April 22, 2014 Governor Brownback has signed a bill into law that includes a school choice program which will be the first of its kind in Kansas. The “Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship Program” will empower low-income families to choose a private education that they might not otherwise have been able to afford. …
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February 17, 2014 On February 12, 2014, the Kansas House of Representatives passed HB 2453, the Religious Freedom Act of 2014. Since that time, opponents of the bill have undertaken a campaign of distortion to discredit not only the bill but the very concept of religious freedom. They have found willing accomplices in the local …
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February 10, 2014 On Tuesday, February 11 at 2 PM, a coalition of groups will be hosting a rally for school choice in the Kansas State Capitol. Individuals and families interested in the issue of school choice are welcome to attend! Rally for School Choice February 11, 2014 2 PM 1st Floor, Kansas State Capitol …
January 17, 2014 Yesterday Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas testified before the Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of legislation that would end the use of the death penalty in Kansas. You can read Archbishop Naumann’s testimony here.
January 17, 2014 The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction includes Kansas, will hear appeals of lower court decisions striking down state constitutional amendments in Utah and Oklahoma that define marriage as between one man and one woman. Kansas has a similar amendment that would fall if the 10th Circuit rules against the …
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December 2, 2013 Pope Francis has issued his first Apostolic Exhortation, which in English is titled “The Joy of the Gospel.” You can find the entire text here.
September 17, 2013 Tonight the Topeka City Council will consider a proposal to expand the mandate of the Topeka Human Relations Commission. Under the proposed city ordinance, the Commission would be authorized to fight prejudice directed against people because of sexual orientation or gender identity. Supporters have made clear that this is only a first …
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June 27, 2013 Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, Bishop John Brungardt of Dodge City, Bishop Edward Weisenburger of Salina, and Monsignor Robert Hemberger, Diocesan Administrator of Wichita, issued the following statement today in response to the United States Supreme Court decisions in United States v. Windsorand Hollingsworth v. Perry: In one of …
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June 27, 2013 The Senate passed comprehensive immigration reform legislation 68-32. The legislation faces a very uncertain future in the House.
June 26, 2013 In two landmark decisions, the US Supreme Court struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and appears to have allowed same-sex marriages to resume in California. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops decried the rulings as mistaken and a “tragic day for marriage and our nation.”
