By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Frustrated with the American practice of yoga and its distorted view of the Hinduism upon which it is based, the influential Hindu American Foundation has launched a campaign to "Take Back Yoga" by reminding people that yoga is indeed part of the Hindu religion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An editorial page editor for Colorado's
Gazette says the media's focus on sex abuse within the Catholic Church has left little space for reporting about institutions where the problem is far worse - such as public schools.
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Last winter I posted a blog about
doulas, women who provide non-medical assistance to a mother during and after childbirth. I found no evidence that doulas were connected with the New Age; however, I just came across an article announcing a new "branch" of doula service being offered to women who have chosen to abort their babies.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The push to repeal the vastly unpopular health care reform law gained considerable momentum last week when an Ohio suit challenging the law was permitted to go forward, and five newly elected Governors announced that they also plan to fight the law in court.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After many years of enduring innocuous labels for Christmas such as "happy holidays" and "season's greetings," it appears that politically correct retailers are finally getting the message and are returning "Merry Christmas" to their ads and store displays in record numbers.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Along with the worldwide Church, Pope Benedict XVI conducted a vigil for "nascent human life" in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday evening in which he reminded the faithful that embryos are not just biological material but dynamic, autonomous individuals.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a speech delivered at the University of Richmond last Friday, Supreme Court Justice Anonin Scalia reiterated his view that the U.S. Constitution does not contain the right to abortion.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Rebecca Kimbel, who escaped from imposed polygamy at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) says the so-called "reality" show known as
Sister Wives is not reality at all but an attempt to deceive the public into accepting polygamist cults.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A case involving the constitutionality of polygamous relationships is set to begin in British Columbia (BC) on Monday and could result in Canada becoming the first country in the developed world to lift the prohibition on multiple-partner marriages.
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