HHS’s About-Face on Religious Liberty By John Stonestreet & G. Shane Morris According to the records, in Fiscal Year 2018 the U.S. Health and Human Services Civil Rights Office received over a thousand complaints, alleging conscience violations or religious...
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Hobby Lobby joins Obama Administration in asking Supreme Court to Take Its Appeal
Editor’s note. The following includes information sent out in a release by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Last month the Obama Administration asked the United States Supreme Court to take up the case of Hobby Lobby, a chain of more than 500 arts and crafts...
Judge dismisses EWTN Lawsuit against HHS Mandate: Network Vows to Continue to Oppose “unjust rules”
By Ernest Ohlhoff, director NRLC Outreach Editor’s note. The following is based on material provided by EWTN. EWTN Global Catholic Network is available in over 225 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories, making it the largest...
Latest Obama “accommodation” falls flat
By Dave Andrusko “The Obama administration’s latest revision of its contraceptive policy was welcomed by some religious people as a breakthrough, even a ‘miracle.’ Upon reflection, it seems less like the parting of the Red Sea than a parlor trick.” -- Columnist...
Appeals Court panel temporarily blocks HHS mandate
By Dave Andrusko Another day, another court decision regarding the Obama Administration’s ultra-controversial HHS mandate which requires employers to purchase health insurance for their employees that includes coverage for items and procedures that they have moral or...
Federal Judges refuses request for preliminary injunction against ObamaCare mandate
By Dave Andrusko U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton yesterday denied a request by the privately held retail chain Hobby Lobby to prevent the government from enforcing portions of ObamaCare that mandate insurance coverage for contraceptives the company's Christian owners...
Pro-Lifers refused to be intimidated into silence; USCCB vows “robust” defense of religious liberty
By Dave Andrusko Even though busy chortling that pro-abortion President Barack Obama has been re-elected, the usual suspects understand that there is no chance the Pro-Life Movement will downshift. With the 40th anniversary of Roe around the corner, pro-lifers are...
“Let Freedom Ring,” Cardinal Dolan says, as he warns of threats against religious liberties
By Dave Andrusko When last we saw Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), he was delivering a powerfully pro-life speech that culminated the Democratic National Convention. It was a “teachable moment,” which...
”Fortnight for Freedom” just the beginning
By Dave Andrusko It is the nature of time-specific campaigns that once they are over, it’s easy for the wider public to subconsciously think, “Well, that’s that.” A piece in HuffingtonPost.com last week, written by the Director of Media Relations, United States...
Mitt Romney’s Passionate Defense of Religious Liberty
By Dave Andrusko Kudos to National Review Online for including a link to a speech pro-life Mitt Romney recently delivered in Ohio and to the Family Research Council for transcribing the relevant section. Once you read his remarks, I hope you’ll continue to read the...