Archbishop rebukes US gvmt official’s claim that religious liberty is just ‘code’ for ‘homophobia’
The head of the U.S. Bishops’ committee on religious freedom challenged recent charges of hypocrisy leveled by the chairman of a federal civil rights commission against religious Americans concerned their faith is under attack in society. Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore issued a statement calling accusations of bigotry against people of faith by U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Chairman Martin Castro irresponsible and said the comments show deep disrespect for the basis for Castro’s own work on the Commission. “He makes the shocking suggestion that Catholic, evangelical, orthodox Jewish, Mormon, and Muslim communities are comparable to fringe segregationists from the civil rights era,” the chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty said. “These statements painting those who support religious freedom with the broad brush of bigotry are reckless and reveal a profound disregard for the religious found...