After taking a beating on social media for dismissing superhero movies as mere &#8220;theme park rides,&#8221; Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese has once again issued a passionate defense of the cinematic art form, arguing that it has been devalued by the current streaming climate which, he says, reduces great works of uncalculated brilliance down to mere &#8220;content.&#8221;
In a lengthy essay for <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2021/03/il-maestro-federico-fellini-martin-scorsese/">Harper&#8217;s Magazine</a> in praise of world-renowned Italian director Federico Fellini, the filmmaker who birthed such classics as &#8220;Taxi Driver,&#8221; &#8220;Goodfellas,&#8221; and &#8220;Raging Bull&#8221; reflects on both the positives and negatives of the streaming revolution. On the one hand, Scorsese understands how such tools of democratization have created better opportunities for filmmakers to distribute their work (himself included); on the other, he regrets how the newly established one-size-fits-all business model has lumped great works of art in with 5-minute YouTube videos, Super Bowl commercials, Instagram posts, and so much more.
&#8220;The art of cinema is being systematically devalued, sidelined, demeaned, and reduced to its lowest common denominator, &#8216;content,'&#8221; Scorcese says.
&#8220;As recently as fifteen years ago, the term &#8216;content&#8217; was heard only when people were discussing the cinema on a serious level, and it was contrasted with and measured against &#8216;form,'&#8221; he continues. &#8220;Then, gradually, it was used more and more by the people who took over media companies, most of whom knew nothing about the history of the art form, or even cared enough to think that they should. &#8216;Content&#8217; became a business term for all moving images: a David Lean movie, a cat video, a Super Bowl commercial, a superhero sequel, a series episode. It was linked, of course, not to the theatrical experience but to home viewing, on the streaming platforms that have come to overtake the moviegoing experience, just as Amazon overtook physical stores.&#8221;
Scorsese does not necessarily dismiss the streaming revolution as something bad or anti-cinema in and of itself but worries how the shift toward the acquisition of &#8220;content&#8221; has killed the practice of &#8220;curating,&#8221; the method of assembling creative works for consumption based on a criteria or standard. He cites Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and the Criterion Channel as two streaming platforms that best implement this practice.
&#8220;Curating isn’t undemocratic or &#8216;elitist,&#8217; a term that is now used so often that it’s become meaningless. It’s an act of generosity—you’re sharing what you love and what has inspired you. (The best streaming platforms, such as the Criterion Channel and MUBI and traditional outlets such as TCM, are based on curating—they’re actually curated.) Algorithms, by definition, are based on calculations that treat the viewer as a consumer and nothing else,&#8221; he argues.
The essay then segues into an exploration of Federico Fellini&#8217;s cinematic work and his contributions to the art form as a whole. As the essay concludes, Scorsese calls upon all lovers of cinema to passionately share their love of the art with those around them if cinema is to in any way survive the current cultural atmosphere.
&#8220;We can’t depend on the movie business, such as it is, to take care of cinema. In the movie business, which is now the mass visual entertainment business, the emphasis is always on the word &#8216;business,&#8217; and value is always determined by the amount of money to be made from any given property—in that sense, everything from Sunrise to La Strada to 2001 is now pretty much wrung dry and ready for the &#8216;Art Film&#8217; swim lane on a streaming platform,&#8221; he concludes. &#8220;Those of us who know the cinema and its history have to share our love and our knowledge with as many people as possible. And we have to make it crystal clear to the current legal owners of these films that they amount to much, much more than mere property to be exploited and then locked away. They are among the greatest treasures of our culture, and they must be treated accordingly.&#8221;
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Martin Scorsese Hits Back: The Art Of Cinema Is Being Devalued

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After taking a beating on social media for dismissing superhero movies as mere &quot;theme park rides,&quot; Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese has once again After taking a beating on social media for dismissing superhero movies as mere &quot;theme park rides,&quot; Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese has once again issued a passionate defense of the cinematic art form, which he argues has been devalued by the current streaming climate by reducing great works of uncalculated brilliance into mere &quot;content.&quot;

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Billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has called upon the rich nations of the world to switch over to synthetic beef to better combat climate change.
Speaking with <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/02/14/1018296/bill-gates-climate-change-beef-trees-microsoft/">MIT Technology Review </a>about his new book &#8220;How to Avoid Climate Disaster,&#8221; Gates discussed his views on improving the &#8220;food sector,&#8221; and lamented that the political scene may keep first-world nations from going fully synthetic in the beef department.
&#8220;Do you <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/18/1013241/first-lab-cultured-cultivated-meat-blended-plants/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/18/1013241/first-lab-cultured-cultivated-meat-blended-plants/">think plant-based and lab-grown meats </a>could be the full solution to the protein problem globally, even in poor nations? Or do you think it’s going to be some fraction because of the things you’re talking about, the cultural love of a hamburger and the way livestock is so central to economies around the world?&#8221; asked the interviewer.
&#8220;For Africa and other poor countries, we’ll have to use animal genetics to dramatically raise the amount of beef per emissions for them. Weirdly, the US livestock, because they’re so productive, the emissions per pound of beef are dramatically less than emissions per pound in Africa,&#8221; said Gates. &#8220;And as part of the [Bill and Melinda Gates] Foundation’s work, we’re taking the benefit of the African livestock, which means they can survive in heat, and <a href="https://futurism.com/bill-gates-working-geneticists-create-perfect-cow">crossing in the monstrous productivity</a> both on the meat side and the milk side of the elite US beef lines.&#8221;
&#8220;So no, I don’t think the poorest 80 countries will be eating synthetic meat,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I do think all rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef. You can get used to the taste difference, and the claim is they’re going to make it taste even better over time. Eventually, that green premium is modest enough that you can sort of change the [behavior of] people or use regulation to totally shift the demand. So for meat in the middle-income-and-above countries, I do think it’s possible. But it’s one of those ones where, wow, you have to track it every year and see, and the politics [are challenging]. There are <a href="https://www.eater.com/2019/10/30/20939961/real-meat-act-beef-labeling-proposed-bill-congress-impossible-burger-beyond-meat">all these bills</a> that say it’s got to be called, basically, lab garbage to be sold. They don’t want us to use the beef label.&#8221;
Earlier in the interview, Bill Gates said that synthetic proteins will be required for beef because cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas.
&#8220;In terms of livestock, it’s very difficult. There are all the things where they <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/11/23/1826/how-seaweed-could-shrink-livestocks-global-carbon-hoofprint/">feed them different food</a>, like there’s this <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-dsm/chemical-maker-dsm-sees-strong-demand-for-methane-reducing-cow-feed-additive-idUSKBN1WF1E8">one compound</a> that gives you a 20% reduction [in methane emissions]. But sadly, those bacteria [in their digestive system that produce methane] are a necessary part of breaking down the grass. And so I don’t know if there’ll be some natural approach there. I’m afraid the synthetic [protein alternatives like plant-based burgers] will be required for at least the beef thing,&#8221; he said.
“Now the people like <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/01/1012789/cultured-cultivated-meat-just-singapore-approved-food-climate/">Memphis Meats</a> who <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/02/27/136968/the-race-to-grow-a-more-planet-friendly-burger/">do it at a cellular level</a>—I don’t know that that will ever be economical. But <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/20/1010717/impossible-burgers-unveil-milk-double-research-team/">Impossible</a> and <a href="https://www.beyondmeat.com/">Beyond</a> have a road map, a quality road map and a cost road map, that makes them totally competitive,&#8221; he added.
Bill Gates, a multi-billionaire who has largely remained shielded, financially, from the economic fallout of the COVID lockdowns, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-gates-worth-nearly-120-billion-advocates-for-keeping-some-businesses-closed-during-pandemic">previously endorsed</a> governments shutting down small businesses to combat the virus.
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Bill Gates: Rich Countries Should Be Eating 100% Synthetic Beef

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Billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has called upon the rich nations of the world to switch over to synthetic beef to better combat climate Billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has called upon the rich nations of the world to switch over to synthetic beef to better combat climate change.

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Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson has not ruled out a possible run for the White House.
Speaking with <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/02/15/dwayne-johnson-young-rock-shows-family-version-andre-giant-moment/6735837002/">USA Today</a> about his new sitcom &#8220;Young Rock,&#8221; which chronicles his childhood, Johnson echoed his 2017 comments to Ellen DeGeneres that he may run for president.
&#8220;I would consider a presidential run in the future if that&#8217;s what the people wanted,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Truly I mean that, and I&#8217;m not flippant in any way with my answer. That would be up to the people&#8230;So I would wait, and I would listen. I would have my finger on the pulse, my ear to the ground.&#8221;
In 2017, shortly after former President Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration, Johnson said he was &#8220;seriously considering&#8221; a run for president. The sitcom will also feature mock interviews from the future in 2032 that show him running for president.
Last September, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-backs-biden-in-first-ever-endorsement-calls-kamala-harris-certified-badass">Johnson labeled himself</a> a “centrist” as he endorsed Joe Biden, clarifying that he has voted for both parties while hailing Kamala Harris as a “certified badass.”
“As a political independent &amp; centrist, I’ve voted for both parties in the past,” Johnson tweeted. “In this critical presidential election, I’m endorsing [Joe Biden] &amp; [Kamala Harris]. Progress takes courage, humanity, empathy, strength, KINDNESS &amp; RESPECT. We must ALL VOTE[.]”
“I’ve got friends in all parties, but the one thing we can always agree on is the conversation and the dialogue, and where that conversation lands is always the most critical part,” he said in a video.
“I thought it was a great and extremely productive conversation that we had, and as a registered independent for years now with centrist ideologies, I do feel that Vice President Biden and Senator Harris are the best choice to lead our country, and I am endorsing them to become president and vice president of our United States,” he continued.
Upon Biden&#8217;s election, Johnson admitted to crying &#8220;manly tears&#8221; over the prospect of Harris being vice president.
“I wanted to shoot this yesterday, when the news broke, but I got a little emotional, admittedly so, I got a little emotional yesterday, manly tears of course, I may have cried a tear or two, or ten, but they were all very manly. All my tears are manly,” he said.
Johnson went on to say that he got emotional because of what he felt his vote “represented.”
“My vote represented humanity. My vote represented decency,” he continued. “It represented the values and the principles of which we teach our little girls. My vote also, for me, represented the importance of just being a good, decent human being.”
Prior to his endorsement of Biden, Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-the-rock-posts-lengthy-message-to-trump-where-are-you">ripped into Trump</a> for not being a supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement after the death of George Floyd.
“Where is our compassionate leader? The leader who unifies and inspires our country at our most painful time when we need it the most,” he said in a lengthy video. “The leader who steps up and takes full accountability for our country and embraces every color in it. The leader who picks our country up off its knees and says you have my word — we got this — and together, change will happen. Where are you? Because we’re all here. Maybe one day that galvanizing leader will emerge. Either way, the process to change has already begun.”
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Still Considering Presidential Run

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Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne &quot;The Rock&quot; Johnson, who claimed to cry &quot;manly tears&quot; upon Joe Biden&#039;s presidential win last year, has still not ruled out a possible run for the White House in the future.

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UFC President Dana White has joined the chorus of those denouncing former MMA fighter Gina Carano&#8217;s firing from Disney&#8217;s &#8220;The Mandalorian&#8221; over a social media post in which she warned that the Holocaust could happen in the United States through the dehumanization of political opponents.
Speaking at UFC 258 on Saturday, Dana White said that while he believes Carano made a mistake with her social media post, she should not be cancelled for it.
&#8220;Leave her alone. We make mistakes, we all make mistakes,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/HelenYeeSports/status/1360310574437916675" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">White said</a>. &#8220;For everybody to go in on her … I love how Ariel Helwani made it all about him, such a d**che.&#8221;
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As reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ufc-dana-white-gina-carano-firing-mandalorian">Fox News</a>, White was referring to UFC reporter Ariel Helwani, who said in an Instagram video that many of Carano&#8217;s posts didn&#8217;t &#8220;sit well&#8221; with him.
&#8220;As a Jewish person, and as a human being, it just doesn’t sit well,&#8221; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CLK0DucBM7G/?utm_source=ig_embed">said Helwani</a>. &#8220;And I wish she would have never posted that. And quite frankly I wish someone would have talked to her about her social media posts over the past year. Some of them not even political. Just in general, they felt off to me. I am sorry she has gone down this path.&#8221;
Last week, the hashtag #FireGinaCarano began trending on Twitter in response to an Instagram story in which she quoted The Warrior Priest Podcast lamenting about how Nazis used neighbors to oppress their citizens.
<blockquote>Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children.
“Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?”</blockquote>
In a statement, Lucasfilm, a company owned by Disney, denounced Carano&#8217;s social media posts as &#8220;abhorrent.&#8221;
“Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future,” the company said. “Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”
Shortly after her firing, however, The Daily Wire announced that it would be joining forces with Gina Carano.
&#8220;The Daily Wire is helping make one of my dreams — to develop and produce my own film — come true,&#8221; she told <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/02/gina-carano-mandalorian-ben-shapiro-hits-back-cancel-culture-1234692971/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deadline</a> in a statement. &#8220;I cried out and my prayer was answered. I am sending out a direct message of hope to everyone living in fear of cancellation by the totalitarian mob. I have only just begun using my voice which is now freer than ever before, and I hope it inspires others to do the same. They can’t cancel us if we don’t let them.&#8221;
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UFC President Denounces Gina Carano’s Firing: ‘Leave Her Alone’

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UFC President Dana White has joined the chorus of those denouncing former MMA fighter Gina Carano&#039;s firing from Disney&#039;s &quot;The Mandalorian&quot; over a social UFC President Dana White has joined the chorus of those denouncing former MMA fighter Gina Carano&#039;s firing from Disney&#039;s &quot;The Mandalorian&quot; over a social media post in which she warned that the Holocaust could happen in the United States through the dehumanization of political opponents.

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Jemele Hill, staff writer for The Atlantic and former ESPN commentator who sparked national controversy when <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2733368-donald-trump-asks-espn-to-apologize-for-jemele-hills-white-supremacist-comments">she referred</a> to President Donald Trump as a “white supremacist,” has called for an end to the singing of &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner&#8221; at sporting events, arguing that it has become a &#8220;weaponized&#8221; patriotic symbol.
In another article for <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/why-pro-sports-should-skip-national-anthem/618027/">The Atlantic</a>, Hill lamented the NBA&#8217;s recent decision to enforce its policy on the National Anthem, reversing Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban&#8217;s decision to forgo having the anthem played ahead of games.
Playing the “The Star-Spangled Banner” at sporting events has become an empty gesture of patriotism — so empty that, when the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks quietly began skipping the ritual, 13 preseason and regular-season games passed before anyone noticed.
&#8220;The Mavericks should have held their ground, because playing the anthem shouldn’t be a pregame ritual in American sports,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Not during a time when many people—including many athletes of color—are deeply uncomfortable with how patriotic symbols have been weaponized to undermine and diminish the humanity of Black and brown Americans.&#8221;
&#8220;Instead of forcing Cuban’s team to back down, the NBA as a whole should revisit its anthem rule. Other leagues should do the same. The ritual enforces a rote, narrow idea of patriotism—one that pro sports should be working to change, not uphold,&#8221; she continued.
Hill then recounted some of the national anthem&#8217;s checkered history, including the fact that its creator, Francis Scott Key, was a slave owner who once said that black Americans are “<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xVRQ8NsrP5MC&amp;pg=PA40&amp;lpg=PA40&amp;dq=%E2%80%9Ca+distinct+and+inferior+race+of+people,+which+all+experience+proves+to+be+the+greatest+evil+that+afflicts+a+community.%E2%80%9D&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=akAa-MkOnE&amp;sig=gl287IEmrxDd7QhWzDZ1vndULAY&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi7-4HtktDNAhXG7YMKHbKMDCEQ6AEIJjAB#v=onepage&amp;q=%E2%80%9Ca%20distinct%20and%20inferior%20race%20of%20people,%20which%20all%20experience%20proves%20to%20be%20the%20greatest%20evil%20that%20afflicts%20a%20community.%E2%80%9D&amp;f=false" data-omni-click="r'article',r'',d,r'intext',r'5',r'None'">a distinct and inferior race of people, which all experience proves to be the greatest evil that afflicts a community</a>.” Though the national anthem has long been a rallying cry for patriotism, especially during the Civil War, Hill argued its presence at sporting events was largely a machination of America&#8217;s Military-Industrial-Complex.
&#8220;The enshrinement of the anthem into sports ritual wasn’t entirely the result of teams’ or fans’ patriotic feelings,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;In 2015, the Republican Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake revealed that the NFL, Major League Baseball, and other pro leagues <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-nfls-tangled-ties-with-the-national-anthem-dont-run-deep/" data-omni-click="r'article',r'',d,r'intext',r'8',r'None'">have received millions of dollars</a> from the Defense Department for national-anthem performances, military-appreciation nights, and other activities promoting the military.&#8221;
Hill concluded that the enforcement of the &#8220;conservative definition of patriotism&#8221; in the wake of the Capitol Hill riot &#8220;just doesn’t seem right,&#8221; fearing that it will &#8220;embolden people who insist upon an exclusive form of patriotism.&#8221;
While Hill certainly takes issue with exclusive forms of patriotism, she has no issue with enforcing exclusive forms of American blackness. In 2020, when then-candidate Joe Biden said that black Trump supporters &#8220;ain&#8217;t black,&#8221; Hill said the comments were accurate.
“I don’t have a problem with the statement because he was clearly referring to this from a policy and track record standpoint. If you’re black and you support anti-black policies and positions, then that makes you …? You’re still technically black but you ain’t with us,” she tweeted.
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Jemele Hill Demands An End To ‘Weaponized Patriotic Symbols’ At Sporting Events

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Jemele Hill, staff writer for The Atlantic and former ESPN commentator who sparked national controversy when she referred to President Donald Trump as a Jemele Hill, staff writer for The Atlantic and former ESPN commentator who sparked national controversy when she referred to President Donald Trump as a “white supremacist,” has called for an end to the singing of &quot;The Star-Spangled Banner&quot; at sporting events, arguing that it has become a &quot;weaponized&quot; patriotic symbol.

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President Joe Biden has described himself as a &#8220;devout Catholic,&#8221; a description enthusiastically repeated by his press secretary and the media. Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, who also serves as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, however, said that the president&#8217;s open support for legalized abortion should put that label to rest.
Speaking with <a href="https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2021/02/13/archbishop-naumann-president-biden-should-stop-defining-himself-as-a-devout-catholic/">Catholic World Report</a>, Naumann flatly said that Biden &#8220;should stop defining himself as a devout Catholic&#8221; while acknowledging that his abortion views stand in direct opposition to the Catholic Church.
&#8220;Mr. Biden professes to be a devout Catholic, yet is 100% pro-choice on abortion. How do you think America’s bishops ought to respond to this situation?&#8221; CWR asked.
&#8220;I can tell you how this bishop is responding. The president should stop defining himself as a devout Catholic, and acknowledge that his view on abortion is contrary to Catholic moral teaching. It would be a more honest approach from him to say he disagreed with his Church on this important issue and that he was acting contrary to Church teaching,&#8221; Naumann responded. &#8220;When he says he is a devout Catholic, we bishops have the responsibility to correct him. Although people have given this president power and authority, he cannot define what it is to be a Catholic and what Catholic moral teaching is.&#8221;
&#8220;What he is doing now is usurping the role of the bishops and confusing people,&#8221; Naumann added. &#8220;He’s declaring that he’s Catholic, and is going to force people to support abortion through their tax dollars. The bishops need to correct him, as the president is acting contrary to the Catholic faith.&#8221;
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, <a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a5.htm">abortion is a grave moral evil</a> that cannot be approved or tolerated in any circumstance. In 2019, a Catholic priest in South Carolina <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-joe-biden-denied-holy-communion-at-catholic-church-over-abortion-support">reportedly enforced</a> the church’s code of canon law by denying the then-former vice president the sacrament of Holy Communion due to his stance on abortion.
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“Sadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse Holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden,” Father Robert E. Morey of Saint Anthony Catholic Church told reporters. “Holy Communion signifies we are one with God, each other, and the Church. Our actions should reflect that. Any public figure who advocates for abortion places himself or herself outside of Church teaching.”
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When asked about Morey&#8217;s actions, Naumann said that the priest was simply &#8220;following his conscience,&#8221; adding that Biden should not present himself for Holy Communion for fear of sacrilege.
&#8220;I believe the president has the responsibility not to present himself for Holy Communion. When Catholics receive the Eucharist, they are acknowledging the Real Presence of Jesus, and also believe in the teachings of the Church,&#8221; Naumann said. &#8220;President Biden doesn’t believe in the Church’s teachings on the Sanctity of Human Life, and he should not put the priest in the situation where he has to decide whether or not to allow him to receive the Eucharist. He should know that after 78 years as a Catholic.&#8221;
When asked if he would ever give Biden Holy Communion, the archbishop said that he probably will never have to make that decision.
&#8220;I don’t think I’ll ever be in that situation; I don’t anticipate him coming to Mass in Kansas and coming up to me to receive Communion,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I do believe that his bishop has a responsibility to dialogue with him about this issue. What he is supporting is a serious evil. I don’t know the disposition of his mind and heart, but his act of supporting legal abortion is wrong.&#8221;
Former Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput has argued that Biden should be denied Holy Communion. Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., has <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/11/24/cardinal-wilton-gregory-joe-biden-communion-dialogue">already stated</a> he would give Biden Holy Communion if he presented himself for it.
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Archbishop Of Kansas City: Joe Biden ‘Should Stop Defining Himself As A Devout Catholic’

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President Joe Biden has described himself as a &quot;devout Catholic,&quot; a description enthusiastically repeated by his press secretary and the media. Archbishop Joe Biden has described himself as a &quot;devout Catholic,&quot; a description enthusiastically repeated by his press secretary and the media. Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, who also serves as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said that the president&#039;s open support for legalized abortion should put that label to rest. 

Archbishop Of Kansas City: Joe Biden &#039;Should Stop Defining Himself As A Devout Catholic’

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Actor Sean Penn seems confused about which branch of Christianity the Vatican governs. In a tweet last Friday, the notable left-wing activist rebuked Evangelical Trump supporters and called upon the Pope to &#8220;impeach&#8221; them; Penn also misspelled the word Satan, writing Satin – a weave of fabric – instead.
“Evangelical leaders should themselves be impeached by the Vatican if they themselves don’t follow Nikki Haley’s lead &amp; clearly state they should not have followed Satin [sic] into the bowels of hell. But, perhaps they are too busy at sex parties,” Penn stated.
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Evangelical leaders should themselves be impeached by the Vatican if they themselves don’t follow Nikki Haley’s lead &amp; clearly state they should not have followed Satin into the bowels of hell. But, perhaps they are too busy at sex parties.
&mdash; Sean Penn (@SeanPenn) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanPenn/status/1360396678029668353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Since Evangelicals are Protestant Christians of varying denominations, the Vatican has absolutely no authority to &#8220;impeach&#8221; them, with &#8220;excommunication&#8221; being the proper terminology. Even some of Penn&#8217;s most ardent fans were left scratching their heads over his poor phrasing.
&#8220;Respect, Sean, but evangelicals do not work under the Pope, they are kind of on their own. They are not even Catholic,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/demmock/status/1360397640484216833?s=20">said one</a> user.
&#8220;How does one make it to adulthood with this level of religious ignorance,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/LukeBaileyMC/status/1361013307331792896?s=20">said another user</a>.
&#8220;1. What&#8217;s wrong with Satin, besides its lack of breathability? 2. You are aware Rome/Vatican isn&#8217;t the same thing as Evangelical, right? Celebrities and their wisdom. Oy,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/Aspree_Berean/status/1361017680363458562?s=20">said another</a>.
Regarding Haley, Penn was referring to comments she made to Politico last week wherein she denounced President Donald Trump&#8217;s treatment of former Vice President Mike Pence.
&#8220;I’m watching the television the morning of the 6th and I see Don Junior get up there,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-rips-trump-over-jan-6-im-disgusted-by-treatment-of-pence-trump-let-us-down">she said</a>. “And then I hear the president get up there and go off on Pence. I literally was so triggered, I had to turn it off. I mean, Jon [Lerner] texted me something and I said, ‘I can’t. I can’t watch it. I can’t watch it,’ because I felt the same thing. Somebody is going to hear that, and bad things will happen.”
“When I tell you I’m angry, it’s an understatement,” Haley added. “Mike has been nothing but loyal to that man. He’s been nothing but a good friend of that man. … I am so disappointed in the fact that [despite] the loyalty and friendship he had with Mike Pence, that he would do that to him. Like, I’m disgusted by it.”
Penn made headlines earlier this month when the Los Angeles Times released an angry email he wrote to staffers who complained about poor working conditions at a mass vaccination center at L.A.’s Dodger Stadium supported by Penn’s CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) nonprofit.
“Those comments, which claimed to be revealing of inaccuracies about our vaccine effort at Dodger Stadium in a news report, were in themselves not only a propagation of deeper inaccuracies but also indulged the personal opinions of those alleged CORE staffers in a way that violates everything that keeps us whole,” Penn wrote.
“It’s called quitting. Quit for CORE. Quit for your colleagues who won’t quit. Quit for your fellow human beings who deeply recognize that this is a moment in time. A moment of service that we must all embody sometimes to the point of collapse. That’s my job. And that’s your job,” Penn added.
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Sean Penn Botches Theology: Evangelical Trump Leaders Should ‘Be Impeached By The Vatican’

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Actor Sean Penn seems confused about which branch of Christianity the Vatican governs. In a tweet last Friday, the notable left-wing activist rebuked Actor Sean Penn seems confused about which branch of Christianity the Vatican governs. In a tweet last Friday, the notable left-wing activist rebuked Evangelical Trump supporters and called upon the Pope to &quot;impeach&quot; them; Penn also misspelled the word Satan, writing Satin – a weave of fabric – instead. 

Sean Penn Botches Theology: Evangelical Trump Leaders Should &#039;Be Impeached By The Vatican&#039;

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Rapper Cardi B generated some controversy online when she asserted that men should pay more than women on Valentine&#8217;s Day.
Last Thursday, the &#8220;WAP&#8221; singer exclaimed that even though men deserve gifts on the special day, they should spend more money on gifts for their significant other.
&#8220;Yes ! Men do deserve to get gift as well for Valentine&#8217;s Day, but the gift have to be less expensive then the girls gift,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1359952838898585600" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">she tweeted</a>. &#8220;Soo if he buys you flowers you buy him grass.&#8221;
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Yes ! Men do deserve to get gift as well for Valentine’s Day,but the gift have to be less expensive then the girls gift . Soo if he buys you flowers you buy him grass.
&mdash; iamcardib (@iamcardib) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1359952838898585600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2021</a></blockquote>
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As reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cardi-b-valentines-day-debate-men-spend-more-women">Fox News</a>, Twitter users either criticized Cardi B for perpetuating classic gender stereotypes or for suggesting how much money people should spend from the comforts of her wealthy position as a celebrity. The following day, she boasted about the many gifts her husband Offset has lavished on her.
&#8220;Ok so due to my Vday tweet men came on my twitter roasting me sayin &#8216;but you bought your man a lambo&#8217; but remember&#8230;I got 550K ring on my left hand, 400k ring on my right, Thousands of dollars In Birkins, soo much jewelry, a lambo truck and rollsRoyce truck ..so we even in gifts,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1360303092797902851" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">she wrote</a>.
&#8220;So if ya don’t like the flowers &amp; grass comparisons let me give ya one that make men happy.If you buy her thousand dollars Louboutin heels she should buy you a ps5 that’s around 550$ .It’s fair &#8230;now if you think your gift should cost more then ur girl gift you are just a b***h.&#8221; she <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1360304111669841920" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">added</a>.
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So if ya don’t like the flowers &amp; grass comparisons let me give ya one that make men happy.If you buy her thousand dollars Louboutin heels she should buy you a ps5 that’s around 550$ .It’s fair &#8230;now if you think your gift should cost more then ur girl gift you are just a bitch <a href="https://t.co/hiUcxS1rUD">https://t.co/hiUcxS1rUD</a>
&mdash; iamcardib (@iamcardib) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1360304111669841920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2021</a></blockquote>
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As The Daily Wire reported in December, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taxpayer-subsidized-npr-names-raunchy-wap-best-song-of-2020">National Public Radio</a> (NPR) named Cardi B’s “WAP” the best song of 2020 prior to the New Year and chastised its critics as moral crusaders.
“Cardi B dropped exactly one song this year, but after ‘WAP,’ any more might have been overkill. Raunchy, fun and infinitely quotable, she joins Megan Thee Stallion for a shameless ode to, well, wet-ass p****, that flies in the face of those who might suggest these women’s sexuality is a shortcoming,” wrote Briana Younger. “At every turn, the two dare listeners to look away with a perfect storm of irresistible qualities: the familiar, through a prominent sample of Frank Ski’s Baltimore club classic ‘Whores in This House,’ the taboo in subject and attitude, the spectacle of unity between two of music’s brightest talents.”
“Meg is a more traditional stylist, whose voice oozes unassailable confidence, while Cardi is all theatrics and humor, effortlessly selling every last line, no matter how ridiculous (or anatomically incorrect) — a synergy that refracts the best qualities of one through the prism of the other,” she continued. “Together, they are magic.”
Younger then targeted the song’s critics, referring to them as “zealots and moral grandstanders.”
“To no one’s surprise, a pair of women honoring their own ladyparts and the pleasures they dish out and expect returned in spades drew the ire of the insecure, of zealots and moral grandstanders,” she wrote. “The backlash, however inseparable from the song’s cultural narrative, only bolsters the argument for its politics of pleasure. At its core, ‘WAP’ is Cardi and Meg’s assertion that their expression, both artistic and sexual, belongs to them and them alone.”
“Such a filthy bit of joy may be born of entertainment, but it persists as necessity — fake prudishness be damned,” she concluded.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cardi-b-wont-let-her-two-year-old-daughter-listen-to-wap">Cardi B Won’t Let Her Two-Year-Old Daughter Listen To WAP</a>
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Cardi B Sparks Controversy: Men Should Pay More Than Women On Valentine’s Day

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Rapper Cardi B created some controversy online when she asserted that men should pay more than women on Valentine&#039;s Day.

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Following actress Charisma Carpenter publicly alleging that director Joss Whedon regularly engaged in abusive behavior on the set of &#8220;Buffy the Vampire Slayer,&#8221; a number of former Whedon associates have come forward to bolster Carpenter’s claims.
In a lengthy post on social media last week, Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia on “Buffy” and the spinoff show “Angel,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/angel-buffy-actress-charisma-carpenter-accuses-joss-whedon-of-misconduct">claimed that Whedon</a> was “mean and biting” after she became pregnant, calling her fat and putting her through intentionally difficult work hours.
“He called me in for a sit-down meeting to interrogate and berate me regarding a rosary tattoo I got to help me feel more spiritually grounded in an increasingly volatile work environment that affected me physically,” she said.
“Joss intentionally refused multiple calls from my agents making it impossible to connect with him to tell him the news that I was pregnant,” she continued. “Finally, once Joss was apprised of the situation, he requested a meeting with me. In that closed-door meeting, he asked if I was ‘going to keep it’ and manipulatively weaponized my faith and womanhood against me. He proceeded to attack my character, mock my religious beliefs, accuse me of sabotaging the show, and then unceremoniously fired me the following season after I gave birth.”
Shortly after Charisma Carpenter&#8217;s accusations went viral, actresses Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Eliza Dushku all backed her claims. Days later, former &#8220;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&#8221; showrunner Marti Noxon publicly spoke in support of Whedon&#8217;s accusers.
“I would like to validate what the women of Buffy are saying and support them in telling their story. They deserve to be heard,” Noxon <a href="https://twitter.com/martinoxon/status/1360354381812563975" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">wrote</a> on Twitter. “I understand where Charisma, Amber, Michelle and all the women who have spoken out are coming from.”
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I would like to validate what the women of Buffy are saying and support them in telling their story. They deserve to be heard. 
I understand where <a href="https://twitter.com/AllCharisma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AllCharisma</a>, Amber, Michelle and all the women who have spoken out are coming from.
Kater Gordon and I 1/2
&mdash; NOX NOX WHO’S WEARING A MASK? (@martinoxon) <a href="https://twitter.com/martinoxon/status/1360354381812563975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Beyond the &#8220;Buffy&#8221; crew, writer Jose Molina, who worked on the fan favorite series &#8220;Firefly,&#8221; revealed that Whedon would often brag about making female writers cry, <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/02/more-speak-out-against-buffy-producer-joss-whedon-1234693460/">describing the director</a> as &#8220;casually cruel.&#8221;
&#8220;&#8216;Casually cruel&#8217; is a perfect way of describing Joss. He thought being mean was funny. Making female writers cry during a notes session was especially hysterical. He actually liked to boast about the time he made one writer cry twice in one meeting,&#8221; wrote Molina on Twitter.
Molina was responding to a tweet from former &#8220;Buffy&#8221; star Amber Benson, who publicly said that the show fostered a &#8220;toxic environment.&#8221;
&#8220;Buffy was a toxic environment and it starts at the top. [Charisma] is speaking truth and I support her 100%. There was a lot of damage done during that time and many of us are still processing it twenty plus years later,&#8221; she tweeted.
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&quot;Casually cruel&quot; is a perfect way of describing Joss. He thought being mean was funny. Making female writers cry during a notes session was especially hysterical. He actually liked to boast about the time he made one writer cry twice in one meeting. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IStandWithCharismaCarpenter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IStandWithCharismaCarpenter</a> <a href="https://t.co/SgPF1rgRby">https://t.co/SgPF1rgRby</a>
&mdash; Jose Molina (@JoseMolinaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoseMolinaTV/status/1360386433769295873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2021</a></blockquote>
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As of this writing, no high-level industry professionals have come out in defense of Joss Whedon, who has yet to publicly address the allegations made against him.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buffy-actress-michelle-trachtenberg-there-was-a-rule-joss-whedon-couldnt-be-alone-with-me">‘Buffy’ Actress Michelle Trachtenberg: ‘There Was A Rule’ Joss Whedon Couldn’t Be Alone With Me</a>
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Following actress Charisma Carpenter publicly alleging that director Joss Whedon regularly engaged in abusive behavior on the set of &quot;Buffy the Vampire Slayer,&quot; a number of former Whedon associates have come forward to bolster Carpenter’s claims.

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Former &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; actor Rob Schneider seemingly denounced extreme COVID-19 safety protocols in schools as a taxpayer-funded &#8220;form of child abuse.&#8221;
In a tweet on Saturday, the &#8220;Grown Ups&#8221; actor shared a video from an elementary school classroom showing rows of desks surrounded by plexiglass.
“This is bad: Forest brook Elementary teacher Teresa Holmes recorded a video of her classroom which has 28 desks now armed with plexiglass shields,” said the Twitter account.
“We are witnessing a new kind of child abuse: bought and paid for with YOUR tax dollars,” responded Schneider. “The collapse of public schools who follow this example will surely follow. History will not look back at this Kindly.”
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We are witnessing a new kind of child abuse: bought and paid for with YOUR tax dollars. The collapse of public schools who follow this example will surely follow. History will not look back at this kindly. <a href="https://t.co/JUGNc1fDzn">https://t.co/JUGNc1fDzn</a>
&mdash; Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/1360703096247132161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In the video, the teacher lamented how the school board spent up to $5 million on plexiglass and safety measures without seeming to consider the practicality of teaching in such an environment.
“This is my classroom. I have a rather large classroom compared to the other classrooms in our building. But I have 28 desks in here right now, if we go back [to] five days a week, I’ll have 30 or 32 with the kids coming back from virtual,” said the teacher.
“This is the middle seat of the back row of my classroom, this is their view of the board,” she said. “So I’m just wondering, when we ordered this $5 million worth of plexiglass, did we have a classroom of 28 desks set up to where school board members could sit in them and see what this was really going to be like? Because I&#8217;m still trying to figure out how, in between my classes, am I supposed to disinfect, how I&#8217;m supposed to hear my students when they&#8217;re in the back of the room wearing a mask behind all this plexiglass?”
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-director-schools-can-open-without-teacher-vaccines-but-require-mandatory-masking">reported</a>, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that students can return to school without mass teacher vaccination so long as masks are mandatory.
“I’m a strong advocate of teachers receiving their vaccinations, but we don’t believe it’s a prerequisite for schools to reopen,” CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told CNN on Sunday.
“We have in the guidance clear language that specifies that teachers that are at higher risk, teachers and students that are higher risk, and their families, should have options for virtual activities, virtual learning, virtual teaching,” she continued.
Walensky also told Fox News Sunday that in-person learning would require universal masking for students.
“We are advocating, with the strict mitigation measures &#8230; including universal and mandatory masking as well as six-foot of distancing, that at least our K-5 children should be able to get back to school at least in a hybrid mode,” she said.
Critics of the new CDC guidelines have pointed out that they have set impossible standards for reopening without mass vaccination, leading to speculation that the teacher&#8217;s unions had a heavy hand in influencing them.
“I have to say, I feel a little dispirited after this conversation because I had high hopes that schools would be able to resume in-person learning because so many scientists and health officials, including you and Dr. Fauci and others, have been talking about the science supports opening the schools as much as possible,&#8221; CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper told Walensky during the interview on Sunday.
“I know that a lot of teachers are very concerned, and I know that teacher’s unions have been pushing back on this, but it sounds to me like you’re asking for one hundred percent mask compliance and a number of measures that we’re never going to be able to achieve, and that makes me feel like, boy, I don’t know if the schools are ever going to open until everybody’s vaccinated,&#8221; he continued.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-director-schools-can-open-without-teacher-vaccines-but-require-mandatory-masking">CDC Director: Schools Can Open Without Teacher Vaccines But Require Mandatory Masking</a>
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‘A New Kind Of Child Abuse’: Rob Schneider Retweets Video On Extreme COVID Measures In School

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Former &quot;Saturday Night Live&quot; actor Rob Schneider seemingly denounced extreme COVID-19 safety protocols in schools as a taxpayer-funded &quot;form of child abuse.&quot;

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A version of this article was published in February 2020.
Like St. Patrick&#8217;s Day or Mardi Gras, 21st-century society has largely forgotten the religious origins of St. Valentine&#8217;s Day. While some may blame that on the overabundance of shameless commercialism, that&#8217;s only half the story. Truth be told, we know little about the revered Saint from whom we derive today&#8217;s festivities — a man whose ethos rivals that of St. Nicholas.
Who exactly was this St. Valentine? How did he become synonymous with romantic love? Is there, in fact, a man behind the myth?
Though historians have dismissed much of what&#8217;s been said of St. Valentine as little more than embellished hagiography, we do know some undisputed facts about the man, namely, that he existed under the reign of Emperor Claudius II and was martyred for practicing the faith around the year 269 AD. In fact, so little historical evidence exists on the details of Valentine&#8217;s life that historians now debate whether his legends pertain to two different Saints or one St. Valentine, who would have then called by his Latin name, &#8220;Valentinus.&#8221;
So unreliable are the accounts of St. Valentine that, in 1969, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church">Catholic Church</a> removed his name from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Roman_Calendar">General Roman Calendar</a>, opting to leave his liturgical celebration to local calendars. Nevertheless, archeologists and historians do agree that the man existed. His bones can even be visited at Whitefriar Street Church in Dublin; the Catholic Church still considers him a Saint
All that aside, the most popular interpretation of St. Valentine&#8217;s life, given the time and culture in which he existed, is quite topical. Though typically associated with courtly, romantic love, St. Valentine could almost be considered a defender of biblical marriage in a time of sexual confusion. Father Frank O&#8217;Gara of Whitefriars Street Church <a href="http://www1.cbn.com/st-valentine-real-story">described him as a priest</a> who gave his life in defense of holy matrimony.
&#8220;He was a Roman Priest at a time when there was an emperor called Claudius who persecuted the church at that particular time,&#8221; Father O&#8217;Gara explained to CBN. &#8220;He also had an edict that prohibited the marriage of young people. This was based on the hypothesis that unmarried soldiers fought better than married soldiers because married soldiers might be afraid of what might happen to them or their wives or families if they died.&#8221;
&#8220;I think we must bear in mind that it was a very permissive society in which Valentine lived,&#8221; continued Father O&#8217;Gara. &#8220;Polygamy would have been much more popular than just one woman and one man living together. And yet some of them seemed to be attracted to the Christian faith. But obviously, the church thought that marriage was very sacred between one man and one woman for their life and that it was to be encouraged. And so it immediately presented the problem to the Christian church of what to do about this.&#8221;
&#8220;The idea of encouraging them to marry within the Christian church was what Valentine was about. And he secretly married them because of the edict,&#8221; he added.
When Emperor Claudius caught Valentine violating the edict, legend says that the saint was imprisoned and tortured as punishment. Some legends have been attributed to him during his time in prison, according to Father O&#8217;Gara.
&#8220;One of the men who was to judge him in line with the Roman law at the time was a man called Asterius, whose daughter was blind,&#8221; said the priest. &#8220;He was supposed to have prayed with and healed the young girl with such astonishing effect that Asterius himself became Christian as a result.&#8221;
St. Valentine suffered a violent martyrdom in the year 269 A.D. when he was allegedly sentenced to a three-part execution by way of beating, stoning, and decapitation. Legend has it that his last words were in a note to Asterius&#8217; daughter – &#8220;From your Valentine.&#8221;
Whether or not such stories about St. Valentine are indeed true or just embellished hagiography is beside the point, according to Father O&#8217;Gara, because St. Valentine symbolizes a principle that all Christians should live by. &#8220;What Valentine means to me as a priest is that there comes a time where you have to lay your life upon the line for what you believe,&#8221; he exclaimed. &#8220;And with the power of the Holy Spirit, we can do that — even to the point of death.&#8221;
Though February 14 is St. Valentine&#8217;s feast day, the holiday known as &#8220;Valentine&#8217;s Day&#8221; and its celebration of courtly, romantic love actually comes from Geoffrey Chaucer&#8217;s poem &#8220;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlement_of_Foules">Parlement of Foules</a>,&#8221; which associated the day with the pairing of birds in mid-February.
Love is in the air, indeed.
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Who Was St. Valentine? Separating The Man From The Myth.

A version of this article was published in February 2020. Like St. Patrick&#039;s Day or Mardi Gras, 21st-century society has largely forgotten the religious Like St. Patrick&#039;s Day or Mardi Gras, 21st-century society has largely forgotten the religious origins of St. Valentine&#039;s Day. While some may blame that on the overabundance of shameless commercialism, that&#039;s only half the story. Truth be told, we know little about the revered Saint from whom we derive today&#039;s festivities — a man whose ethos rivals that of St. Nicholas.

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Though actress Michelle Trachtenberg has not directly accused director Joss Whedon of misconduct, she has strongly implied that misconduct took place on the set of &#8220;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&#8221; in support of actress Charisma Carpenter, who accused the director of misconduct.
In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Trachtenberg, who played Dawn Summers on the hit show, shared a post from actress Sarah Michelle Gellar expressing support for Charisma Carpenter.
&#8220;While I am proud to have my name associated with Buffy Summers, I don&#8217;t want to be forever associated with the name Joss Whedon,&#8221; Gellar wrote on Instagram. &#8220;I am more focused on raising my family and surviving a pandemic currently, so I will not be making any further statements at this time.&#8221;
&#8220;But I stand with all survivors of abuse,&#8221; she added, &#8220;And am proud of them for speaking out.&#8221;
Michelle Trachtenberg backed the abuse allegations, saying that a rule was enacted for her to never be alone with Joss Whedon again after an unnamed incident.
&#8220;Thank you [Sarah Michelle Gellar] for saying this. I am brave enough now as a 35 year old woman&#8230;.To repost this. Because. This must. Be known. As a teenager. With his not appropriate behavior&#8230;.very. Not. Appropriate. So now. People know. What Joss. Did. The last. Comment I will make on this. Was. There was a rule. Saying. He&#8217;s not allowed in a room alone with Michelle again,&#8221; the actress said.
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Actress Eliza Dushku, herself a survivor of sexual abuse and who played Faith on the hit show, also came out in support of Charisma Carpenter.
&#8220;CC, my heart aches for you &amp; I&#8217;m so sorry you have held this for so long,&#8221; Dushku wrote on Instagram. &#8220;Your post was powerful, painful, and painted a picture we&#8217;ll collectively never un-see or un-know. Thank you. I hadn&#8217;t known it and I won&#8217;t forget it.&#8221;
&#8220;May you and countless others feel the solidarity and connection you have likely missed for too long. From courage, come change and hope. It starts and will end because of courageous truth-tellers like you. I admire, respect, and love you,&#8221; she added.
In a lengthy post on social media earlier this week, Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia on &#8220;Buffy&#8221; and the spinoff show &#8220;Angel,&#8221; said that she decided to come forward with her story after actor Ray Fisher publicly accused Joss Whedon of misconduct during reshoots of “Justice League.”
“For nearly two decades, I have held my tongue and even made excuses for certain events that traumatize me to this day,” she began.
“Joss Whedon abused his power on numerous occasions while working together on the sets of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel,&#8217;” she wrote. “The disturbing incidents triggered a chronic physical condition from which I still suffer. It is with a beating, heavy heart that I say I coped in isolation and, at times, destructively.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/angel-buffy-actress-charisma-carpenter-accuses-joss-whedon-of-misconduct">‘Angel,’ ‘Buffy’ Actress Charisma Carpenter Accuses Joss Whedon Of Misconduct</a>
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‘Buffy’ Actress Michelle Trachtenberg: ‘There Was A Rule’ Joss Whedon Couldn’t Be Alone With Me

Though actress Michelle Trachtenberg has not directly accused director Joss Whedon of misconduct, she has strongly implied that misconduct took place on the set of &quot;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&quot; in support of actress Charisma Carpenter, who accused the director of misconduct.

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