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Filed in: US Constitution | by Geoffrey Surtees | 9:57 AM Feb. 2, 2012
No “Constitutional Rights Issues” in Violating Religious Liberties? White House Doesn’t Get It
On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, was asked about the recent announcement from HHS that religious institutions, such as religious schools and hospitals, would have to include abortifacient drugs, sterilization, and contraception in their insurance policies for employees. (For more on the HHS Rule, click here.) At the close of the discussion, Carney was asked point blank, “What about the constitutional right to freedom of religion?” Carney’s response: &ldquo... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Geoffrey Surtees | 2:57 PM Jan. 23, 2012
Religious Liberties Violated by Obama's Forced Coverage of Abortion Pills
Never before has an American president so openly and wantonly disregarded the religious civil liberties of so many. Last Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would make final the rule mandating that insurance policies provide for contraceptive services, including sterilization, and drugs with an abortifacient mechanism of action. With this rule, hundreds of religious colleges and hospitals, for example, will now be required –in fact, coerced -- into provi... Continue Reading
Filed in: US Constitution | by David French | 4:53 PM Dec. 29, 2011
The Welfare State’s War on Religious Liberty
The case for limited government is becoming increasingly inseparable from the case for religious liberty. Yesterday, the New York Times published a lengthy article on the battle between the Catholic Church and various arms of the leviathan welfare state. The church is battling Obama administration requirements that Catholic schools and hospitals cover contraceptives in their health plans, battling Obama administration decisions to freeze Catholics out of contracts to aid sex-trafficking victims,... Continue Reading
Filed in: Pro Life | by Geoffrey Surtees | 2:12 PM Dec. 7, 2011
Nancy Pelosi Does It Again
The House Minority Leader has done it again. A few weeks back, Nancy Pelosi was asked about the Protect Life Act and Catholic Bishops supporting the bill. (Among other things, the Protect Life Act prohibits discrimination against health care professionals and entities from participating in abortion procedures.) Ms. Pelosi expressed her opposition to the bill and the bishops with the snide remark, “I’m a devout Catholic and I honor my faith and love it … but they have this cons... Continue Reading
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U.S. Speaker of the House elect Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul walk past abortion protesters as they arrive for an interfaith prayer service for House leadership at St. Peter's Catholic Church in … more
Filed in: US Constitution | by Jordan Sekulow | 11:28 AM Dec. 6, 2011
Rep. Pelosi, Conscience is More Than a ‘Thing’
In a recent interview with the Washington Post, Nancy Pelosi voiced her opposition to allow health care providers and entities to refuse to perform abortions for reasons of conscience. Knowing full well the efforts by the Catholic Church to encourage support for such conscience exemptions, Ms. Pelosi said, “I’m a devout Catholic and I honor my faith and love it … but they have this conscience thing.” With respect to the House Minority Leader, Ms. Pelosi not only needs a... Continue Reading