Head of U.S. Bishops’ news service: religious freedom laws are ‘pro-discrimination’ and ‘stupid’
The director and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Service , the news service of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops , has tweeted statements decrying religious freedom laws and promoting the LGBT agenda. Over the past few weeks, Tony Spence, who has been head of Catholic News Service ( CNS ) since 2004, published statements on his Twitter feed criticizing North Carolina’s bathroom privacy law. The law prevents men from accessing women’s bathrooms. “#LGBTprotections get flushed as NC governor signs bill over #bathroomwars,” Spence tweeted on March 24. On March 28, Spence tweeted the link to an article about Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal ’s veto of a religious liberty bill. Spence tweeted , “Too bad the NC Republican gov didn’t call him last week for a consult.” The failed Georgia bill would have “prohibit[ed] discriminatory action against a person who believes, speaks, or acts in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction that