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President Obama endures it. So does Mitt Romney. Comics make a living off it. And even a PGA golfer heard a chorus of taunts at a recent tournament. So what is it that makes heckling such a cultural institution?
Finally, my church spoke truth to power, and fired a legal — and most likely lethal — shot against an oppressive, unconstitutional requirement that Catholics be forced to subsidize sin. True, not everyone thinks that artificial birth control is sinful, and that would include about the 98% of Catholic women who use it. But it’s one thing to say that you as an individual disagree with a ...
The Obama administration plans to exempt only certain types of religious institutions from the health-care law's mandate for coverage of birth control. But in doing so, it redefines religion, which not only steps on a basic liberty but a basic understanding of religion's role in society.
Dozens of religious organizations sue the administration over a contraception mandate. Not exactly what the president was hoping for heading into November
Contraception is thrust into the spotlight again as Catholic bishops file suits against the Obama administration over the so-called "birth control mandate." - READ BLOG
By Shannon Brown / current.com The Catholic Church responded to the Obama administration’s so-called "birth control mandate" by filing lawsuits in 12 federal courts on Monday, seeking to invalidate the rule that employers who provide health insurance coverage must provide coverage for birth control in their policies. When the rule was introduced last year by the Department of Health and Human ...
Amid a difficult week for President Barack Obama with his campaign under regular attack from allies and surrogates regarding the appropriateness of attacking Bain Capital, MSNBC host Chris Matthews went after Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Tuesday. “Where have you been,” asked Matthews.
DALLAS (AP) - The dioceses of Dallas and Fort Worth are among dozens of Catholic institutions that have filed federal lawsuits challenging the Obama administration over contraception.
Jackson's Roman Catholic diocese, along with a dozen other Catholic organizations, have joined in a lawsuit with dozens other dioceses and groups nationwide contesting President Barack Obama's administration's rule to most health insurance plans to include birth control without a co-pay, co-insurance or a deductible.
WASHINGTON -- The battle between the Obama administration and the Catholic Church hierarchy intensified as 43 groups -- including the archdioceses of Washington and New York, and the University of Notre Dame -- filed lawsuits Monday challenging a n...
‘There is no way out of the dilemma the (Obama health care) mandate forces upon us,’ says chancellor of the archdiocese.