Category Archives: contraception mandate

Mitt Romney Attacks the HHS Mandate: “We’re all Catholic Today”

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

Mitt Romney gave a powerful talk to an enthusiastic crowd in Bowling Green on Wednesday. But what really brought down the House was his response when asked about the HHS anti-religion mandate. Decrying the attack on religious liberty, he repeated his promise … Continue reading →

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The Supreme Court’s Obamacare Decision and Religious Freedom

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

It’s a sad fact that Americans have gotten so used to judicial activists on the Supreme Court that we get angry when someone like Chief Justice John Roberts refuses to be one. Don’t get me wrong — I, too, desperately hoped Obamacare would … Continue reading →

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The Religious Freedom Issue Is As Alive — And More Important– Than Ever

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

What does today’s Supreme Court decision mean for the federal lawsuits and the Fortnight for Freedom and religious freedom rallies that have drawn attention to the HHS mandate’s assault on religious freedom? 1. Today’s decision upheld the constitutionality of the Patient … 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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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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Why The Catholic Church Will Not Comply

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

In the following article from Catholic World Report, a professor of moral theology at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Ohio  discusses why the Catholic Church must refuse to comply with the HHS contraception/abortifacient/sterilization health insurance mandate:  From Catholic World Report: … Continue reading →

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