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| − | When he was a minister, Dr. Schenck challenged a federal district court injunction that restricted pro-life "sidewalk counselors" from approaching men and women with bibles, tracts and a peaceful, pro-life message. The case, Schenck V. Pro-Choice, reached the United States Supreme Court. | + | When he was a minister, Dr. Schenck challenged a federal district court injunction that restricted pro-life "sidewalk counselors" from approaching men and women with bibles, tracts and a peaceful, pro-life message. The case, Schenck v. Pro-Choice, reached the [[United States Supreme Court]], which ruled 8-1 in his favor, striking down the restrictions as a fundamental violation of the First Amendment right of [[free speech]]. |
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| − | The case, Schenck v. Pro-Choice, reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled 8-1 in his favor, striking down the restrictions as a fundamental violation of the First Amendment right of Freedom of Speech.
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| | Dr. Schenck was raised Jewish and attended Hebrew school in Niagara Falls, New York. He became a Christian and was baptized at age sixteen. He attended a Jewish Theological Institute, a Bible College, an Evangelical Seminary, and a Catholic University. He was ordained an Anglican minister, chaplain to the Law Faculty at Regent University, Executive Vice-President of the American Center for Law and Justice, and founder of two parochial schools, a ministry to the homeless and a missionary relief organization. He and his family came to the Catholic Church in 2004. | | Dr. Schenck was raised Jewish and attended Hebrew school in Niagara Falls, New York. He became a Christian and was baptized at age sixteen. He attended a Jewish Theological Institute, a Bible College, an Evangelical Seminary, and a Catholic University. He was ordained an Anglican minister, chaplain to the Law Faculty at Regent University, Executive Vice-President of the American Center for Law and Justice, and founder of two parochial schools, a ministry to the homeless and a missionary relief organization. He and his family came to the Catholic Church in 2004. |
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| − | Prof. Schenck holds degrees in the Bible, religion and humanities, and possesses the Graduate Catechetical Diploma under the auspices of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy. He was given the Life Achievement Award by Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio and was awarded the Doctor of Humanities, (honoris causae), by the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, New Hampshire. | + | Prof. Schenck holds degrees in the [[Bible]], religion and humanities, and possesses the Graduate Catechetical Diploma under the auspices of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy. He was given the Life Achievement Award by Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio and was awarded the Doctor of Humanities, (honoris causae), by the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, New Hampshire. |
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