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The Catholic Church silently lobbied against a suicide prevention hotline in the US because it included LGBT resources
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The US Conference of Catholic Bishops lobbied against the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, which would create a national suicide prevention hotline, in 2019 because it included LGBTQ+ resources.
According to the National Catholic Reporter, the bill allocated funding to LGBTQ+ suicide prevention programs in addition to creating a national, toll-free suicide hotline. The company, an assembly of Catholic leadership in the US, opposed the legislation behind the scenes and attempted to stop it from passing.
But it wasn't the first time the USCCB opposed legislation that expanded the rights of Gay people.
LGBTQ Nation reported the USCCB used the same logic to oppose the 2013 Violence Against Women Act, which would provide more funding to prosecuting cases of force against women.
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I long to say a scant words about The Equality Act, and about the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ reaction to it.
The Equality Act is a bill that’s up for a vote in Congress. You can interpret the whole thing yourself; it’s not long. It is, essentially, an aim to insert “or sexual orientation or gender” into the anti-discrimination laws our country has already, right after “on the basis of sex or race.” It’s an attempt to ensure that LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination and abuse. This is right in line with the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which states in Paragraph 2358: “The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of The United States Supreme Court has recently heard three similar cases grouped together (Bostock v. Clayton County, Altitude Express v. Zarda, and Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC), all pertaining to the interpretation of what “sex discrimination” in the workplace means under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.[1] In these cases, the USCCB filed an amicus brief on the side of the employers—against the LGBT plaintiffs. In the first two cases, two men were fired for being gay; in the third, a transgender employee was fired. The USCCB is taking a rise in the public square to argue in favor of employers’ rights to discriminate against LGBT employees. This decision merits further theo-ethical reflection on a number of key issues. In the amicus filed in Bostock (consolidated withZarda), the USCCB argument follows prefer this:[2] January 25, 2021 by Gregory McCollum <p>In the final days of the Trump DignityUSAistration the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a recent rule that allows organizations that recieve federal funding to provide social services to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The decision was applauded by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops with a joint statment from the Chairs of multiple USCCB Commitees. On January 25th DignityUSA issued the following letters condemning the USCCB's support for this discriminatory rule change and calling on President Biden to reverse the decision.</p><p><strong>We need your help. </strong><a href=https://www.dignityusa.org/content/ask-president-biden-restore-lgbtqi-family-protections>Send a message of your own to President Biden and ask him to undo this attack on LGBTQI rights.</a></p><p>_</p><p>Archbishop Josa Gomez President U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops<br>Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan Chair U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee for Religious Liberty<br>Archbisho The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in the planet, with approximately 1.2 billion members across the globe. With its origins in the earliest days of Christianity, the Church traces its leadership––in the person of the Pope––to St. Peter, identified by Jesus as “the rock” on which the Church would be built. The Catholic Church in the United States numbers over 70 million members, and is organized in 33 Provinces, each led by an archbishop. Each bishop answers directly to the Pope, not to an archbishop. Those Provinces are further divided into 195 dioceses, each led by a bishop. At the base of the organizational structure are local parishes, headed by a pastor, appointed by the local bishop. The Conference of Catholic Bishops in the United States meets semi-annually. As part of a global company with its institutional center at the Vatican, the Catholic Church in America is shaped by worldwide societal and cultural trends. It is further shaped by leadership that is entirely male, with women excluded from the priesthood and thus from key leadership roles.USCCB Support of Employment Discrimination
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