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U.S. Navy to Allow Chaplains to Perform Same-Sex Marriages

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

With the end of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy, which prohibited homosexuals from serving openly in the armed forces, the Office of the Chief of Navy Chaplains has sent out instructions that will allow chaplains to perform same-sex marriages in states where it is legal.

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Times' List of Top 10 Mothers Includes Mother Earth, But Not the Blessed Virgin Mary!

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalit

Time Magazine celebrates just how out-of-touch it is with the American public by publishing a bizarre list of the top 10 best mothers in popular culture, which includes the imaginary Mother Earth goddess known as Gaia and Marge Simpson but neglects to include the "glory of Jerusalem" and the "highest honor of our race" - the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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Pro-Family Pressure Convinces Sears to Remove Pornography from Website

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

The American Family Association (AFA) is reporting that Sears was so inundated with phone calls and e-mails from pro-family Americans regarding the pornography they were selling from their website, they decided to remove all offensive material from the site.

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Sears Gets Into the Pornography Business

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

The American Family Association (AFA) is sending out an alert to its one million-member family warning them that Sears is not only selling scores of hard-core pornographic DVDs, but graphic images and descriptions of these products are easily accessible to children through their website.

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Illinois Catholic Charities Stands Firm Against State-Imposed Homosexual Adoption

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist On June 1, a new civil unions law will go into effect in the state of Illinois, and officials at Catholic Charities have already announced that they will not go against Church teaching and offer their more than 3,000 children for adoption by homosexual couples.

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All Charges Dropped Against "ND 88"

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The Thomas More Society announced late yesterday afternoon that Michael Dvorak, St. Joseph County, Indiana prosecutor, dismissed the criminal trespass charges that he has pressed over the last two years against almost all of the "ND88," the individuals arrested for peacefully protesting the University's honoring of President Barack Obama at the 2009 Commencement. Dvorak dropped the charges as part of an agreement between the Thomas More Society and the University.

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