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June 2015

June 18, 2015

The Supreme Court Unanimously Finds That Speech Is Created Equal

In other words, the government can't decide that one type of speech is more worth...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

Yet Again, The Supreme Court Hammers Away At The HHS Mandate

The Beckett Fund For Religious Liberty shares the news, Washington, D.C. – Moments ago, for...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

If The World Is Trying To Distract You, Then It’s Probably Holy Week

Oh, look at the calendar! It IS Holy Week. So right when you'd really like...

August 2014

August 22, 2014

The Obama Administration Issues Revision #8 To The HHS Mandate

Of course, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has the scoop. This is what  Lori Windham,...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Hobby Lobby/ Conestoga Wood SCOTUS Arguments Recap & Transcript

Over at the SCOTUS Blog, Lyle Denniston called it "one hearing, two dramas." The Supreme...

March 24, 2014

9 Things You Need To Know About Hobby Lobby’s Supreme Court Case…

Which we should be hearing about sometime tomorrow, when the oral arguments are delivered. Infographic...

January 2014

January 05, 2014

Archbishop Lori To Congress: Let Our People Go

Archbishop William Lori took to the pages of The Baltimore Sun yesterday in an effort...

December 2013

December 27, 2013

The HHS Mandate Loses Again

This time to a couple of private, religious universities in the state of Texas, and...

December 05, 2013

FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) Files Lawsuit Against The Unconstitutional HHS Mandate

This just in from the Alliance Defending Freedom, DENVER — Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed...

December 03, 2013

Helen Alvaré Speaks Her Mind On The HHS Mandate

A few days before Thanksgiving, the Supreme Court decided to hear arguments in a couple...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

SCOTUS Will Hear Arguments On The HHS Mandate’s Impact On Hobby Lobby

As expected, Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Wood, and other businesses contesting the HHS Mandate, will have...

November 01, 2013

Chalk Up A Victory Against The HHS Mandate UPDATED

The opinion for the plaintiffs, Francis and Philip Gilardi, reverses a denial of a prelimary...

October 2013

October 13, 2013

A Site You Need To Bookmark To Keep Track Of The IRS Scandal

You can find it at Professor Paul L. Caron's TaxProf Blog. Based out of Pepperdine...

October 04, 2013

A Reminder On What The HHS Mandate Is All About

From our colleagues in the fight at Summit Ministries, a brief recap on what's at stake....

September 2013

September 07, 2013

Did You Catch the Latest on the HHS Mandate During the Premiere of EWTN News Nightly?

In case you missed it, your intrepid blogger can point you to the segment below....

May 2013

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...

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 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 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...

March 01, 2013

To Do List: Mark Your Calendars, and Call Your Congressional Representatives

The first item is in regards to something that is happening on March 26th that...

February 2013

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 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...

November 2012

November 02, 2012

New USCCB Website Launched to Inform the Culture on the Importance of Religious Liberty

One of the salient points critics of our bishops' stance on the HHS Mandate fail...

September 2012

September 21, 2012

Public Prayer at University of Tennessee, Revisited

The other day I shared the story about the Freedom From Religion Foundation's letter to...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

The EWTN Interview with Mitt Romney

For those of us who missed the broadcast (me included)... The questions could have been...

July 2012

July 28, 2012

Mark Shea on Why We May Fight the HHS Mandate…

A reader asked Mark how the HHS Mandate is any different than paying our taxes...

June 2012

June 21, 2012

Archbishop Lori’s Op-Ed in the Washington Post

It hit the web edition's Guest Voices column early this afternoon. With tweets and text...

June 15, 2012

Religious Liberty: It’s Not Just a Christian Thing

Pretty soon, the Supreme Court will hand down their verdict on the constitutionality of the...

June 12, 2012

Rebecca Hagelin “Gets It” on Religious Liberty…As Does A Rock Band

She's spot-on the phony "War on Women" too. Here's what she said a few weeks...

June 11, 2012

Freedom of Worship Isn’t Religious Liberty UPDATED

There have been scads of opportunities for the current Administration to smooth over the concerns...