Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stallings is regarded by critics as an inveterate grandstander whose grandiose actions could lead to his excommunication -- and eventually a schism within the church that could spread beyond Washington. He was recently president of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and built a nationwide following through appearances in black parishes. He claims that he remains within the Catholic Church but rejects its hierarchical rule, charging that the bishops are imperialistic and the church racist. Imani Temple, vows Stallings, "will ask the people what we should be all about...
...time Atwater and Gingrich apologized, the rumor had achieved its purpose. Foley was forced to deny it both on national television and before a party caucus. One Democrat at the meeting said that all around him eyes were averted when Foley, married 20 years and with the bearing and rectitude of a parish priest, had to assure his colleagues he was not a homosexual...
Activism and academics sometimes complement each other, as when the Women's Caucus supports female scholars seeking positions at the school...
...caucus was very much urging the dean in terms of interviewing [women for a recent position]," says Stendahl Professor of New Testament and Ministerial Studies Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza. She says the caucus sent letters to school administrators on behalf of women applicants and attended lectures by visiting women scholars...
...March of this year, bulletin boards belonging to the Women's Caucus, the Gay and Lesbian Caucus and the Jewish Students Organization were vandalized...