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 | Friday, October 15, 2010
| Refusing the Pledge of Allegiance
| Ronald J. Rychlak
A local attorney has made national news: Danny Lampley of Oxford, Mississippi, was found to be in criminal contempt of court because he refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of a session of Chancery Court. Judge Talmadge D. Littlejohn wrote: "The court having ordered all present in the courtroom to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance, and having found that Danny Lampley, attorney at law, failed and refused to do so, finds said Danny Lampley to be in criminal contempt of court." Judge Littlejohn threw Lampley in jail and said that he could get out "by standing and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in open court." I don't think Lampley ever recited the Pledge in the courtroom, but he got out of jail within five hours. The issue, however, is far from resolved.
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Eve Tushnet
I'm sitting outside a downtown Starbucks with two George Washington University undergraduates, talking about sex, politics, and religion. Michele Walk and Conor Joseph Rogers fit my stereotype of contemporary American college students. They're sincere, confident, and hyperaware of the ways in which they're different from their parents. Michele and Conor also represent a growing demographic: They consider themselves both pro-life and supporters of gay marriage. Read more The False Charge of 'Politicizing the Church'
| Deal W. Hudson
Popular Catholic blogger Jeff Miller of the Curt Jester thinks my notion of a Catholic Tea Party is a "bad idea." It may, in fact, be a bad idea, but if so, not for the reasons he gives. There's no need to rehearse the entire argument, because it comprises variations on a single theme: the undesirability of politicizing the Church and of identifying it with a single party. While my adaptation of the Tea Party movement no doubt has political associations, any careful reader of my columns on the subject will notice that the Catholic frustration I describe arises directly from the lack of decisive action from most bishops and the USCCB in regard to abortion, pro-abortion Catholic politicians, and President Barack Obama's health-care legislation. Read more Does Catholic Charities facilitate same-sex adoptions?
How effective is school choice?
Catholics coming home in Wisconsin.
Bishop Soto: Contraception is now the default position in marriage.
Why would anyone want to run for public office?
Classical one-hit wonders deserve better.
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