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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Rachel Maddow, a controversial lesbian talk-show host at MSNBC has been served with a multi-million dollar lawsuit alleging defamation for comments she made about a Christian ministry.
Activists Pressure PBS To Let Bert & Ernie Get Married
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Facebook campaign has been mounted by homosexual activists to pressure PBS into allowing the two most famous Sesame Street characters, Bert and Ernie, to get married as a way of showing children that same-sex marriage is normal.
Police Grapple With The Dark Side of Social Media
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The role social media played in the deadly riots in London and violent flash mobs in the U.S. in the past week are behind moves by law enforcement on both sides of the Atlantic to establish special crime units dedicated to policing Twitter and Facebook for evidence of crimes in the making.
Archbishop and Governor Spar Over MD Same-Sex Marriage Bill
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Archbishop of Baltimore is accusing the Catholic governor of Maryland of acting out of "mere political expediency" in his plans to sponsor a same-sex marriage bill.
Blood Test to Determine Baby's Gender Sparks Controversy
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A blood test that allows parents to know the sex of their unborn child as early as seven weeks into a pregnancy is causing concern over how the test could be used.
London Churches Pray for End of Violence
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
As the city of London experienced yet another night of deadly violence, Christian churches of all denominations are banding together to pray for an end to the riots and to bring comfort to the victims.
SNAP Caught Defending Doctor Convicted on Child Porn Charges
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Survivors Network for Those Abused by Priests (SNAP), which aggressively pursues any priest accused of the sexual abuse of minors, is now taking fire for their public defense of a psychiatrist who worked with the organization until he was convicted on child pornography charges.
Religious Exemption From Birth Control Mandate Can Still be Changed!
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The battle over a controversial new ObamaCare rule requiring all employers to cover birth control is not quite over as both sides in the debate take advantage of a 60 day comment period that could result in the exemptions either being broadened or discarded altogether.
Time Magazine Uses Credit Downgrade as Excuse to Bash Church
If ObamaCare Mandates Birth Control, Why Not NFP?
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A Catholic physician says that if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is permitted to mandate birth control and other forms of artificial contraception, it should also be allowed to demand coverage for natural family planning (NFP) methods.