A Brockton city councilor voted against a nominee for the city's Cable Advisory Board because he is a man.
Gary Keith, a former member of the city's planning board and zoning board, was appointed by Mayor Bill Carpenter to the Cable Advisory Board, which required approval by the city council to take effect.
The Catholic bishops of the United States have spent the better part of the past decade heroically fighting against government mandates that undermine religious freedom and personal conscience.
After investing so much effort resisting such mandates, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has found a mandate to support. That mandate forces government workers to pay for the activities of big labor, even when individual workers conscientiously object to union membership or to funding union activity. It's similar to taxes or Social Security contributions: Every person is forced to pay up as a price of government employment.
