There will be a lot of material for Xavier Becerra’s, Joe Biden’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, opponents to work with during his confirmation hearings, but his targeting the Little Sisters of the Poor should be disqualifying on its own.
The roots of the Becerra litigation, of course, are in the contraception mandate imposed by Barack Obama’s HHS as part of Obamacare back in 2011. How radical is his litigation? Let’s count the ways.
First, Becerra sued after the nuns had already been through the wringer and promised, a little like the groundhog seeing his shadow, several more years of litigation.
Second, the HHS exemption has nothing to do with California. Obamacare isn’t a California law, and HHS isn’t a California agency. There is no harm to California if the federal government decides it must provide an exemption to the nuns. Indeed, it is probably unprecedented for one sovereign jurisdiction to sue to prevent another sovereign jurisdiction from changing its own rules to protect religious liberty. In a word, this is crazy.
Third, what Becerra seeks is a crushing burden on the nuns. If they don’t sign onto an arrangement that they believe violates their faith, Becerra wants them, in keeping with the Obama mandate, to be subject to daily fines that would add up to tens of millions of dollars annually. And, remember, these aren’t “corporate polluters,” they aren’t insider traders, they aren’t tech giants; they are an order of nuns founded by a saint who begged in the streets of 18th-century France so she could carry out her charitable work.
Fourth, his suit lacks all merit. There was no reason to think that a mandate created by an executive agency also couldn’t have a carveout created by an executive agency. Plus, there was never any plausible claim of any harm — Becerra has not found one alleged victim, not one actual woman, who has been prevented from obtaining contraception because of the religious beliefs of the Little Sisters.
Full story at National Review.
During a swearing-in ceremony for White House staff, President Joe Biden told employees he’d fire them “on the spot” if he heard they treated others with disrespect. Why did he promote Bully Becerra after that?
Our AG picked on, among others, Little Sisters of the Poor!
“Come on man! Give him a break! Everyone knows nuns need birth control!”
No… his nomination will sail through and he’ll be approved.
Some Becerra opponents say he is unqualified as HHS Secretary since he is not an MD. Many previous HHS heads have not been MDs.
He has no prior experience nor education that would qualify him for the position. The appointment is a political favor. Biden is dishing out plump government jobs to friends at taxpayer expense.
YFC has criticized Archbishop Cordileone’s opinions about opening churches for not being medically informed because Cordileone doesn’t have a doctorate in medicine or immunology. Waiting for YFC to say that Becerra is unqualified because he lacks a Ph.D. in medicine. And if Becerra is approved, I expect YFC to dismiss all of Becerra’s opinions and decisions as ignorant. Consistency, after all.
I don’t know where to put this comment since the photo I want to critique isn’t at the top of a story. I’m referring to the photo showing six college students that is the background for the “Inquiring Minds” featured section promotional on the home page. It’s racist. It shows white privilege.
The four white kids are looking at each other, laughing and sharing some meaningful connection. The two non-white students aren’t participating in the moment and are looking away, out in the distance, not connected to the group of whites.
The four white kids being portrayed as connected and the two non-white kids being portrayed as disconnected from the dominant group is a subtle reinforcement of white privilege and racism because it shows that whites are in and non-whites are out.
Another example of systemic racism in American society. Most don’t notice it unless it’s pointed out to you.
OH brother… Kris, another “woke” (as usual, can’t reason or think)
So tell us Kris, when you look at a typical basketball game, “Are all those black players, getting paid millions because of white privilege?”
And the same for pro football. Most players are now black.”Are all those players, getting paid millions because of white privilege?”
Aren’t these examples then, of black privilege? And, aren’t these teams racist? Where are the asian, native American, and latino players?
OH NO, these teams and players aren’t racist, says Kris, rather, it’s because they really have athletic talent…
I think Kris is just being facetious.
OK, so what appears to be a stock photo, probably staged, you are able to deduce the connections and the motivations of the people in the photo without knowledge or context of the time, place and circumstances of the photo. “Most don’t notice it unless it’s pointed out to you”, no, most don’t notice as it is not there, it is a photo as background to a series of articles, your biased interpretation of an unremarkable background photo speaks to your mindset. Since you were able to ascertain from this photo so much, tell us what are the political, sexual orientations, and family structures of those in the photo? What are their majors? How are their grades?
I think Kris is just someone making fun of wokeness.
Kris left out that the white males are all “showing ownership” of the “inferior” persons: the white male on the right is corralling the minority to his side, and the other white male has his hands around both of the white females, demonstrating his superiority. So not only is this picture perpetuating systemic racism, it’s promoting white male patriarchy.
You can find anything you look for if you’re willing to give it a creative enough interpretation. Look at the silliness of Alyssa Milano “seeing” that the CPAC stage is shaped like a Nazi symbol.
Nothing more than intellectual lightweights posing as sophisticated thinkers.
If you hate Becerra [and being from California I don’t lilke him..] just wait til you get ahold of his proposed second …..
So, for Americans, Biden has picked a rabid Abortion and Assisted Suicide promoter, with no medical background, as his HHS Secretary, for his Cabinet– and a gender-dysphoric doctor (a sick man who thinks he is a woman and dresses up as one) as his HHS Assistant. For leading America in Health and Human Services, those are really extremely immature, evil, and sick decisions! Becerra and Biden (both dishonest, “pretend” “Catholics”) don’t respect God or His holy Church, either– or His holy nuns, consecrated to Him, doing Nursing work. This evil is of Biblical proportions– and God will have the final say on it, in the end.
Here is an excellent Pro-Life video called “The Presence is Real,” of the ALL, American Life League, that was banned on Facebook. It is outstanding, and hauntingly beautiful! Judie Brown, President of ALL, is trying to get it back on Facebook, and hopefully, on TV, too! You can go here, to see it: https://youtu.be/deuaCPH_klg
Oh, I am horrified. The video I mentioned, “The Presence is Real,” is no longer available at all, on the Internet. That is so terrible. Well, I hope poor Judie Brown, of American Life League, can somehow get it back on the Internet. I thought only Facebook had banned it. Shame on Big Tech and all of Silicon Valley. Worthless fools.
Looks like American Life League is deactivating its own videos to claim censorship by Big Tech. Lying? If you click on thyour link, the video is deactivated. But as the poster below said, you can find the video in a search. Funny business?
Well, I have good news. I went to YouTube, typed in “The Presence is Real,” and the video appeared immediately. The video begins with the Sacred Host being raised by the hands of a priest. The American Life League logo is there, too. I am thrilled. A beautiful and inspiring, religious Catholic Pro-Life video.
Great article. The good news is, the more they pursue these consecrated women with this lunacy, the more they show their true colors. They are no more than wolves in sheep’s clothing. They show they serve the Lord’s enemy. They seek control of what the Lord loves, just like Satan does. All under the guise of good.