By Dave Andrusko While the Friday decision by a federal judge was only a first step and limited to a single company, it’s very encouraging nonetheless that Colorado District Judge John Kane halted enforcement of Obama’s mandate against a family-owned business while a...
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Obama Mandate awakens appreciation of the importance of religious liberty
By Dave Andrusko When it comes to public policy issues, sometimes still waters run deep. Or, put another way, an issue can burn red-hot--in the sense of getting enormous attention--and then seem to retreat. But, in fact, if people are seriously upset, public...
Church leaders release open letter on religious liberty
By Adriane Dorr In the aftermath of the recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) contentious mandate regarding religious organizations' coverage of contraceptive services, more than 20 religious leaders have signed their names to a letter -- drafted...
Knights of Columbus Head Says there is “a new hostility to the role of religious institutions in American life at a time when government is expanding its reach in extraordinary ways”
By Dave Andrusko Although it is all faith traditions that Obama’s mandate has in its cross-hairs, it is the Catholic Church which has been most vocal in warning about the threat to religious liberties posed by the requirement that all religious...
USCCB statement “brings a new level of candor” to the way bishops speak about religious liberty
By Dave Andrusko I learned just before posting National Right to Life News Today for Thursday that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) had issued a very, very important statement. Having a little more time to digest what the document says, here...
U.S. Bishops Issue Call to Action to Defend Religious Liberty
By Dave Andrusko In a twelve page document, The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) today issued a call to action to defend religious liberty and urged laity to work to protect the First Freedom of the Bill of Rights. Developed by the USCCB’s Ad Hoc...