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Obama adviser challenges 'heteronormative' view of fatherhood

May 19, 2009

A homosexual activist who serves on President Obama's advisory council for faith-based initiatives has called for an end to the "heteronormative view of fatherhood." Harry Knox argued that American leaders should encourage a positive attitude toward homosexuals who raise children.

Last week a group of Catholic activists wrote to President Obama demanding the removal of Knox from his presidential assignment, pointing out that Knox has frequently given voice to a strong anti-Catholic bias.

 

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Thu11 June
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Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle

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Today is the Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle, who was designated by the Holy Spirit to share the charge and mission of the twelve Apostles, is venerated by the Church as one of them. He played an important part in the first extension of Christianity outside the Jewish world. It was Barnabas who presented…

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