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May 2013

May 22, 2013

Two Companies Challenging the HHS Mandate Seek Orders Barring Enforcement

Late last year, Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. was awarded a preliminary injunction from enforcement...

May 17, 2013

What Does the Benghazi Scandal Have To Do With Religious Liberty?

Or the IRS and AP scandals? Well, just like the claims that people of conscience...

May 15, 2013

Billy Graham Ministries Audited by the IRS After Supporting Marriage Amendment in North Carolina

As the hours click off the clock, more and more folks are coming out of...

May 14, 2013

The National Organization for Marriage Made the IRS “Enemies List?” Do Tell.

Remember how during the Presidential campaign word got out the Mitt Romney had made a...

May 02, 2013

The Emergency Birth Control Pill Available to Minors? The Justice Department Is Appealing That Decision

In case you missed the news that Plan-B type contraceptive pills were set to be...

May 01, 2013

Can a Pope Know More About Liberty Than the Founding Fathers?

See for yourself. The liberty of those who are in authority does not consist in...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

Preliminary Injunction Granted to Seneca Hardwood Lumber Company from the HHS Mandate Rules

Back on April 19th, a family owned lumber company in Pennsylvania received some good news...

April 24, 2013

The Archdiocese of New York Withdraws Subpoena Served on the White House…

Back on April 4th, the big news was that the Archdiocese of New York subpoenaed...

April 19, 2013

Eden Foods and the Impossibility of Compartmentalizing the Catholic Faith

It was G.K. Chesterton who noted that "The Catholic Church is the only thing which...

April 18, 2013

If You Would Like to Support Eden Foods While They Sue the HHS, Here’s the Website for You!

Put together by grassroots supporters of the company "who believe in the justice of the...

April 18, 2013

Ever Wonder Why Many Are Blind to the Arbitrary and Capricious Nature of the HHS Mandate?

Perhaps it has something to do with what we occupy our minds with? Nah...surely it's...

April 17, 2013

The Oldest Natural and Organic Food Company in North America Files Suit Against the HHS Mandate, Outraging A Vocal Minority

No, it's not Kraft Foods, or Mondelez International, or any of the other gigantic food processors...

April 08, 2013

Mary Ann Glendon Wants You To Let Your Voice Be Heard on the HHS Mandate

Remember Mary Ann? Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard? She had a piece up...

April 07, 2013

What’s Next on the Supreme Court’s Docket? Perhaps the HHS Mandate…

Laura Basset seems to think this may be in the offing. Back on Friday,the Huffington...

April 05, 2013

Joe Six-Packs’ Public Comment on the HHS Mandate, Part Deux

It's like déjà vu, all over again. Another year, another Joe Six-Pack penned public...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Hobby Lobby Granted Appeal of Previous Decision. Full Court Will Consider Halting HHS Mandate Enforcement Against the Firm

What would Good Friday be like without a little HHS Mandate news? The timing may...

March 21, 2013

The USSCB Says the HHS Mandate Violates First Amendment, Freedoms Of Religious Organizations UPDATED

Yesterday I shared a little update on what has been cooking on the HHS Mandate...

March 20, 2013

Meanwhile, Back in the USA, the HHS Mandate Fight Continues…

It's kind of hard to tear ourselves away from all of the historic goings-on in...

March 11, 2013

Catholic-Affiliated Health System in Sioux Falls Bows to the HHS Mandate

It seems like the first thing they do is remove their Catholic identity from their...

March 07, 2013

Foreign Made Ball Bearings Defunded, But the HHS Mandate is Paid For

So much for the idea of using religious liberty as a bargaining chip in the...

March 04, 2013

Representatives Propose the Health Care Conscience Rights Act to Provide Exemption from the HHS Mandate UPDATED

This just in from the good folks at The Catholic Association. WASHINGTON, D.C. – House...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

Your Blogger is on the Wrong Side of Public Opinion, Just Like G.K. Chesterton

Just an F.Y.I. Good news, though. The Church is on the right side of history....

February 20, 2013

Nine U.S. Senators Say Hobby Lobby Is Protected from the HHS Mandate By Law

And a couple of Representatives from the House too. And which law might that be?...

February 20, 2013

Making the Connection Between the Pill and Water Pollution

So what does a playwright, TV writer, and author know about water pollution and heightened...

February 18, 2013

Dear Politicians, Media Elites, Etc., The Catechism Has Got Your Number

There's a big green book that's the size of a dictionary that I've been...

February 16, 2013

Archbishop Lori Writes Congress Asking, Where is the Freedom of Choice to “Opt Out” of the HHS Mandate? UPDATED

Maybe we should write to them too. In the letter below, Archbishop Lori, whom I've...

February 09, 2013

A Reminder: Why the Bishops Stand Against the HHS Mandate

To see the future of the USCCB's discussion of the HHS Mandate, we need to...

February 08, 2013

Cardinal George on the Law and Politics of the HHS Mandate

H/T to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena, Montana, a brief interview with Cardinal...

February 07, 2013

Cardinal Dolan Speaks. Movement, But Not Enough on the HHS Mandate. UPDATED

When I was reading the HHS Mandate Rule proposal, I noticed a pretty big problem:...

February 07, 2013

President of Ave Maria University on What A Workable HHS Mandate Looks Like

Hint: It's not the most recent attempt floated last Friday. Writing an op-ed piece in...