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In addition to banning gender transition in the military, the Trump administration rolled back other Obama administration requirements that people and organizations recognize someone’s gender transition rather than biological sex.
After decades of previous reservations about unrestricted abortion and Roe v. Wade, which he originally said went "too far," the Democratic nominee for president committed to enshrining the full extent of the decision in law during the 2019 Democratic primary contest.
Every four years in a presidential election year, the Archdiocese of New York invites the presidential nominees of both major political parties to the dinner where it is traditional for the candidates to roast one another in a light-hearted manner.
That convergence is part of a global trend in which economic priorities are shifting — and becoming more consonant with the priorities of the Holy See.
The numbers Pew Research found in the July and August 2020 survey are comparable to how white and Hispanic Catholics voted in the 2016 presidential election.
There were no Catholic leaders participating in the event, although an Evangelical pastor and a bishop from the African Methodist Episcopal Church took part.
Some bishops have prohibited politicians advocating for “permissive abortion laws” from receiving Communion, but others have demurred, or said outright they would not deny such politicians the Eucharist.
NARAL’s endorsement of Biden is another milestone on the Democratic candidate’s journey to full support for abortion.
If Biden were to be elected president, he would be sworn in at 78 years old--the oldest first-term president in American history.
According to pro-life Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski, ‘there are Democrats now who say that religious freedom, religious liberty are just code words for bigotry.’
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