In the first case of its kind, a Catholic business owner from Missouri has become the first individual to sue the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over its controversial contraception mandate, citing a violation of his constitutionally-protected religious beliefs.
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Thanks to the hard work of pro-family legislators in Wisconsin, the state has passed a new law that will allow different types of sex education in public schools - including abstinence education - replacing the old law which mandated either comprehensive sex ed or nothing.
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A toddler who was left in a vegetative state after nearly drowning in the family's swimming pool regained consciousness after doctors infused her with stem cells derived from the cord blood her family had stored.
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Bristol Palin, daughter of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin penned a bold op-ed on her blog yesterday challenging President Barack Obama to call her the way he called Georgetown student Sandra Fluke after she was called derogatory names, daring him to do something wildly unpopular with his base such as call a non-liberal woman like herself who was called much uglier names by a major donor to his campaign.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Although he was invited to give the usual opening prayer at the beginning of a session of the Kansas House of Representatives, Father James Gordon of St. John Vianney Catholic school of Maple Hills, Kansas used the occasion to call for a return to the moral values that made this nation great.
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While addressing pilgrims yesterday from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI asked for prayers for his six day trip to Mexico and Cuba, which will begin on Friday of this week.
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In an effort to quell the uprising against the administration's imposition of mandated contraception coverage for all, the Obama administration has offered what it calls several new options for how to cover these plans, supposedly without infringing on religious freedom. At the same time, it expanded the mandate to include forcing universities and colleges, including Catholic institutions, to provide the free coverage for all students in addition to their employees.
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In spite of pundits who claim the HHS mandate debate will drive women voters in fear of losing their "rights" to President Barack Obama, new polls show the exact opposite is happening.
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Parents of seventh graders at an all-girls Catholic middle school in Ontario were outraged to discover that their daughters had been given pamphlets containing explicit details about how to give and receive oral sex.
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After a meeting of the Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the bishops came out swinging with a bold new statement on the HHS Mandate, saying they are "united for religious freedom" and will not allow the administration to divide them or the media to distort the issue.
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