Legislative attack on Connecticut's Catholic Church poses
threat to all churches, Supreme Knight says
(NEW HAVEN, CT) - An attack on the Catholic Church of
Connecticut by leaders of the state legislature's Judiciary
Committee "is clearly unconstitutional and poses a danger to all
religions, even though its immediate target is the Catholic
Church," Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of
Columbus, said today. The organization's international
headquarters is located in New Haven, Connecticut.
Raised Bill No. 1098 would take away all administrative
authority from the bishops and priests of the Catholic Church.
"This legislation violates both the First Amendment, by
intervening in the internal affairs of the Church, and the
Fourteenth Amendment because it singles out the Catholic Church
for discriminatory treatment. Moreover, it will chill freedom
of religion and free speech, because it sends a message to all
religious leaders that they will now have to consider whether
what they say will subject them to government interference and
intimidation," Anderson explained.
"The power to impose structures that grant or take away
authority of church leaders at the discretion of government
officials is the power to intimidate and ultimately to destroy,"
Anderson concluded.
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information, go to
the Connecticut legislative attack page on the K of C web site.
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