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November 2016

November 15, 2016

Pope Francis Decries Virus of Polarization

Pope Francis warned the 17 bishops he had just elevated to the office of cardinal...

August 2015

August 03, 2015

Tyndale Publishers Awarded Permanent Injunction Against HHS Mandate

We won one. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has granted...

July 2015

July 14, 2015

10th Circuit Rules First Amendment Protections Don’t Apply to Little Sisters of the Poor

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Little Sisters of the Poor...

July 14, 2015

10th Circuit Rules that Little Sisters of the Poor Because … Well … The 10 Circuit Judges are Idiots.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Little Sisters of the Poor...

June 2015

June 09, 2015

“Freedom to Worship” is NOT Freedom of Religion

Oklahoma's Senator James Lankford raised the question, and it's a good one. President Obama has...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

Breaking: Federal Court Forces Notre Dame to Follow HHS Mandate

The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the University of Notre Dame's appeal against...

April 2015

April 17, 2015

HHS Mandate Loses Another Round with the Supremes

The United States Supreme Court issued an order yesterday that will block the federal government...

December 2014

December 13, 2014

Notre Dame and The Little Sisters of the Poor

I thank you Father … that you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned,...

December 12, 2014

President Obama is an Idiot 2

I don’t know that I’ve ever used a title that provoked such comment as...

December 09, 2014

President Obama is an Idiot

What kind of political idiot would pick a fight with the Little Sisters of the...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

HHS Mandate: NOW Obama Says He Wants to Compromise

Talk about giving the last drop of political blood. President Obama defended the HHS Mandate...

July 16, 2014

First Vote on S 2578 is In. They Didn’t Stop a Filibuster.

The first vote on S 2578, the bill to overturn the Hobby Lobby decision by...

July 09, 2014

Senate Democrats Move to Overturn Hobby Lobby Decision

Senator Harry Reid, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, is leading the...

July 01, 2014

Repeal the HHS Mandate. Do it for America’s Health.

The ink is not dry on the Hobby Lobby decision, and already the outline...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Obama, Hobby Lobby, HHS Mandate Poster

June 30, 2014

The Greens of Hobby Lobby: One Family with Courage is a Majority

There is no getting around the fact that Jesus offends some people. Nevertheless, He...

June 26, 2014

Fortnight for Freedom: Standing for Religious Liberty on Thursday, June 26, 2014

The most important thing we can do to stand for religious liberty today is...

June 25, 2014

Fortnight for Freedom: Defending Religious Liberty on Wednesday, June 25, 2014

The jury’s out on our religious freedoms. Tick. Tick. Tick. We’re all waiting to...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

Pope Francis Talked to President Obama About Religious Liberty

Early media reports made it sound as if the Holy Father and President Obama...

March 26, 2014

Hobby Lobby Founders Discuss the Supreme Court Arguments on the HHS Mandate

I'm not going to do a post mortem on the arguments the Supreme Court...

March 17, 2014

Stupak: HHS Mandate was a Double Cross

I’ve written several times that President Obama lied to Congressman Bart Stupak in order to...

January 2014

January 15, 2014

Obama: ‘I’ve Got a Pen and I’ve Got a Phone and I’m Not Waiting for Legislation’

The presidency has been lurching toward elected dictator-ism ever since Harry Truman took us down...

January 14, 2014

USA Today Urges Obama to ‘Grant Religious Freedom the Wide Berth it Deserves’

USA Today published an editorial calling for the Obama administration to back down on its...

January 10, 2014

Little Sisters of the Poor and Hiring a Hit Man to Kill Your Neighbor

Supporters of the HHS Mandate often refer to an "opt-out" as a reason why...

January 09, 2014

Little Sisters of the Poor: Doing God’s Work. Fighting Goliath.

The Little Sisters of the Poor, the stand up nuns who've taken on the...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

2013 Favs: The War on Girls: Sterilize Your Teen-Aged Daughter for Free (and without your consent)

I've been aware of this for several months. I've wanted to blog about it, but...

December 22, 2013

HHS Mandate and the Complete Loss of Religious Identity

HHS Mandate = Totalitarianism.

December 08, 2013

Baptists Teach Catholics How to Follow Church Teaching

This is basically what Pope Francis teaches about economics in Evangelii Gaudium. There...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Religious Freedom and Gay Marriage: Are They Intrinsically Inimical?

Does the First Amendment apply to individual people or only to the institutional church,...

October 2013

October 12, 2013

The HHS Mandate and the Government Shutdown

I met Dr Alveda King a few years ago when she spoke at our annual...