http://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/05/26/biden-admin-backpedals-on-ban-on-catholic-mass-on-memorial-day-n2396627
This week, news broke that the Biden administration was going to block the Knights of Columbus from holding a Memorial Day Mass at a cemetery in Virginia.
Not a good look.
Tired of being politically correct (@USBornNRaised) ~ The Biden regime won't allow Catholic mass. Yes, you heard me right.
For 60+ years, the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternity, have held a Memorial Day mass at the Poplar Grove National Cemetery in Virginia.
However, this year they face a significant obstacle as the National Park Service (NPS) has labeled the religious service as a 'demonstration,' leading to its prohibition at the Petersburg site.
The most Catholic president, ever. Or something.
It's amazing how the Left can call people blocking roadways, harassing Jews on college campuses, and rioting in the streets peaceful protesters, but the Knights of Columbus holding a Mass at a cemetery on Memorial Day is an intolerable 'demonstration.'
Realize where we are.
Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) ~ I just filed an amicus brief supporting the Petersburg Knights of Columbus’ right to continue its Memorial Day Mass prayer gathering tradition at Poplar Grove National Cemetery.
The Biden Administration’s actions against this Catholic group violate the First Amendment.
Thankfully, Virginia AG Jason Miyares got involved and, after threatening a lawsuit, the administration backed down.
Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) ~ Within hours of my filing, the Biden Administration reversed course and will now allow the Knights of Columbus to gather at the Poplar Grove National Cemetery this Memorial Day.
It’s shameful that they were denied in the first place.
More from MSN.com:
The Biden administration backpedaled from banning a Catholic men’s group from holding a Memorial Day Mass at a national veterans’ cemetery in Virginia after the state’s attorney general intervened.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican, announced Thursday that the National Park Service had changed its mind over blocking Knights of Columbus Council 694 in Petersburg from conducting a Mass on Monday inside the Poplar Grove National Cemetery.
The Biden administration did so after Miyares’ office joined a lawsuit against the NPS that claimed the ban was discriminatory.
Brian Kirwin (@BrianKirwin) ~ Democrats continually attack religious groups, but if Black Lives Matter wanted to hold a protest, Biden would offer to speak at it.
They tell you exactly who they are, and what they prioritize.
VictorianDancer (@DancerVictorian) ~ Watch out for the National Park Service. Used to be an amazing organization. Now, woke, woke, woke.
Very woke.
And woke ruins everything it touches.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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