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Rocco Buttiglione could hardly have anticipated the firestorm he was about to unleash. Appearing earlier this month at what should have been a routine hearing before a European Parliament committee, the E.U. Commissioner - designate for Justice, Freedom and Security was asked about discrimination against homosexuals. In response Buttiglione, a close friend and a biographer of Pope John Paul II, cited his Roman Catholic faith and said he considered homosexuality a "sin" and marriage an institution intended to give women "the right to have children and the protection of a man." What happened next was anything but routine. Many committee members...
...positive initiative on gender equality." Martin Schulz, head of the Socialist group, bluntly accused Buttiglione of espousing "19th century values." But Carlo Giovanardi, Italy's Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and a Buttiglione ally, says a "Taliban" mentality has consumed his opponents: "We haven't seen an attack against religious freedom like this since the end of World War II. It's a new witch hunt." One of the Vatican's most outspoken Cardinals, former U.N. emissary Renato Raffaele Martino, lashed out at what he called a "new Holy Inquisition" led by a "powerful cultural, economic and political lobby ? against...
...Freedom is now on the march—a march that no longer requires metal detectors. In a unanimous decision issued last Friday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that city officials in Columbus, Ga. may not require demonstrators gathering for the annual School of the Americas Protest to pass through metal detectors in order to participate. We wholeheartedly endorse the decision and applaud the court for protecting Americans’ guaranteed liberties against the omnipresent specter of security...
...sexy as it sounds to claim the free radical (or in this case, conservative) voice inside and act as if the egalitarian future is now, the ties that bind are still binding. And for the time being, maybe we can look for freedom elsewhere...
...values and eradicating hunger and poverty. Rajendra Aneja Bombay The Fight for Iraq You asked whether the Iraq war can be won [Oct. 4]. There can never be a final victory there as long as President Bush fails to face the realities on the ground. He continues to say "freedom is on the march," even though the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, representing the consensus view of the U.S. intelligence community, presented the possibility that there might be civil war there. A number of military professionals say more troops will be needed to secure Iraq's elections next January. Members...