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Danielle Miller says her 11-year-old child, who identifies as non-binary or gender fluid, was punished for having hair to their shoulder.

[Catholic Caucus] No Rigidity, No Legalism: Lake Charles Bishop Implements Traditionis CustodesThere is no prohibition in either particular law or universal law against the celebration of any sacrament in the Roman Rite in any parish, chapel or oratory of his diocese, Lake Charles Bishop Glen Provost, Louisiana, writes in a decree (below).In his diocese, every priest can use the Roman Rite if he knows how to celebrate it and has a “basic knowledge” of Latin.Existing Roman Mass groups may continue as before and are dispensed from TC’s rule that parish churches must be avoided.In an accompanying letter, Provost explains that...

“Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ” (Romans 7:4). The law can no longer punish those who have died with Christ. It’s an axiomatic truth that laws don’t apply to dead people. No policeman would issue a ticket to a drunk driver who was killed in an accident. Nor was Lee Harvey Oswald tried for killing President Kennedy, since he himself was killed by Jack Ruby. In Romans 7:2-3 Paul uses marriage to illustrate that truth: “For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is...

he Federal Reserve on Thursday said that businesses have reported COVID-19 vaccine mandates have hurt employment and are contributing to labor supply problems—even before President Joe Biden’s previously announced vaccine mandate for private businesses goes into effect. While employment increased at a modest to moderate rate in recent weeks, the Fed’s so-called Beige Book noted that the U.S. economy has been “dampened by a low supply of workers,” partially due to vaccine mandates. Transportation and technology firms saw particularly low labor supply, while many retail, hospitality, and manufacturing firms cut hours or production because they did not have enough workers,”...

Fires from incendiary bombs burned the cake to a crisp.. A 79-year-old nutcake lies on a table in the workshop of the Department of Archaeology for the Hanseatic City of Lübeck Historic Monuments Protection Authority. (Image credit: dpa picture alliance/Alamy Live News) Archaeologists in Germany are salivating over a hazelnut-and-almond cake that was baked 79 years ago and was recently dug up in a cellar in the German town of Lübeck — as a blackened, mummy-like relic. Though the charred delicacy hasn't been edible for a very, very long time, it's still recognizable as a cake, representatives of the Hanseatic...

Let me tell you how and where Paul produced his epistles. He wrote them in dark prison cells. He wrote them after being scourged or having survived another shipwreck. He was intimately familiar with hardship and suffering. Paul knew that all of the truth and revelation he taught came from the battlefield of faith, and he rejoiced in his afflictions for the gospel’s sake. He said, “Now I can preach with all authority to every prisoner who’s been locked up with no hope, to everybody who has ever looked death in the face. God’s Spirit is making me a tested...

A Proposal for Republicans/Conservatives Residing in Democrat States and Districts. This dilemma leaves many feeling like they have no way of having an impact on Congressional, State and Local Elections.

TOKYO -- Military helicopters took off from Chinese and Russian warships sailing near a Japanese island, according to the Ministry of Defense, days after a Sino-Russian naval passage through a chokepoint in Japan's north. The latest incident took place around 4 a.m. Thursday about 50 km to 100 km southwest of Sumisu Island, part of the Izu archipelago stretching south of Tokyo off Japan's Pacific side. Two helicopters flew from frigates operated by China and Russia. Japan scrambled Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets in response. The two helicopters returned to their respective frigates without violating Japanese airspace. Chinese and Russian...

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to immediately block a Texas anti-abortion law that bars abortions once cardiac activity is detected, but it agreed to review whether it is constitutional. The high court wrote in its order (pdf) that it would consider the question of whether “the United States bring suit in federal court and obtain injunctive or declaratory relief against the State, state court judges, state court clerks, other state officials, or all private parties to prohibit S.B. 8 from being enforced,” referring to Senate Bill 8, the name of the law that has been in effect since Sept....

The White House has walked back a number of remarks President Biden made in a CNN town hall Thursday night. A White House official said that the Biden administration is 'not actively pursuing the use of the National Guard on a federal level.' 'Requesting the use of the National Guard at the state level is under the purview of governors,' the official clarified, according to multiple news outlets. 'The answer is yes,' the president said, asked if he would send in the guard to alleviate supply chain issues that are leading to product shortages and rampant inflation. 'Absolutely, positively,' he...

Leader of U.S. pandemic response says, 'I don't understand what is going on in society'Despite the fact that more than 730,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, the U.S. has a comparatively low vaccination rate — only about 57 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated. Dr. Anthony Fauci believes that misinformation has had a major role to play in that. Fauci, who is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been one of the world's most visible leaders in the COVID-19 pandemic response. The physician has been NIAID director since 1984, and over nearly...

Employees at a General Electric plant in Greenville, South Carolina, staged a walkout on Thursday in protest of their company's vaccine mandate for employees ahead of an early December deadline by which employees must either be vaccinated or granted an exemption on medical or religious grounds to remain employed. According to local outlet Greenville News, GE employees were joined by others during the protest that included more than 100 people, a mix of GE workers and members of the community who wished to show their support. Some held up signs bearing messages such as "I stand for medical freedom," "coercion...

For the first time, physicists have been able to directly measure one of the ways exploding stars forge the heaviest elements in the Universe. By probing an accelerated beam of radioactive ions, a team led by physicist Gavin Lotay of the University of Surrey in the UK observed the proton-capture process thought to occur in core-collapse supernovae. Not only have scientists now seen how this happens in detail, the measurements are allowing us to better understand the production and abundances of mysterious isotopes called p-nuclei. On the most basic level, stars can be thought of as the element factories of...

Intelligence officials on Friday warned of China's threat to the U.S. private sector National Counterintelligence and Security Center painted an alarming picture An official said China is involved in COVID-19 tests and genetic testing That could ultimately leave the U.S. health care sector dependent on Beijing, said Edward You, the center's office for emerging technology It is part of a push to use tech dominance to gain a military edge, said the report It comes after two senior Pentagon figures warned the U.S. was losing to Beijing And amid growing tensions over the island of Taiwan Intelligence officials on Friday...

We are at the edge of the precipice. The "pretending it's fine" aspect of the charade evokes a deep terror pic.twitter.com/sNvfHVyiwx — Keque🚀 (@Keque_Mage) October 19, 2021 https://twitter.com/i/status/1450588529499643910 Our Safeway appears to be trying to hide the supply shortage by using single lines of products to fill shelves. Leading to this: pic.twitter.com/CDXR67FYRu — Ashe Short (@AsheSchow) October 21, 2021 Ugggh. The milk situation is still not great, Bob. At the Walmart in Thornton. pic.twitter.com/cFlkuNZjpZ — Kelly Maher (@okmaher) October 20, 2021

Chris Wallace called out various bits of rhetoric from President Joe Biden — arguing that his words often don’t “hold up to scrutiny.” Appearing on America’s Newsroom Friday, the Fox News Sunday anchor addressed a comment the president made at a CNN town hall Thursday in which he said that he would consider deploying the national guard to alleviate supply chain issues. The White House later walked back those comments, as that power rests with governors. “There’s the question of people’s confidence that when the president says something that it’s gonna happen, or that he understand how it’s gonna to...

On Thursday, Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of 'Rust,' killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins On Thursday, Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of 'Rust,' killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) on Friday sounded a different tune than President Joe Biden on the cost of his so-called Build Back Better agenda. Biden and his administration have maintained that the $3.5 trillion spending package would come with “zero cost” to the American people, but Clyburn told MSNBC’s “Craig Melvin Reports” that “there’s no way to pay” for a $6 trillion program or even a $3.5 trillion program. The South Carolina congressman said Democrats are “committed” to paying for what they deem necessary and emphasized they are “close to finding that sweet spot.”

More than 11,000 State of Ohio employees -- 22% of the state’s workforce -- will be paid $300 bonuses because at least 65% of their co-workers attested to getting coronavirus vaccinations, according to data released Wednesday. Under an incentive program set up by Gov. Mike DeWine’s office, 37 of 56 participating state agencies, boards, and commissions met the threshold to have at least 65% of their workers sign forms attesting that they have received least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to Melissa Vince, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Administrative Services. Not surprisingly, agencies with smaller staffs...