08 Mar 2009

Connecticut Legislature Contemplates Rewriting Canon Law (and the US Constitution)

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Walter Olson notes the introduction on March 5th of S.B.1098 in the Connecticut legislature, a measure that would by law remove control of Roman Catholic parishes from bishops and place them instead in the hands of lay panels of not less than seven nor more than 13 members, who would be legally assured full control over most aspects of church management other than religious doctrine itself.

SB1098 was a “raised bill,” meaning no individual member took the responsibility for sponsoring it, but rather a legislative committee (in this case the Judiciary Committee) discussed the idea and the committee then voted in favor of drafting a bill.

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from Waterbury

Where do the politicians get the right to regulate ONLY the Catholic Church?????



Secular Right » In Connecticut, a “preposterously unconstitutional attack on Catholicism”

[…] According to former Connecticut resident Dave Zincavage of Never Yet Melted, the meaning of “raised bill” is that “no individual member took the […]



sallie parker

Similar legislation was passed in France in the 1790s and Germany in the 1870s.



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