By Dave Andrusko Perhaps THE central tenet of our Movement could be abbreviated to read, “If people only knew….” That applies to dozens of different dimensions of the battle, but let’s talk for a moment about Obama’s mandate to require religious institutions and...
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43 Catholic dioceses, Universities, and other groups sue to stop HHS mandate
By Dave Andrusko Forty-three Catholic dioceses, schools, hospitals, social service agencies, and other institutions filed suit today, accusing Obama's Department of Health and Human Services of violating the First Amendment and federal law by requiring Catholic...
What’s airing on Pro-Life Perspective Today? “The Obama Mandate: It’s About Religious Freedom, Not Contraception”
By Dave Andrusko National Right to Life President and Pro-Life Perspective Host Carol Tobias provides an invaluable service today at www.prolifeperspective.com. She clears away the rhetorical sagebrush which the Obama Administration has used to cover the truth about...
Author of Trafficking Law Applauds Bishops’ Appeal of ACLU Attack on Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), author of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and its subsequent reauthorizations of 2003 and 2005 which provide funding to serve foreign victims of human trafficking in the United States, applauds the...
Archbishop Chaput: “The central issue in the HHS debate is religious liberty”
By Dave Andrusko Just because the story is not in the daily headlines doesn’t mean that resistance to President Obama’s mandate has grown any the less resolute. As you recall the Obama Administration is mandating that all religious institutions--universities,...
BISHOPS PROMISE TO CONTINUE ‘VIGOROUS EFFORTS’ AGAINST HHS VIOLATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN HEALTH CARE REFORM MANDATE
Declare government has no place defining religion, religious ministry Seek protection for conscience rights of institutions, individuals Stress action with the public, White House, Congress, courts WASHINGTON--The U.S. bishops are strongly united in their ongoing and...
Bishops Begin Hugely Important Two-Day Meeting
By Dave Andrusko Starting on Tuesday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ administrative committee will hold a two-day meeting at which hugely important issues will be addressed. At the top of the list is the Obama Administration’s outrageous attack on religious...
Resistance Grows to Obama Mandate
By Dave Andrusko We try to provide you almost every day with an update in the many-pronged resistance to Obama’s Mandate that forces virtually all employers (religious, religiously-affiliated, or secular) to pay for services they regard as morally objectionable. Today...
Cardinal Dolan: “We did not ask for this fight, but we will not run from it”
By Dave Andrusko Yesterday we talked about a letter sent by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, to his fellow bishops, updating them on the “progress” (actually, lack thereof) dealing with the Obama Administration on...
NRLC Warnings Prove Prophetic
By Dave Andrusko You can tell we are getting closer and closer to election season. How? Whatever highly tenuous link there might have been between the truth and what pro-abortionists are screaming to high heaven about has been cleanly severed. And they are making the...