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Faith in the Public Arena

Uniting mercy, justice in immigration reform debate

Providing a road map to citizenship that is attainable for immigrants without legal status is key.

Why we need conscience rights in health care

No health care professional should have to leave her conscience at the door when she goes to work

Religious liberty: Protecting conduct rooted in conviction

Pope Francis recently said that religious liberty is talked about more than it is proactively protected. And he is right. Religious liberty is increasingly given lip service, but in practice it keeps shrinking.

Same-sex marriage: Why the French protest and Americans shrug

Minnesota and France redefined marriage in the same week, yet the differences in public reaction to this decision in both places could hardly be starker.

No compromise between same-sex ‘marriage,’ religious liberty

The House of Representatives will vote on same-sex marriage legislation on Thursday, May 9.

Funding the fight against child sex trafficking

Recently, the DFL leadership in the Minnesota House and Senate released their proposed budget targets. While the budget targets are said to allow for investments in Minnesota’s economic future, there are deep cuts proposed in the Minnesota Health and Human Services budget that could directly affect some of our state’s most vulnerable residents in a special way, particularly our sexually exploited youth.

Making ‘justice’ the measure of our criminal justice system

On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis will celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper in an Italian youth prison, where he will wash and kiss the feet of 12 inmates.

Same-sex ‘marriage’ is just the beginning

By the time you read this column, legislation to redefine marriage (HF 1054/SF 925) will likely have been passed out of committees in both the Minnesota House and Senate, and sent to the floor of each chamber, where it could receive a full vote at any time.
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