Trans-Targeting Catholic Hospitals

John Stonestreet, Radio Host and President of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview.

A Catholic hospital in Baltimore is being sued by a woman for refusing to remove her perfectly healthy uterus. She claims the hospital discriminated against her because she identifies as a man.

No hospital should remove healthy organs, of course, and this Catholic hospital refused because of their faith commitments. Even if a non-transitioning woman wanted her healthy uterus removed, the Catholic hospital would refuse.

Catholic and other religiously based hospitals have been fighting this kind of absurd targeting for years, first over abortion and now over various levels of so-called sex-reassignment treatments.

This is no isolated case. A California court will hear a similar lawsuit soon, as well. As Wesley J. Smith warns at National Review, “Many Catholic hospitals will close before being forced to practice medicine in ways that violate Catholic doctrine.”

Our country’s health system is already strained, so this would be a disaster. Let’s pray religious freedom, public health, and common sense wins out over trans ideology.

Copyright 2020 by the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Reprinted from BreakPoint.org with permission.

Arkansas Lottery Spent $11K on Travel Since July 1

The Arkansas Lottery has spent more than $11,000 reimbursing employees for mileage expenses since July 1, according to the state’s transparency website.

State employees receive 42 cents for every mile they travel on state business in their personal vehicles.

Some lottery employees already have received upwards of $800 – $900 for their mileage in the past month or so.

All told, these mileage reimbursements imply that Arkansas Lottery employees have traveled more than 26,000 miles on official business since July 1.

Earlier this year our office obtained documents from the Arkansas Lottery showing that mileage reimbursements appear to go primarily to staff members who travel around the state to gas stations and other outlets where lottery tickets are sold.

The Arkansas Lottery probably could save a lot of money by having employees travel in official state vehicles instead of paying them to drive their own cars.

Unfortunately, saving money and being fiscally responsible isn’t something the Lottery Office seems interested in doing.

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