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June 2013

June 09, 2013

Gay Marriage, HHS Mandate and The Fortnight for Freedom 2013

Prayer, study and peaceful action. What are you going to do for the Fortnight for...

June 08, 2013

Nixon had an Enemies List. Obama has the Census.

I imagine that most presidents reach a point where they feel as if the...

June 01, 2013

The National Religious Freedom Conference and Me

As usual, Deacon Greg Kandra has the story, even when it's about me. I...

May 2013

May 15, 2013

Fortnight for Freedom 2013

Fortnight for Freedom 2013 is around the corner! The Fortnight, which begins June 21 and...

May 06, 2013

Tyndale Publisher Wins Again on HHS Mandate

Tyndale Publishers won by default at the Appellate Court level on a case against the...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

God Bless You: President Obama to Planned Parenthood

I think this speaks for itself.

April 26, 2013

Killing Them Softly: Bankrupting Your Constituents for Special Interests

Americans pay far too much for prescription drugs. Health insurance does not cover enough to...

April 24, 2013

Cardinal Dolan Receives William Wilberforce Award

My idea of ecumenicism isn't that Christians should try to undo the Reformation. My idea...

April 15, 2013

Pope Backs Reforms of US Sisters’ Leadership Conference

So far as I'm concerned this settles it. According to Archbishop Gerhard Muller, prefect for...

April 10, 2013

Sebelius Says Government Will Enforce HHS Mandate Aug 1

Now, here's a surprise. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the agency...

April 09, 2013

Over 85,000 File Comments on HHS Mandate

Americans have the right to petition their government. Eighty-five thousand of us took advantage of...

April 05, 2013

Last Call! Make Your Catholic Voice Heard!

I stand with the bishops and the Catholic Church on the HHS Mandate. If you...

April 04, 2013

ACLU Says Gun Control Legislation Infringes on Civil Liberties

This is a man bites dog story. Chris Calabrese, a lobbyist for the ACLU, has...

April 02, 2013

It’s Easter … and the Fight for Religious Freedom Continues

I focused on Holy Week issues last week. I would love to continue doing the...

April 01, 2013

Creating a Culture of Christian Persecution in the West

Instead of bashing one another, maybe Christians should unite against the barbarians at the gate.

March 2013

March 24, 2013

Roe and Gay Marriage: Will the Court Repeat Itself?

"You should be very hesitant about shutting down a political debate." This statement is directed...

March 23, 2013

Christian Persecution in Britain: Using Gay Marriage and “Inclusive” Laws to Ghettoize Christians

Persecution doesn't begin with violence. It begins with verbal insult, moves to legal prohibitions,...

March 20, 2013

How Do You Do Lent in a Time of Feasting?

It's still Lent. We've got a week and a half of the deepest, darkest passage...

March 15, 2013

Degrees of Christian Persecution: Where Does America Fit?

Pope Francis does not, as the Catholic-bashing media likes to claim repetitively, "inherit a Church...

March 08, 2013

Atheist Governments; Failed Experiments in Godless Goodness

Christian persecution in our world today seems to occur at junctures where competing ideas meet....

March 05, 2013

Archbishop Lori Issues Statement of Support for the Health Care Conscience Rights Act

Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, who is chair of the USCCB's Ad Hoc Committee for...

March 05, 2013

Representative Diane Black Introduces the Health Care Conscience Protection Act

Representative Diane Black (R-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) and John Fleming, MD (R-LA) announced that they...

March 05, 2013

Polls Show Americans Believe in Jesus and the God of the Bible

The more I blog, the more I realize that the reactions of unbelievers are predictable,...

March 05, 2013

Fourteen Members of Congress Sign Letter Asking that Conscience Rights Be Included in Budget Bill

Fourteen members of Congress sent a letter to the House leadership asking that conscience rights...

March 04, 2013

Have You Shopped at Hobby Lobby This Month?

I headed to Hobby Lobby as soon as I deposited my paycheck last week. I...

March 04, 2013

Cardinal Dolan: Three Challenges Facing the Next Pope

Cardinal Timothy Dolan recently gave an interview to Catholic News Service in which he discussed...

March 01, 2013

Up to Our Earlobes in Alligators: Marriage, Religious Freedom and Fiscal Cliffs, Oh My!

We are up to our ears in alligators folks. Trying to respond to all...

March 01, 2013

Freedom of Religion Legislative Action Alert

I received the following legislative action alert concerning the HHS Mandate in an email this...

February 2013

February 23, 2013

Obama Asks Court to Overturn Defense of Marriage Act

President Obama weighed in with the Supreme Court today. He filed an amicus brief asking...

February 16, 2013

Bishops: Make HHS Mandate a Bargaining Point in Fiscal Cliff Debates

The suggestion is late to the party, but it is about time it finally came....