WASHINGTON, DC-U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, released the following
statement today in response to President Obama's appointment of Harry
Knox to the Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood
Partnerships:
"For years the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives has made available
taxpayer resources to private faith-based organizations who offer
critical support to their local communities.
"Unfortunately, the President's recent appointment to his advisory
council makes a mockery out of the religious beliefs of countless
Americans. This selection furthers the divisive politics the American
people have rejected and the President promised to abandon. Appointing
a man who has publicly attacked the Pope and other religious leaders for
their support of traditional marriage is deeply offensive to millions of
Americans and the faith-based community he is appointed to serve.
"I call on the President to withdraw this appointment and select a
person who can serve the faith-based community with the respect and
dignity it deserves."
The Portiuncula, located in Jerusalem, Ohio, in the Diocese of Steubenville, is home to the Franciscan Lay Apostolate. We are humbly committed to imitating the Gospel life of Christ, and observing the Sacraments. Placing ourselves under strict and holy obedience to the Bishop of Steubenville, the Magisterium, and Father Nick Ward, we follow the Medieval Penitential First Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis, dated 1221 A.D.
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