He began political life as a liberal. An associate of Martin Luther King Jr., he backed Eugene McCarthy for president at the 1968 Democratic convention and led, along with actor Paul Newman, a tumultuous Chicago press conference backing the minority plank against the Vietnam War.Dead of cancer at 72.
But starting with the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that declared abortion a constitutional right and running through President Jimmy Carter's 1979 White House Conference on the Family, Father Neuhaus began moving to the right, becoming a supporter of Ronald Reagan.
Irony Overload Pro Hamas Camps NOT ALLOWED by the Palestinian Authority in
Universities Controlled by Them
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I am so glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I read this: PA leaders are
pleased with the anti-Israel protests at American universities but are
unwilling t...
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