Monthly Archives: March 2012

Thanks for Your Support — 17 Countries This Month!

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

The internet is such an extraordinary tool! While I’m still learning how to run a website, I read an encouraging report from wordpress.com yesterday. In the past month alone since February 25, the website has been read by people in all of the … Continue reading →

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October Baby: A Movie Review

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

Here’s a movie review of October Baby that I posted today: Jaded movie critics will ridicule October Baby as implausible — Andrew O’Hehir of Salon.com already has. What about it fails O’Hehir’s smell test: The failed abortion? The daughter’s search? The biological mother’s response? But counselors … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s Religious Freedom Rallies: Throw Out Those Stereotypes! Look at These Video Clips!

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

The reports from yesterday’s religious freedom rallies are remarkable in many ways.  In Orlando, I stood next to a Jewish rabbi as we joined hundreds in listening to a black minister deliver the opening invocation. A choir of young black schoolchildren led us in singing God … Continue reading →

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First Things First: Pray to End the HHS Mandate

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

By Ray Noble Americans are focused right now on paying bills, finding jobs and getting their taxes filed. We also get mad about “those incompetents in Washington” and worry about the debt and the deficit. Oh yes… Iran and Afghanistan look bad, too. What … Continue reading →

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Marginalization of Religious Liberty: Mary Ann Glendon Sounds the Warning

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Prof. Mary Ann Glendon is the Learned Hand Professor at Harvard University Law School. In the following article from the current America Magazine, Professor Glendon examines ongoing and unprecedented government assaults on religious liberty. At  the federal level, these include the NLRB’s recent, unsuccessful challenge to the right … Continue reading →

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THE LEFT’S WAR ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IS BACKFIRING

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

Last week, Democrats were ecstatic! According to them, women would boot Republican Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts out of office! The reason: he had opposed the Obama Administration’s assault on religious liberty. He wanted to let some employers opt out of providing health insurance … Continue reading →

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FROM THE FISCAL TIMES: THE HHS MANDATE WOULD DEVASTATE THE POOR BY FORCING CATHOLIC HOSPITALS TO CLOSE

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

Edward Morrissey of The Fiscal Times analyzes the HHS mandate’s effect on the poor and on underserved rural areas by forcing Catholic hospitals to close: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2012/03/01/Obama-Risks-$100-Billion-if-Catholic-Hospitals-Close.aspx#page1   If you like this article, please click on the FOLLOW BY EMAIL button  on … Continue reading →

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Rally for Religious Freedom Across America

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

In major cities across America there will be a noon-time rally on March 23 against the government’s demand for people to reject their consciences. People of widely divergent religious beliefs (even including amicus briefs by Hindus, Sikhs, animists, Hara Krishnas etc. as well … Continue reading →

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Masterful Confrontation: The Unprecedented Threat to Religious Liberty

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

The Jesuits’ America Magazine (which still calls itself “the national Catholic weekly”) published an editorial  http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13277  chiding the bishops. Bishop Lori’s reply follows. Responding to the gravest threat to religious liberty in American history, this statement may long be remembered for its urgency, boldness and … Continue reading →

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