As U.S. Bishops Strengthen Committee, What Does This Mean for LGBT Equality?
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U.S. bishops voted last week to strengthen their committee on religious liberty. What might this vote mean for the bishops` engagement with LGBT rights? Meeting in Indianapolis, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 132-53 to make their Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty a permanent structure. Cruxreported: `Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, committee chairman, said the need for the body stretches beyond the specific legal and public policy issues challenging religious freedom that continue to emerge. `Lori expressed hope that the committee`s work would help `plant the seeds of a movement for religious freedom, which will take years of watering and weeding in order for it to...