Tag: "religious liberty"

Pres. Ronald Reagan
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Ronald Reagan on Religious Tolerance

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He would be horrified at what liberals are doing today, though not surprised.

Religious Sisters File First Class-Action Lawsuit Against Controversial HHS Mandate
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Religious Sisters File First Class-Action Lawsuit Against Controversial HHS Mandate

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Today, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Little Sisters of the Poor, a religious order of Sisters dedicated to caring for the elderly poor (see video).  Without relief, the Little Sisters face millions of dollars in IRS fines because they cannot comply with the government’s mandate that they […]

<em>U.S. v. Windsor</em> and the Future of Religious Liberty
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U.S. v. Windsor and the Future of Religious Liberty

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As we are all aware by now, on June 26 the Supreme Court of the United States issued opinions in the cases of Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor. In Hollingsworth, the Court held that citizens have no legal standing to defend in federal court those initiatives for which they signed petitions, campaigned, and voted. That […]

Timid Men
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Timid Men

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“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson A recent video by Fr. Robert Barron, “Gay Marriage and the Breakdown of Moral Argument,” called to mind just how right Jefferson was. In his commentary, Fr. Barron said: In his great text, After Virtue, the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre […]

Obama Mandate--Extermination of Religious Freedom
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Obama Mandate–Extermination of Religious Freedom

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The latest action from the Obama administration is but another sleight of hand designed to ignore the objections of those who have expressed concerns about providing insurance coverage to employees for birth control services while claiming that quite the opposite is true. On February 1, the Obama administration announced a “compromise” on the contraceptive mandate […]

Corporate Exercise of Religion and Other Thoughts on Mandate Litigation
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Corporate Exercise of Religion and Other Thoughts on Mandate Litigation

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There has been a curious silence in the news and on the blogs about the preliminary injunction in Newland v. Sebelius.  True, there are some unique issues involving the nature of the plaintiffs, but the case may indicate the direction that courts which get over the ripeness hump and do reach the Religious Freedom Restoration Act […]