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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Good for LDS; Shame on the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.

Eduardo Peñalver, Cornell Law School professor who teaches a course on Catholic social thought and the law, writes for dotCommweal:

The Mormon Church throws its support behind a Salt Lake City law prohibiting discrimination against homosexuals in housing and employment (HT Andrew Sullivan)
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Meanwhile, the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. threatens to stop providing services for the homeless in response to a pending DC move to permit gay marriage, apparently (according to reports) because the law might prevent the Church from discriminating against homosexual couples in the provision of employee benefits.
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Good for the Mormons! Shame on us.

His piece briefly dissects the Catholic church's legal arguments on behalf of itself in D.C. and finds nothing of value.
Read it here.

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