appearance of bias,” “recuse yourself from all cases in which the Knights of Columbus has taken a position,” and for “assurances” that he can hear so-called “reproductive rights” cases “fairly and impatiently” despite “your membership in this organization.”
Hirono and Harris were met with scathing criticism from conservative, pro-life, and Catholic voices, and the Senate quickly embraced Sasse’s resolution. Unanimous consent means individual senators don’t have to cast a recorded vote.
Hirono, however, doubled down on her original stance, calling the resolution "unnecessary" and stating that the Knight's of Columbus amounted to an "alt-right’s position," as first reported by EWTN’s Jason Calvi.
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What an odious wench
Bergoglio probably agrees with her.
Well, Hirono...Is that why the Catholic highups are “alt right” continue to castigate the Catholic high school kids who were wearing MAGA hats????
Uh, no, these are not extreme positions. Abortion and homosexual 'marriage' are the extreme positions.
Religious Bigot *PING*
(She actually thinks she has a chance at the Presidency?? After the anti-gay positions too?? She’s toast)
Ever see her? She looks and acts like a pig.
Hirono is yet another political critter with daddy issues. She needs to step down since she doesn’t believe in ‘One Nation Under God” or that the only nation that our Constitution can survive under is a Christian nation with Christian principles.
They get elected not to help run the US but to attack and destroy people and groups
Crazy Mazie had best look in a mirror for extreme.
What is Hirono’s religion? Agnostic? Atheist? Other?
What does “alt-right” mean?
And if the KoC are it, how is it not good?
The left is just plain hateful.
She wishes the Japs had won.
Better “Alt-Right”than “Ctrl-Left”
“She wishes the Japs had won.”
Looking at the nation today, the anti-Americanism, the embracing of socialism, and the attempted coup that’s ongoing in DC, and it makes one wonder who won..
They did it because they were scared of the liberal lynch mob.
The Boy Scout alternative with the Knights of Columbus is a good option for Catholics.
Conservative Boy Scout Alternatives
https://wehavekids.com/youth-programs/Conservative-Boy-Scout-Alternatives
There can be another Inquisition you know, I’m sure they still have that rule book somewhere.
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