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House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, argued that the Department of Justice and the FBI are selectively enforcing the FACE Act and other laws in ways that target pro-life activists and conservatives but let pro-abortion and left-wing activists off the hook.
Nicole Neily, the founder of Parents Defending Education, told the committee her office worked with parents who became worried about speaking against their school boards following the memo.
COMMENTARY: With the campaign to push people of faith to the margins heating up, it’s time to get real.
‘Anyone who espouses racism or promotes violence is rejecting Catholic teaching on the inherent dignity of each and every person,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty, said. ‘The USCCB roundly condemns such extremism and fully supports the work of law enforcement officials to keep our communities safe.’
Calling the memo a ‘threat to religious liberty,’ Bishop Knestout called on lawmakers to ‘ensure that such offenses against the constitutionally protected free exercise of religion do not occur again.’
The FBI confirmed to CNA on Feb. 9 that the document came from its Richmond field office and issued a statement retracting it.
A new House panel is underway to investigate the abuse of federal power.
Document singles out Catholics who are interested in the traditional Latin Mass as potentially linked to violent extremist groups.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER: The news that the FBI is going to investigate attacks on crisis pregnancy centers and Catholic churches is a welcome, if overdue, development.
In a report released earlier this year, the Anti-Defamation League said there were at least 2,717 known anti-Semitic incidents across the U.S. in 2021, a 34% rise over the previous year.
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