William Lindsey Mar 4

Matt Ford notes that though the US Catholic bishops have been cheerleaders for the Republican party in recent decades and paved the way for Trump, the bishops are some of the strongest opponents of Trump's plan to abolish birthright citizenship.

They have authored a brief to the Supreme Court opposing Trump. The brief states:

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https://newrepublic.com/article/207248/catholic-bishops-birthright-citizenship-trump

The Catholic Bishops Who Wrote a Scorching Brief Against Trump

The president’s take on birthright citizenship doesn’t pass legal muster. To hear the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops tell it, it’s a moral affront as well.

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“The Church teaches that equal human dignity is inherent in the mere fact of personhood and does not depend on citizenship, immigration status, or parentage.”

You do not have to support Catholic moral teachings or to endorse religious ideas to see the political importance of any and all wedges that can be driven into the foundation of MAGA fascism, including especially those that probe its religious underpinnings.

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