On Holy Thursday Edition, 'Hardball' Host Matthews Continued His Attack on Nuns

Ken Shepherd | April 2, 2015
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Read more at NewsBusters | Two days ago I noted how Hardball host Chris Matthews slandered Catholic nuns in Indiana as bigots who want to deprive gay Americans of their rights. Tonight, the evening of Holy Thursday, Matthews was not as explicit or as strident in his language, but he did hint that the nuns who appeared with Gov. Mike Pence at his signing ceremony for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act were not really interested in safeguarding religious liberty. 

Matthews's attack came in the midst of an exchange with the Becket Fund's Kristina Arriaga who was explaining how Religious Freedom Restoration Act defenses have helped protect the rights of religious minorities, such as Native Americans conducting traditional tribal religious ceremonies. Matthews sensed an opening for attack, wondering why, if that were the case, Pence was surrounded by Catholic nuns and one or two Orthodox Jews.

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