Leftists losing their minds that 'Mary' movie about Jesus' mother — who was from Israel — stars woman who's from Israel



November has not been a happy month for leftists.

Donald Trump was re-elected president a few weeks ago, resulting in left-wingers shedding actual tears and engaging in ill-advised freak-outs. Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced legislation declaring that biological men shouldn't be allowed to use women's restrooms on Capitol Hill, punctuated with a "Period. Full stop. End of story." Which, of course, raised the ire of transgender-affirming lawmakers.

'Jesus, Mary, and everyone in this show should be Palestinian.'

Now leftists have something outside of Washington, D.C., to complain about.

See, it concerns a Netflix movie releasing Dec. 6 all about Mary, the mother of Christ. The trailer description reads, "In this coming-of-age religious epic, Mary is shunned following a miraculous conception and forced into hiding. When King Herod ignites a murderous pursuit for her newborn baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph flee to save his life."

Pretty non-controversial so far, right? Not so fast.

Turns out leftists have gotten word that the actress who portrays Mary, Noa Cohen, is from Israel — and leftists are losing their precious minds over it.

Some examples from X:

  • "Jesus, Mary, and everyone in this show should be Palestinian," one observer wrote.
  • "Palestinians aren’t available for the role?" another user wondered.
  • "A movie set in a time when Palestine was occupied played by the people who are colonizing Palestine now is beyond disgusting," another commenter declared.
  • "Easy to boycott as zionist Israeli[s] are in it," another user said.
  • "If they wanted authenticity they would have picked a Palestinian actress to play her given that all available genetic evidence suggests that modern [Palestinians] are the direct descendants of the inhabitants of the region at the time," another commenter noted.
  • "War criminal settlers are the main actors," another user stated. "My family will be boycotting this film @netflix."
  • "First Netflix taking all Palestinian content down and now they stream a movie about Mary with an all-Israeli cast whilst those same people are bombing the birthplace of Christ?" another commenter noted, while adding an accompanying video. "Boycott that s**t."
  • "The casting of an Israeli actress to play Mary, the mother of Jesus, is not just a casting choice—it's a clear political statement that trivializes sacred beliefs," another user exclaimed.

Other X commenters complained about what they characterized as the pale complexions of some "Mary" actors.

Director D.J. Caruso noted the following to EW last month in regard to the casting decisions: "When we started on this project, I immediately initiated a search for Mary. It was important to us that Mary, along with most of our primary cast, be selected from Israel to ensure authenticity."

You can view the "Mary" trailer here.

(H/T: Not the Bee)

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FACT CHECK: Michael Steele Claims Donald Trump Was ‘All Wrong’ On Post About Mary

'The Catholic Church celebrates Mary's birthday on Sept. 8. Some Eastern Orthodox Churches also celebrate it on Sept. 8. The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is allegedly a vision of Mary that was seen by St. Juan Diego'

Ana Navarro puts her ignorance on full display while trying to needle Trump over Virgin Mary post



Trump posted an image of the Virgin Mary to social media Sunday with the caption, "Happy Birthday Mary!"

The post ostensibly resonated with a great many Christians, Catholics in particular — of which there are nearly 1.4 billion worldwide and at least 52 million stateside. However, various radicals reflexively went on the attack.

Among those prickled by the painting of Christ's mother was Harris booster Ana Navarro, a former foreign agent who is now co-host of ABC's "The View." In a desperate attempt to embarrass Trump over the post, Navarro instead beclowned herself.

Navarro, a recent speaker at the Democratic National Convention and former national surrogate for John McCain's failed 2008 presidential campaign, responded, "When you obviously know nothing about virgins."

The image Trump shared is a devotional image of the Virgin of Guadalupe displayed on woven cloth and located within the Basílica de Guadalupe in Mexico City.

While Navarro suggested that Trump is ignorant of virgins, his understanding appears to have bested hers on the fundamentals.

The image he shared — of the Virgin of Guadalupe — depicts the Virgin Mary. Where Catholics like Melania Trump are concerned, September 8 is the feast day celebrating the nativity of the Virgin Mary — also known as her birthday.

Christians outside Mexico have been celebrating Mary's birthday, as Trump had, since at least the sixth century.

'Can somebody please tell this idiota to show some respect.'

Some individuals online who attempted to extract sense from Navarro's tweet concluded that the former Contras campaigner was herself perhaps unclear about what "virgin" meant, at least in the case of Mary — that Navarro believed that the Virgin Mary had no birthday.

While the Catholic Church holds that Mary was "preserved immune from all stain of original stain" from the first moment of her conception, it nevertheless maintains she was still conceived and born, hence her centuries-old birthday celebration.

In the face of significant backlash online over her failed attack, Navarro indicated why she was upset in an edited Instagram post.

Navarro wrote, "I mean, I know Trump knows nothing about virgins, but even for him, this is ridiculous. Can somebody please tell this idiota to show some respect. September 8th is the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Feast Day of La Virgén de la Caridad del Cobre, patron Virgin of Cuba. This is the Virgin of Guadalupe - Patron Virgin of Mexico. Her Feast Day is Dec 12th. I can't. I just can't."

The religious figure celebrated in each of those feasts is the same depicted in the image Trump shared Sunday. It appears Navarro either regards them as distinct entities or the image used by Trump to be regionally exclusive.

Navarro told CNN talking head Erin Burnett in 2016 that "maybe if the Virgin Mary appeared to me and asked me to do it, I would consider [voting for Trump]."

Clearly, the co-host of "The View" will take more convincing than a post she failed to appreciate.

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Woman runner says she was 'robbed' after trans athlete — who lived as a married man just 4 years before — smashes her 5K record



A transgender athlete easily beat a woman's running record for a 5K race recently, with the former record holder telling outlets she feels "robbed" and "cheated."

According to the Daily Mail, Deb Roberts, now 51 years old, set a 5K race record for the 40-45 women's category in 2018 with a time of 20 minutes and six seconds. Previous records were just seconds behind, at 20 minutes 10 seconds and 20 minutes 18 seconds.

However, transgender athlete Sian Longthorpe smashed the record by more than a minute with a time of 18 minutes and 53 seconds in Porthcawl, South Wales, in the United Kingdom.

Longthorpe, a 45-year-old who appears to have previously gone by the name Simon, was living as a married man as recently as four years prior to the race.

Former record holder Roberts, who is a prison officer, recently competed on the same course but in the women's 50-55 age group. Roberts expressed discontent with the transgender runner after learning her record had been broken.

"I only realized the record had still been mine when my friend told me last night. She then went on to tell me that it had been broken, by a trans athlete," Roberts explained. "I felt robbed, to be honest. If my record has been beaten by a natural-born female runner, I would have accepted that as fair and square," she continued.

"I am very competitive, but I would've thought it was fair enough because all records are there to be broken and mine is no different. Except this is different because my record has been broken by someone who was not born as a woman. That does not seem fair," the prison officer added.

\u201cSi\u00e2n Longthorpe, 43 ans, l'athl\u00e8te transgenre qui a bris\u00e9 le record f\u00e9minin du Porthcawl Parkrun d'une minute et 13 secondes \u00e9tait un homme mari\u00e9 jusqu'\u00e0 il y a quatre ans\nhttps://t.co/NV2sCkYVct\u201d
— Claire L. Royaliste L\u00e9gitimiste - Compte secours (@Claire L. Royaliste L\u00e9gitimiste - Compte secours) 1684945296

Roberts said she is still unsure whether she will complain, however, due to not wanting to be perceived as a poor loser.

"My friends have told me I must complain to Parkrun, but I'm not sure yet whether or not I will," she stated. "Parkrun is supposed to be about inclusivity, and I don't want people thinking I'm having a moan just because I lost my record."

Roberts said she once complained because a man used his wife's barcode to register his race time, and his result was overturned.

"When I complained, the officials put it right. Somehow, I don't think that will happen this time," she predicted.

\u201cA company sponsors a race for women and congratulates the fastest \u201cfemale\u201d who is actually a man. How can we trust their boast about the number of females they have promoted to partner? @ByMichelmores #parkrun #sianlongthorpe #SaveWomensSports\u201d
— Mary Maloney's Bell (@Mary Maloney's Bell) 1684958928

Longthorpe appears to have been featured in a 2020 profile on an Instagram page promoting runners. In the profile, Longthorpe explains the three factors that played into him believing he was a woman.

"One was the birth of my son. This was a hugely stressful time and I retreated more into this world I had built, Siân’s world, where life was rosier," Simon explained. "My wife knew about it and would reluctantly leave me alone to go there. The second was when my marriage broke down. I had more time to be Siân, and I embraced it. Even to do a mundane task, like housework, I would get made up and present as Siân as I felt more comfortable."

The third moment, as Longthorpe described it, was when a close friend committed suicide.

Parkrun, the race organizer, told the Daily Mail that the organization believes it would not be "appropriate or practical" to request proof of gender or "adjudicate the validity of a person's gender identity."

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Pro-life activist claims the purpose of the FBI's visit to her mother was to 'intimidate,' part of a 'coordinated onslaught'



A pair of FBI agents stopped by the childhood home of a pro-life activist on April 18. They told the woman who answered the door that they were looking to speak to her daughter, who had long since moved from Virginia to Washington, D.C., and made no secret of having done so.

While the bureau's competence has come into question again in recent weeks, Elise Ketch thinks the FBI's efforts to darken her mother's doorstep in Virginia were not only a calculated move rather than misstep, but an effort to intimidate — an effort Ketch underscores has failed.

What's the background?

The Daily Signal reported that Ketch is a member of Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, a leftist group that manages some rare consistency in its discussion of victimhood, acknowledging that there may be no group today more oppressed than the unborn.

According to its website, PAAU is "committed to the progressive feminist values of equality, non-violence, and nondiscrimination through an anti-capitalist lens. ... We're committed to unparalleled bravery and to always challenging the oppressive status quo. We're committed to ending elective abortion to matter how long it takes."

Ketch, 26, joined PAAU in December 2022 — just months after Catholic pro-life activist Matt Houck had his home besieged by 25 FBI agents and was dragged out at gunpoint in front of his family for having allegedly shoved an individual in front of an abortion clinic.

'Intimidation' with a smile

FBI agents Ashley Roberts and Kathleen Brown appeared at the Woodbridge, Virginia, home belonging to the activist's mother, Tracy Ketch, on April 18, which just happened to be one day after the pro-abortion terror group "Jane's Revenge" attacked a pregnancy center in Bowling Green, Ohio.

"We are both with the FBI," said the agent who identified herself as Roberts. "We just need to speak with her regarding some information that was sent to us."

Tracy Ketch notified the agents that her daughter no longer lived with her.

The agents asked for the activist's phone number and new address, adding, "She's not in any trouble. We just have some information we need to ask her about."

"We would tell you all the information because, like I said, she’s not in any trouble, but just out of respect for her, we’d like to speak with her first," added Roberts. "It's nothing."

\u201cNEW: FBI agents Ashley Roberts and Kathleen Brown showed up at the childhood home of pro-life activist Elise Ketch. The agents asked to speak with Ketch, who is a member of @PAAUNOW. \n\nHere's the Ring security camera footage, first obtained by @Dailysignal:\u201d
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@Mary Margaret Olohan) 1684349524

In a second video taken by the doorbell camera, Tracy Ketch can be heard speaking to her daughter over the phone, indicating that two FBI agents are at the front door.

"FBI agents ... don't tell them anything," responded Elise Ketch.

\u201cElise's mom called her, the footage shows. \n\n"I have two FBI agents at the door." \n\n"FBI agents?? Mom, don't tell them anything."\u201d
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@Mary Margaret Olohan) 1684349524

Ketch suggested to the Daily Signal that she had "no idea what information the FBI was sent" that would prompt them to reach out to her, but suspected that they might be on a fact-finding mission to build a case against her PAAU colleague Lauren Handy, indicted under the FACE Act.

Around the time of her induction into the group in December, some of her fellow PAAU members were facing jail time for having allegedly violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act in 2019.

The act bars activists from exercising their First Amendment rights near the entrances of abortion clinics and pro-life pregnancy centers alike, but Heritage suggested that the DOJ appears keen to primarily tackle perceived obstacles to women offing their young.

While Ketch reckons she had not run afoul of the act, she told the Daily Signal she had participated in PAAU's "Pink Rose Rescues," where activists handed out pink roses in the waiting rooms of abortion clinics, then left upon being informed that they were trespassing. The roses contained information about emergency pregnancy centers

Alternatively, Ketch said, "It’s also possible that they see me as a threat due to my pro-life activism and intended to investigate me. ... I believe the FBI’s true motive behind their visit to my parents’ home was to intimidate me and my team."

After mulling it over further, Ketch recently told Fox News Digital, "I think my mom's house was specifically targeted because I feel like they should … if they're really an intelligence agency, they should have known by now that I moved and that I'm living here in Washington, D.C. That's not a secret."

"So it only makes sense to me that they went to my mom's house just to intimidate my family and to intimidate me. It really does," said Ketch. "At the end of the day, it feels like a threat, but at the same time, like an empty one."

Ketch believes that pro-lifers, her group in particular, present a challenge to "institutional and corporate power, especially because the abortion industrial complex is a major pillar of power. It's the status quo. The government and our country, frankly, doesn't know how to run without child killing. So here we are. They really don't want us to topple that pillar for them. We're definitely a threat to the government."

Following the Dobbs ruling, which saw Roe v. Wade overturned, big businesses rushed to ensure that their female employees had what they needed in the way of abortion access to remain childless and productive.

The Biden administration and Democrats in Washington have similarly fought to foist abortion on red and blue states alike.

Extra to ostensibly letting hundreds of pro-abortion terror attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers, activists, and churches go unanswered or off easy, the FBI and Justice Department under President Joe Biden have taken an active role in advancing the cause of pro-abortion radicals in the United States.

The DOJ announced the establishment of the Reproductive Rights Task Force in July 2022. This task force's work has included centralizing "information about the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act," reported the Washington Examiner.

Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, who helms this task force, made her bias well known in December, claiming that the overturning of Roe v. Wade was "a devastating blow to women throughout the country, taking away the constitutional right to abortion and increasing the urgency of our work, including enforcement of the FACE Act, to ensure continued lawful access to reproductive services."

Gupta went so far as to intimate that pro-lifers and the challenges they present to the abortion status quo are "insidious," comparing the pro-life cause to slavery and Jim Crow.

Referencing FBI whistleblower accounts on Thursday, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) noted, "If you're a parent attending a school board meeting; if you're a pro-lifer praying at a clinic, or you're a Catholic simply going to Mass, you are a target of the government, a target of the FBI."

Terrisa Bukovinac, the founder of PAAU, appears to agree.

Bukovinac told the Daily Signal, "The feds are desperate to find a reason to shut us down and they’re not above coming to our parents’ homes to try to find what they’re looking for.

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4 Lessons Our Culture Can Learn From Saint Mary

Mary’s witness shows us that sacrificing for our family is the most simple but powerful way to rebuild our broken society.

1,600 years before Plymouth, a Thanksgiving feast took place in Israel just before the most important week in human history — and it was all about gratitude



Many centuries before the autumn 1621 meal in Plymouth between the colonists and the Wampanoag, another kind of Thanksgiving feast took place in Israel — and it quietly set the stage for the most important week in human history.

The details come from the Bible — specifically the Gospel of John, chapter 12.

It's a little slice of life wedged between perhaps Jesus' greatest miracle — raising his friend Lazarus from the dead — and his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, which marks the beginning of Passover week — the last week of Jesus' life.

But on the day before he enters Jerusalem upon a donkey, treading over palm branches amid cries of "Hosanna," Jesus returns to nearby Bethany to once again be with Lazarus and his sisters, Mary and Martha, along with his disciples and perhaps others.

On this day, the thankful siblings give Jesus a "dinner."

My pastor discussed this passage on Sunday and mentioned that the Greek word used for "dinner" or "supper" in John 12:2 is the same word used in Revelation 19:9 to describe the "marriage supper of the Lamb." Amazing that this hidden-away gathering — those in power were already plotting to kill Jesus, and he had to be cautious about where he walked — carries and reveals so much spiritual meaning.

Turns out this feast in honor of the Lamb about to be sacrificed for us is centered squarely on gratitude.

We learn that as Martha serves the meal and Lazarus reclines at the table with Jesus, Mary takes expensive ointment, anoints Jesus' feet with it, then wipes his feet with her hair. With that, the whole house is filled with a lavish fragrance — indeed, this is special stuff that appears to be worth the equivalent of a year's wages.

But my pastor pointed out that the monetary value of the ointment doesn't matter to Mary in this moment: She only wants to be present with Jesus and express her love not only for what he's done but also for who he's become in her life.

Judas, on the other hand, criticizes Mary's extravagant gesture as a waste of finances — after which Jesus tells him, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial. For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”

There's much to be drawn from this snapshot of a gathering in a Middle Eastern town long before turkeys, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and sleeping it all off, only to rise early on Black Friday to take advantage of outrageous discounts on Christmas presents.

Here we see gratitude lived out. A willingness to give up that which is most valuable in a bottom-line sense in order to bestow it upon the One who is most valuable in the eternal sense. My pastor wisely noted that when we give — whether it's our time, our money, our physical efforts, our emotional selves — we give a little bit more of our selfishness away.

What's more, he added that if we practice the discipline not only of giving but of gratitude — daily gratitude, in fact — we can literally change our attitudes for the better over time. Therefore, no matter what has happened to us, no matter how bad we've had it or think we've had it, we can reshape our attitudes and hearts by purposely focusing on things we're grateful for on a daily basis.

On this Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for truths like this that feed my soul and enlighten the path ahead. I'm particularly grateful for Mary's example of extravagant love that pushes cost aside in favor of simply sitting at Jesus' feet.

Really, is there any better place to be?

University of Notre Dame mandates bivalent COVID-19 jab to enroll for 2023-2024 academic year, 'including students studying or performing research remotely and/or virtually'



The University of Notre Dame is requiring students to receive a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine shot in order to enroll in courses for the 2023-2024 academic year, including scholars who will be learning remotely.

"All students are required to be fully vaccinated or receive an exemption before arriving on campus for the 2022-23 academic year," the school states on a webpage about its student vaccination mandate. "Additionally, as an extension of the University’s existing COVID-19 vaccination requirement, the COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine is required of all students - undergraduate, graduate, and professional, including students studying or performing research remotely and/or virtually - as a condition of enrollment for the 2023-24 academic year."

The private educational institution, which describes itself as being "defined by its Catholic character," says that students may seek medical or religious exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

"Exemptions are determined on a case-by-case basis, and in each case must be supported by specific documentation," the school states. "Returning students who received a religious exemption from the University's vaccination requirement will automatically receive exemptions for the 2022-23 academic year and the 2023-24 academic year," the university also indicates. "Students on campus attending programs that last fewer than 7 days are exempt from the requirement, though vaccination is still strongly recommended."

Mary Frances Myler, whose Twitter profile indicates that she is a post-graduate fellow with the school's Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government, tweeted an image of a message in which University Health Services Director Edward P. Junkins informed students about the bivalent booster mandate and said that those who had previously obtained a COVID-19 vaccination mandate exemption will also be exempt from the bivalent shot requirement.

\u201cAs of today, Notre Dame will require yet ANOTHER round of the vaccine for students. The pandemic ended, but the Covid Regime remains fully intact and detached from reality.\u201d
— Mary Frances Myler (@Mary Frances Myler) 1668474236

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky received a bivalent booster in September but later tested positive for COVID-19 in October. Walensky took a course of Paxlovid and then tested negative, but she then tested positive again later in October.

"Thank you to my family and CDC staff for support while I recovered from COVID-19. I am fortunate to have only had mild symptoms, which I credit to being up to date on my #COVID19 vaccines," Walensky said in a tweet posted to the @CDCDirector Twitter account earlier this month. "COVID-19 vaccines may not prevent every infection, but they do provide us important protection against severe illness, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19. My updated #COVID19 vaccine helped ensure my immune system was equipped to protect me against severe illness," she tweeted.

\u201cCOVID-19 vaccines may not prevent every infection, but they do provide us important protection against severe illness, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19. My updated #COVID19 vaccine helped ensure my immune system was equipped to protect me against severe illness.\u201d
— Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH (@Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH) 1667918175

European court says extremist's simulated Christmastime abortion of Jesus on a Catholic altar was 'poignant' and 'not insulting,' orders France to compensate her



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A European "human rights" court has ruled that a deranged and topless feminist's Christmastime enactment of a simulated abortion of Jesus Christ on a Catholic altar constituted a protected "performance," claiming it was not "insulting or hateful." In addition to excusing the hateful, anti-Christian demonstration, the court ordered that France pay nearly $10,000 to the desecrator.

An anti-Christian hate crime

The Christian Post reported that in Dec. 2013, a pro-abortion zealot once affiliated with the extremist Ukrainian group FEMEN entered La Madeleine Catholic church in Paris topless and covered in eugenicist slogans while parishioners rehearsed Christmas carols.

Eloïse Bouton, the offender, wore a blue veil in mockery of the Virgin Mary and a crown of thorns in mockery of Christ and carried with her pieces of bloody ox liver. She mounted the altar and pretended to execute an abortion, subsequently implying the animal organs were parts of a murdered baby. After defacing the front of the place of worship, Bouton proceeded to urinate for all to see.

FEMEN posted an image to Twitter depicting Bouton on the altar along with the caption, "CHRISTMAS IS CANCELLED from the Vatican to Paris! On the altar of the Church of the Madeleine, the Holy Mother Eloise aborted Jesus."

The crime was part of a broader anti-Catholic FEMEN campaign entitled "Christmas is canceled." In support of the movement, nude activists were dispatched across Europe to subject other churches to similar indignities. The purpose of this campaign was to protest the Catholic Church's support for the unborn and its continued opposition to abortion.

The church's priest filed a complaint, leading to Bouton's conviction for "sexual display" by a national court. She was ordered to pay the parish 2,000 euros "in respect of non-pecuniary damage" and to contribute 1,500 euros to the church's costs. In addition, Bouton was given a one-month prison sentence.

The Catholic News Agency reported that the initial judgment was confirmed both on appeal and before the highest judicial court in France, the court of cassation.

A simulated abortion on the altar 'not insulting'

On Oct. 13, the ECHR ruled that Bouton had merely been exercising her "freedom of expression" and that France had violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights when it penalized her.

While the court "acknowledged that a protest performance in a church could be regarded as flouting the acceptable rules of conduct in a place of worship and had concluded that certain sanctions could in principle be justified by the protection of the rights of others," it claimed Bouton's "conduct had not been insulting or hateful."

The ECHR further argued that the French courts had not examined "whether the applicant's action had been 'gratuitously offensive' to religious beliefs, whether it had been insulting or whether it had incited disrespect or hatred towards the Catholic Church."

The court went so far as to call Bouton's actions "poignant," suggesting that "her protest had not been staged during mass, that her actions had been brief ... and that she had left the church as soon as she was asked to do so."

The Christian Post reported that the ECHR ordered France to pay Bouton 9,800 euros "in respect of non-pecuniary damage."

Backlash

Grégor Puppinck, the director of the European Center for Law and Justice, wrote earlier this month that it "is becoming a habit at the ECHR to defend these attacks in churches and against the Church."

Puppinck cited an instance where a feminist extremist group, represented by a lawyer who previously worked for a George Soros foundation and subsequently become an ECHR judge, attacked the Orthodox cathedral in Moscow. The attack was deemed by the ECHR to be a form of protected expression.

In 2018, the ECHR upheld a criminal conviction for an Austrian lecturer who noted that the prophet Muhammad's documented sexual relationship with 9-year-old Aisha made him a pedophile. DW reported that the court then sought to balance the applicant's "right to freedom of expression with the right of others to have their religious feelings protected, and served the legitimate aim of preserving religious peace in Austria."

Puppinck wrote, "How can one not see a double standard, coupled with a guilty blindness? The Austrian lecturer only spoke the truth, with decency and discretion, while the Femen's aim was to hurt and offend."

Essayist Blanche Streb wrote in Aleteia, "Here we are defending (and we must!) freedom of expression. What is not defended here is the intelligence of the expression."

Streb added, "To attack the symbols of Christianity, even if it is to recognize its strength, is above all to forget what human rights and modern democracy owe to Christianity: the inalienable dignity of the human being."

Rod Dreher, writing in the American Conservative, pointed out that "in many European countries, it is against the law to say that a penis-having person who claims to be a woman is really a man. But according to the ECHR, you can commit the ultimate blasphemy on the altar of a Catholic Church, during the liturgy, and it's protected speech ... Something very dark and evil is coming."

Mary Harrington, editor at UnHerd, underscored the uneven approach to perceived violations of places regarded as sacred, tweeting, "When one side is re-introducing blasphemy laws by the back door, while literally pissing on your altar, it’s probably time to stop bleating about the 'marketplace of ideas.'”

\u201cWhen one side is re-introducing blasphemy laws by the back door, while literally pissing on your altar, it\u2019s probably time to stop bleating about the \u201cmarketplace of ideas\u201d\u201d
— Mary Harrington (@Mary Harrington) 1666771787

AOC vilifies Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision as 'illegitimate,' calls for protests alongside radical communist leader who wants to 'overthrow' the American system



The Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on Friday morning. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) railed against the Supreme Court's decision with fellow pro-abortion activists and a Revolutionary Communist outside the Supreme Court.

Ocasio-Cortez was chanting that the Supreme Court's decision is "illegitimate" along with the pro-abortion crowd, as seen in a video taken by TPUSA contributor Drew Hernandez.

\u201cBREAKING: Congresswoman @AOC has arrived in front of the Supreme Court and is chanting that the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn Roe v Wade is \u201cillegitimate\u201d and calls for people to get \u201cinto the streets\u201d | @TPUSA\u201d
— Drew Hernandez (@Drew Hernandez) 1656085406

AOC was leading the chants along with Sunsara Taylor – a leader in the Revolutionary Communist Party.

Taylor called the Roe v. Wade overruling an "atrocity" and the "shattering of lives." She claimed that the decision would usher in the "unleashing of the state to hunt women down and treat their wombs like sites of surveillance."

\u201cThis illegitimate decision must not stand!\nInto the streets NOW until the federal government restores\nLEGAL ABORTION ON DEMAND NATIONWIDE!\n@riseup4abortion #BansOffOurBodies #Green4Abortion\u201d
— Sunsara Taylor (@Sunsara Taylor) 1656083933

The Revolutionary Communist Party called for "fury into the streets" following the overruling.

"The fascist Supreme Court just overturned #RoeVWade & stripped women of their legal status as full human beings," the radical group wrote on Twitter. "This court, & the whole system, are ILLEGITIMATE!!! Bring your fury into the streets & don't stop until this decision is reversed! And get organized for REVOLUTION!"

InfluenceWatch describes the Revolutionary Communist Party as a "radical-left political party in the United States that seeks to overthrow the government and implement a socialist system of government."

The RCP website states: "Its members are united in their profound desire for a radically different and better world, and their understanding of the need for revolution to get to that world. They have dedicated themselves wholeheartedly to revolution, and on the basis of that they channel their individual abilities and passions to the cause and needs of this revolution."

Bob Avakian – the party's chairman and a Maoist – declared, "Only through the revolution to overthrow this system, and uproot all the relations of exploitation and oppression that are embodied in this system, will it be possible to finally end the fundamental division in which half of humanity is subordinated to and dominated by the other half, and all the brutality and agony bound up with that."

The Federalist wrote of the Revolutionary Communist Party: "The RCP has historically played a front and center role in orchestrating violent riots, including the 1992 Los Angeles Rodney King Riots and the 2014 Ferguson riots, where the Daily Beast called them 'the communist agitators trying to ignite Ferguson.'"

The outlet added, "The party’s constitution says they openly seek, 'a revolution that overthrows this system and the capitalist-imperialist class that embodies and runs it—a revolution that will immediately establish a new power.'"

Taylor has made calls for a "revolution" to "overthrow" the "oppressive" American system numerous times on Twitter.

Pro-abortion group Rise Up 4 Abortion – which Taylor co-founded in January – bragged, "AOC joined us in the streets to call out this decision for what it is ILLEGITIMATE This court is Illegitimate and this decision must not stand."

\u201cAOC joined us in the streets to call out this decision for what it is ILLEGITIMATE\n\nThis court is Illegitimate and this decision must not stand. Legal, Nationwide abortion on demand!\n\nGet in the streets NOW. AND TOMORROW and the next day! Post Roe? HELL NO!\u201d
— Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights (@Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights) 1656087997

Mary Margaret Olohan – a D.C. correspondent for the Daily Wire – asked Ocasio-Cortez if she would condemn any violence by pro-abortion groups. However, AOC refused to answer the question.

\u201cWATCH: @AOC will not condemn violence proposed by pro-abortion groups\u201d
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@Mary Margaret Olohan) 1656087138

Ocasio-Cortez also claimed that people would die because of the Supreme Court decision.

"Overturning Roe and outlawing abortions will never make them go away," AOC tweeted. "It only makes them more dangerous, especially for the poor + marginalized."

"People will die because of this decision," she asserted. "And we will never stop until abortion rights are restored in the United States of America."