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Opposition Mounts As Kagan Vote Nears

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist With a Senate vote that may confirm U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court only days away, her controversial involvement in the partial birth abortion debate and other political activism has made her the most opposed nominee in recent history.

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Diocese of Peoria To Fight for Fired Professor

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The Diocese of Peoria is planning to meet with officials from the University of Illinois to discuss the case of a professor of Catholicism who was recently fired after an anonymous student complained that his teaching of the Church's position on homosexuality amounted to "hate speech."

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Pro-Abortion Groups Enraged by HHS Clarification of Abortion Coverage in ObamaCare

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) infuriated pro-abortion groups when it took steps last week to implement a ban on funding abortions in state high-risk insurance pools under the new health care law after a national pro-life group exposed a loophole in the law.

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DC Citizens Vow to Fight for Right to Vote on Same-Sex Marriage

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Proponents of traditional marriage are vowing to continue the fight for the right to vote on same-sex marriage after a sharply divided D.C. Court of Appeals decided that because the traditional concept of marriage between one man and one woman is discriminatory, citizens should not have an opportunity to vote on the matter.

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New Vatican Rules Cause Controversy

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Feminists are crying foul over new Vatican directives concerning the manner in which “grave crimes” in the life of the church are addressed because they believe the document puts participation in female ordination in the same category as the sexual abuse of minors.

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