U.S. Rep Seeks to Defend DOMA, Criticizes “Faint-Hearted” Obama Admin Efforts

The ranking Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee has petitioned to intervene as defendant in two cases brought against the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), amid speculation that Obama administration Department of Justice officials would fail adequately to… Read More

Save a Life: Just ‘Ask to See the Ultrasound’

Commentary by Shawn Carney, Campaign Director, 40 Days for Life
On this tenth day of the 40 Days for Life campaign, I have a few stories, a few more pictures — and good news from London that should help get… Read More

Pitchfork Politics: the Feds are Targeting Conscientious Doctors

Commentary by Dominique Monlezun and Kristan Hawkins
Get the pitchforks out — America is hunting physicians.  Instead of calling off the dogs, President Obama is leading the charge.  In March of 2009, Obama called to rescind the conscience protection clause… Read More

Diocese of Austin Texas Cancels Planned Parenthood Rabbi Service

After LSN ran a detailed investigative report Thursday drawing attention to the fact that a Rabbi who is on the board of Planned Parenthood in Austin was to lead Jewish worship services at a Catholic Church, the diocese of Austin… Read More

Archbishop Nichols’s Comments on Gay Unions v. The Pope

Commentary by John Smeaton, Director of SPUC
These are dangerous times for families in Britain – and they are dangerous times too for Catholic families in Britain.
In [Monday's] Telegraph, Archbishop Nichols, the archbishop of Westminster, described as the “leader… Read More

Archbishop Chaput: “Systematic Discrimination Against Church Now Seems Inevitable”

SPISSKE, PODHRADIE, Slovakia, August 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Excerpts from Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput’s address to the 15th symposium for the Canon Law Association of Slovakia last Tuesday, August 23:
Today’s secularizers have learned from the past.  They are more… Read More

Anglican School Denies Enrollment to Child in Care of Lesbians

St. Vincent’s Episcopal School in Texas has decided not to permit a child raised by two lesbians to enroll for the 2010-2011 school year.
“We regret the disappointment the mother feels,” the school said in a statement. “It is clear,… Read More

Restraining Order on Louisiana Ultrasound Law Lifted

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Ralph Tyson dissolved a temporary restraining order that he had placed on the Louisiana “Ultrasound Before Abortion Act.”  The order, which had been instituted at the request of lawyers with the pro-abortion Center for Reproductive… Read More

Polling Director: Polls Stating Americans Support Gay Marriage Untrustworthy

According to Tom Jensen, director of the North-Carolina based Public Policy Polling (PPP), polls finding that a majority of Americans support homosexual “marriage” cannot be trusted because Americans are sometimes hesitant to state their position before a live interviewer who… Read More

D.C. Admits Planned Parenthood ‘Private Property’ Sign was False

Washington city officials have admitted that the sidewalk outside of a Planned Parenthood abortuary is in fact public property, not private property as Planned Parenthood had claimed.  The city has therefore retreated from its threat to arrest as a trespasser… Read More

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