By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
For unknown reasons, the White House has purged its website of any mention of the president’s campaign promise to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and filed a Supreme Court brief yesterday where they defended DOMA as being a valid exercise of Congress’ power.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician organization, has announced that it will not support President Obama’s government-sponsored insurance plan, a position that is considered to be a setback for advocates of a public insurance plan.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The state of Massachusetts sponsored another “transgender prom” in Boston City Hall for middle and high school age youth. Eyewitnesses said the event was heavily infiltrated by older homosexuals who openly courted young people attending the event.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic for Swine Flu after documenting the spread of the A/H1N1 virus to 74 nations where more than 300,000 people have been infected and 141 have died.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
During a meeting with a member of the Senate Steering Committee, Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor said she does not share the Catholic Church’s position on abortion and has never given much thought to whether or not the unborn have rights.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A bill authorizing the funding of a new State Department office that will promote abortion and homosexuality overseas was able to pass the House in spite of efforts by conservative members of both parties to stop it. It will now be up to the Senate to stop it.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
An Italian woman who arrived late for the Air France plane flight that crashed in the Atlantic last week has been killed in a car accident.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Even though the U.S. Catholic population increased during 2008, the number of adult conversions to Catholicism declined nine percent last year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A representative of a major homosexual activist organization has revealed that the U.S. Senate is attempting to smuggle a controversial hate crimes bill into federal law by passing it as an amendment to another piece of legislation.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Discerning Christians need to beware of two new books that are hitting the bookshelves this summer - one written about angels by a certified “Angel Therapy Practitioner” and another about a young boy who alleges to be a reincarnated fighter pilot from World War II.
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