The Child Tax Credit should be expanded. Changes at Newman Center
Written by Lucky Wilson | KGTO Writer on July 30, 2022
It is called compassion
As one of U.S. House Rep. Troy Balderson’s ( R-Zanesville) many LGBTQIA+ constituents, I wonder why he and Rep. Jim Jordan and other Congressional Republicans voted no on the Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify same-sex marriage in the wake of Roe being overturned.
Should a democratic republic only protect freedom for the majority?
It took a gay son coming out for Sen. Rob Portman to get on board, but at least he’s on board now.
How many LGBTQIA+ Republican children and grandchildren will it take before the GOP has the capacity to understand something other than personal experience?
It’s called compassion.
The separation of church and state is a bedrock value in this country; and, the Bible interpreted correctly and in context doesn’t say that same-sex, egalitarian partnerships constitute sin.
Regardless, why would a country built on religious liberty and freedom legislate a minority religious viewpoint? And the same goes for abortion.
Rev. Laura Young, Westerville
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I have lost my spiritual home
I began to attend the St. Thomas More Newman Center in the late 1960s.
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For many years I have played the conga drum with the music group at the 5:30 Saturday evening Mass.
The students have been a part of this ministry and so many of the other activities as part of the Paulists outreach to the student community.
It was the Paulist Fathers who ministered to me when I was a student and now keep enriching my Catholic spirituality. The liturgies are lively, and everyone participates. It is what liturgy should be and do. When I have gone elsewhere, people seem to participate passively.
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The Newman Center has been my spiritual home for 53 years.
The bishop says he offered the Paulists an option to stay, but the conditions under which they would have to stay was impossible for them to fulfill their charism and vision.
The bishop can say that the center will continue to minister to the spiritual needs of the community, but it will only be more conservative, less lively, and less attractive to many of us.
I have lost my spiritual home.
Joseph Gentilini, Hilliard
Now help children
I was planning to write about the Child Tax Credit in light of the recently passed CHIPS Act which had bipartisan support.
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If we can provide hundreds of billions of dollars for scientific research and the production of microchips (which is necessary to be successful in the future) we should also be willing to fund the expansion of Child Tax Credit to lift the poorest children in the country out of poverty. This is also an investment in our future.
It now looks like Sen. Joe Manchin is reversing himself and there may be legislation passed soon on climate change and medication costs — investments in a healthy future. But who will fill those high tech jobs, provide a tax base or become our teachers and workers if we don’t help low-income families stabilize and raise healthy children?
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We need a balance of investment in this country; industrial=human. Who are we if we don’t care about the children?
I urge Ohio’s Congressional legislators to include an expanded, fully-refundable, Child Tax Credit to the year-end budget.
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Virginia Vogts, Columbus
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