Religious leaders from across all denominations signed onto a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Department Health and Human Services (HHS) expressing concern over the department's creation of a "two-class concept of religious organizations" in its birth control mandate that affords unequal religious freedom protections to faith-based organizations.
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Middle-aged women around the world are scarfing up copies of
50 Shades of Grey, a new trilogy of books that feature sex scenes complete with sado-masochism and bondage, which is sparking controversy everywhere from women's circles to library clubs.
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Another round of religious freedom rallies took place on Friday, June 8, and drew tens of thousands into the streets to take a public stand against recent laws that violate the Constitution's First Amendment right to freedom of religion.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report Thursday which revealed a marked increase in the number of attempted suicides among teens in 2011.
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A judge in New Mexico decided that a Christian photography studio violated the state's Human Rights Act when it refused to photograph a lesbian union and has ruled against the studio's claim that their religious rights were violated.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The idea of a person marrying himself or herself in a formal ceremony might sound bizarre to most, but it has become the media's latest crusade to redefine marriage.
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Just when we thought we'd seen the last of Harry Potter, author J. K. Rowling has decided to collaborate with Sony in a new video game called
Book of Spells which is based on the magick and sorcery found in her best-selling novels.
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On June 8, the 223rd anniversary of the day the U.S. Bill of Rights was introduced to the First Congress, tens of thousands of citizens are expected to take part in rallies across America to publicly protest the controversial HHS mandate.
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Even though a program to begin using implantable ID chips was scrapped by the Food and Drug Administration in 2010, the debate over whether we need to implant a barcode on babies at birth is still going strong.
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For Greater Glory, a movie about the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico in the 1920's which debuted this weekend, prompted Los Angeles' Bishop Jose Gomez to call the film's message "timely" because it reminds embattled American Catholics that religious liberties must never be taken for granted.
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