The "biggest political firestorm" of Connecticut's legislative session is over.
Last week, the Judiciary Committee introduced a bill that attacked the structure of the Catholic Church. Instead of bishops and pastors, the state would install a board of laymen.
"Our Church is facing an unprecedented intrusion by the state Legislature into our own internal affairs," Bridgeport Bishop William Lori told supporters last week. "It is a grave violation of religious liberty."
And so it was.
Or, at least lawmakers want to discuss it further.
The Judiciary Committee released a statement today, saying it would "table any further consideration of this bill for the duration of this session.”
Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said: "Liberals tend to forget about the First Amendment in their rush to silence the Church's public voice or regulate them into submission.
"Perhaps the public outcry in Connecticut over this clearly unconstitutional attempt to interfere with religion will force other liberal legislators to think twice before they attempt another end-run around the Constitution."
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