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Read the original post: On Obama’s Unwinnable Battle Against Religious Liberty
What a crazy week it has been, between the Obamacare/HHS mandate, over 150 bishops speaking out against it , and the battle between Susan G. Komen and Planned Parenthood. A great many people are visiting this site today because of my comments on the Komen situation — my most recent thoughts on that can be found here (ongoing updates can be found at my twitter page @AmericanPapist — the story is very fast moving and complex). But I don’t want to lose track of the “bigger” story – Obama’s war against religious liberty in this country and the Catholic effort to win this war definitively. Peggy Noonan calls this a “battle the President can’t win” in her syndicated column today for the Wall Street Journal and says “President Obama just may have lost the election” because, in going after the religious liberty of Catholics, he has “awakened a sleeping giant”: If [Catholics] stay strong and fight, they will win. This is in fact a potentially unifying moment for American Catholics, long split left, right and center. Catholic conservatives will immediately and fully oppose the administration’s decision. But Catholic liberals, who feel embarrassed and undercut, have also come out in opposition. …
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Go straight to: A brilliant reign: Queen Elizabeth at 60 years on the throne
It does not seem like 60 years ago that my late brother said to our half-asleep parents as we departed early for school: “There was a bug in my cereal, and by the way, the King is dead.”…
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Originally posted here: Komen officials quit as charity buried under tens of thousands of e-mails
by Jill Stanek Huffington Post gleefully reported today that three Komen officials have now resigned and one more is threatening to, as the “backlash gains steam” over its decision to sever financial ties with Planned Parenthood. The fools don’t realize what is happening. Every Komen exec who quits over the Planned… …
Originally posted here: Komen officials quit as charity buried under tens of thousands of e-mails
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Read more from the original source: Netherlands churches express concern over assisted suicide proposal
by Alex Schadenberg An article in the Netherlands paper Reformatorisch Dagblad entitled: Churches express concern about the initiative on Free Will, concerns a joint letter written to the Government house in the Netherlands concerning proposals to allow assisted suicide for people who are “tired of living.” The letter… …
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Read the original post: Hushing the Army Chaplains
More alarming HHS mandate news. …
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Read more: Decoding Komen’s supposed cave
by Jill Stanek This is all breaking news, so bear with me. I’ll tell you what I know. News organizations like the Associated Press are reporting: After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood.… …
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Read the full article here: Do We Need the Department of Education?
The case for the Department of Education could rest on one or more of three legs: its constitutional appropriateness, the existence of serious problems in education that could be solved only at the federal level, and/or its track record since it came into being. Let us consider these in order….
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Go directly to: Secularists seen moving aggressively against Catholicism in Ireland
“Ireland used to be full of one-eyed nationalists,” writes columnist David Quinn in the Irish Independent. “Today, it is full of one-eyed secularists.” Quinn points to a Labor Party ……
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Continue reading here: Top Pro-Lifers Following Komen Story: Stop Supporting Komen
Austin Ruse is a leading pro-life Catholic who has been working in Washington, D.C. following the Komen-Planned Parenthood funding story more closely than anyone else. Ruse’s relationships with Komen and Komen officials were such that he became the leading pro-life advocate helping the majority of Americans who oppose abortion to understand what the breast cancer …
Continue reading here: Top Pro-Lifers Following Komen Story: Stop Supporting Komen
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Go directly to: Obama mandate inverts Jefferson’s notion of religious freedom, says columnist
Francis Beckwith argues that the Obama administration’s mandate for contraceptive coverage betrays a radical approach to religious freedom, and one fundamentally at odds with the original ……
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More here: Biden Story on Rejecting Komen Over Planned Parenthood Not True
Numerous news agencies, including LifeNews, were misled into believing pro-abortion Vice President Joe Biden was upset over the original decision by Komen to cut Planned Parenthood funding. Turns out that wasn’t the case. As US News and World Report reported today: “Washington Whispers published in error a story stating that Vice President Joe Biden’s wife, …
More here: Biden Story on Rejecting Komen Over Planned Parenthood Not True
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Read full article here: Retired general withdraws from speech at West Point, citing Islamic protests
A retired US Army general has withdrawn from a commitment to speak at the US Military Academy because of complaints from Islamic groups. Lt. Gen. William Boykin, a decorated veteran of ……
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Read the full article here: AP story summarizes HHS-mandate debate
For those just catching up with the dispute between the Obama administration and the Catholic hierarchy, an AP story accurately sketches the ……
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Read the complete text here: Milwaukee archdiocese faces 550 abuse claims in bankruptcy proceeding
More than 550 people have filed claims for compensation because of sexual abuse by clerics of the Milwaukee archdiocese. The claims were filed just before a deadline imposed by ……
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See the complete article here: Marco Rubio Gives Amazingly Powerful Pro-Life Speech
Lost in the massive debate over Komen and Planned Parenthood, pro-life Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has given what many attendees of the Wednesday night Susan B. Anthony List dinner call the best pro-life speech of the year. Rubio rallied pro-life supporters at the SBA List’s fifth annual Campaign for Life Gala in Washington, D.C., saying …
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Go directly to: Romney rips Obama on HHS mandate; critics rip Romney
In an editorial column for the Washington Examiner, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has denounced the Obama administration for requiring Catholic institutions to provide ……
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The rest is here: Planned Parenthood Sues Tennessee for Cutting Taxpayer Funds
The Planned Parenthood abortion business in Tennessee is suing the state for cutting off taxpayer funding for grants totaling $150,000 — in what is the latest case it has filed against state officials. Last year, Planned Parenthood abortion business lost its battle to keep a $397,000 taxpayer-funded contract in Memphis, Tennessee after pro-life advocates contacted …
The rest is here: Planned Parenthood Sues Tennessee for Cutting Taxpayer Funds
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