In the strange and weird department...

Kicking & Screaming: Journo Dragged from near Air Force One

On the one hand, she wanted to stand up for traditional marriage (which is redundant since homosexual unions aren't marriages).

On the other hand...well...I'll just leave it at that.

California strikes again

Couple ordered to stop holding Bible Study at home

People have scoffed saying that there is no persecution of Christians in this country. They claimed that trying to remove public displays of 10 Commandments and Nativity scenes aren't persecution. Maybe, maybe not, but anybody cannot deny that this would qualify, as well as Connecticut's attempt to seize control of the Catholic Church.

Home

My parents and I returned home from Iowa last night. We flew to Iowa to attend my cousin's wedding. I'll post more about the trip later today or tomorrow.

Columbian Government Fines Catholic Hospital for Refusing to Perform Abortions

Catholic hospital fined

How long until this becomes commonplace in the U.S.?

Former rector passes away

Msgr. William Kerr, former rector of the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More (where I'm a parishioner), passed away today. On May 3, he had a stroke after giving his homily and had been in critical condition since then. He was rector from 1971 until 1984. He was currently the director of Florida State University Claude Pepper Center.

Please keep the parish in your thoughts and prayers.

Star Trek review

Saw it this past weekend, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. There are only a couple of things I didn't really like, but weren't major problems.