By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A proposed new rule by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which would give the government unfettered access to health records on every single citizen is being called as an excessive power grab that will result in giving the government “undue power over life-and-death medical decisions.”
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Robert George: Same-Sex Marriage Ushering in Legal “Trainwreck”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Princeton law professor Robert P. George says that the conflict between religious liberty and same-sex marriage is fast becoming the predicted legal “trainwreck” in states where the unions have been sanctioned.
Congress Launches Historic Investigation into Planned Parenthood
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards could not have been happy on September 15 when she was served with a letter from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce announcing the opening of an official investigation and demanding financial and other documentation dating back 20 years in an effort to ascertain if the company is misusing federal funds and violating the law regarding the reporting of suspected sexual abuse and the aiding and abetting of sex traffickers.
Chastity
Nine Days of Prayer & Fasting for the World Kicks Off This Saturday
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A powerful grass roots movement of Catholics and other Christians from around the world will host the 19th Annual International Week of Prayer and Fasting next week to pray for the conversion of nations.
ObamaCare On the Way to the Supreme Court
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A decision by the Obama administration not to seek a full U.S. Appeals Court review of the constitutionality of the president’s signature health care reform law has cleared the way for the Supreme Court to take up the case.
Justice Scalia to Catholic Colleges: Preserve Your Identity
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia laid down the law during a 20 minute address at Duquesne University Law School on Saturday and criticized Catholic schools that believe diversity means allowing political correctness to suppress moral judgment.
Chastity
California School Allows Crossdressing Man to Serve in Cafeteria
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Parents and students at Faller Elementary School in California are being described as “stunned” by the school district’s decision to allow a man wearing women’s clothes to serve lunch in the cafeteria.
