Bishops, Legal Scholars Denounce Obama’s Phony Mandate Compromise

Even though two major Catholic groups, the Catholic Health Association and Catholic Charities USA have come out in support of President Obama’s HHS mandate “accommodation,” the U.S. Bishops and 38 of the nation’s top Catholic scholars have denounced the compromise as “morally obtuse” and completely unacceptable.

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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.

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White House Abruptly Sacks Bioethics Council

Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer

Members of the President’s U.S. Council on Bioethics were given one day’s notice that their services were no longer needed. The firing comes only months after the group issued a public letter to the President expressing their dismay over his decision to provide taxpayer funds for embryonic stem cell research.

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Academics Vow to Hold Obama Accountable

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer

A group of conservative academics from around the country have joined forces with Princeton politics professor Robert George to launch a new website that will hold Obama as well as anti-abortion Obama supporters accountable by intelligently presenting the facts about the President’s anti-life policy decisions.

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