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Lori's views outside the Catholic mainstream
Archbishop William E. Lori writes that religious freedom is under threat in the United States by the exclusion of religious values from public life ("Religious freedom under threat in U.S.," June 16). This is difficult to understand in Maryland where...
Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Nancy Pelosi, Roman Catholicism, Birth Control, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Catholic faith surrounded by threats
Archbishop's William Lori's commentary ("Religious freedom under threat in U.S.," June) reminds me of verses from Lamentations: "my children have become desolate, for the enemy is victorious" (1:16). On Friday, as the Archbishop enters the Basilica to say...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Freedom of Religion, Havre de Grace, Francis I, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Republicans, choice and pain
Two-thirds of American voters support Roe v. Wade. Women overwhelmingly favored Barack Obama over Mitt Romney, the Republican who wanted to de-fund Planned Parenthood and overturn Roe. Public approval of Congress is at or near its lowest level ever...
Tags: Elections, Feminism, Republican Party, Planned Parenthood, Abortion
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The two centers of unaccountable power in America
There are two great centers of unaccountable power in the American political-economic system today -- places where decisions that significantly affect large numbers of Americans are made in secret and are unchecked either by effective democratic oversight...
Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Defense, U.S. Congress, National Security Agency, U.S. Department of Defense
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Lori demonstrates the shrinking horizons of Catholicism
In the 1960s, I was young, and it was an exciting time to be Catholic. We fought for freedom and justice. Parishes formed social justice committees, priests were arrested at civil rights demonstrations. The archbishop published a document on racial...Tags: William E. Lori, Same-Sex Marriage
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Diversity efforts in lacrosse slow to pay off, but it's a start
When Chazz Woodson, a midfielder for Major League Lacrosse's Ohio Machine, stated recently that a racial epithet had been directed at him three times during his collegiate career at Brown, once by an opposing player and twice by teammates, the old myth...
Tags: Minority Groups, Lacrosse, Culture, Racism, The New York Times
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Looking back on good times, troubled times at Gwynn Oak Park [Reisterstown]
Do you remember Gwynn Oak Junction? Then you may have gone to the movies at what was the Ambassador Theatre, bought your groceries at Schreiber's, purchased your very first Halloween costume at Read's, spent your allowance at Ben Franklin, and gotten your...
Tags: Auction Service, Starbucks Corp., Morgan State University, Bell Centre, NAACP
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Religious freedom under threat at home
On Friday, Catholics throughout the United States will begin observing two weeks known as the Fortnight for Freedom. For a second consecutive year, the U.S. Catholic Church has set aside this time leading up to Independence Day to draw attention to the...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Basilica of the Assumption, Roman Catholicism, Freedom of Religion, Punishment
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After jail scandal, spotlight on growing role of women officers
The 19-year-old felt sick to her stomach when she stepped into the Baltimore prison once nicknamed "Supermax" for her first day of work as a corrections officer. The place was dark and dingy, and she had never been around so many men before. When...
Tags: Trials, New York City, Human Rights Watch, Washington College (Maryland), Maryland Transit Administration
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Mass same-sex wedding at Pride celebration 'a long time coming'
Lorie Young, her white veil neatly pulled over her eyes, tucked a handwritten note into the bouquet of blue and purple flowers she clutched as she waited for the ceremony to begin. Written on it were her wedding vows, the promises of a shared future...
Tags: Festive Events, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Weddings, Family, Minority Groups
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Baltimore police form new advisory council on LGBT issues
Making good on a promise by Baltimore police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts after the severe beating of a gay East Baltimore man, the city Police Department announced Friday a special advisory council to help improve its relations with the lesbian, gay,...
Tags: Hate Crimes, Minority Groups, Christmas, Anthony W. Batts, Police Arrests
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Two Maryland women at the center of history, June 1963
The American clock brings us to the 50th anniversaries of two extraordinary events involving two extraordinary women, Gloria Richardson Dandridge and Madalyn Murray O'Hair — both strong-willed champions of liberty and disturbers of the status quo,...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, New York City, NAACP, Trials, Christianity
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