The annual Al Smith Dinner – a charitable event – has been messed up this year by Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. For the past 70 years the Al Smith Dinner has raised money for children in honor of the honorable Catholic politician Al Smith. Smith was elected the Governor of New York four times Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Clinton’
The faiths of Trump and Clinton
Friday, August 5th, 2016
From time to time, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton invoke their respective Christian faiths as something that animates them and informs their world views. But unlike Republican and Democratic presidential candidates in the recent past, such as Jimmy Carter or George W. Bush, who were comfortable discussing their religious beliefs, the major party nominees in Read more
Hillary Clinton’s history of faith
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
When Hillary Clinton takes the stage in Philadelphia this week, she has a unique opportunity to speak to a nation engaged in collective soul-searching. As the Christian right has evidently vacated all pretense of seeking a candidate who embodies Christian values, Clinton can step into the space that they have vacated. She can pledge to Read more
Use sanctions, cooperation, diplomacy before war with Iran
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Engaging in a preventive war without clear proof that an attack is imminent cannot fail to raise serious moral and juridical questions Bishop Richard Pates wrote in a March 2 letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Pates, chairman of the US Catholic Bishops Committee on International Justice and Peace of the United States Conference of Read more
Religious objection to homosexuality is equivalent to honour killing
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
US Secretary of State, Hiliary Clinton is urging the world to stop discrimination against gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender people, and announced that the US would use diplomatic channels and foreign aid to expand the rights of GLBT people.. “Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights,” said in a speech marking Read more