Culture

The Real Radio Hatemongers

by L. Brent Bozell August 26, 2010

Last week, Dr. Laura Schlessinger announced on CNN that she was hanging up her headphones at the end of the year. If she could not exercise her freedom of speech, she said, she was not interested in the job.
Watchdogs…

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Egyptian Convert to Christianity Fights for Asylum at Federal Appeals Court

by The Becket Fund August 25, 2010

On August 19, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty intervened in a high-profile asylum case at the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia. Walid Salama and his wife and child face deportation back to Egypt despite a…

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Ground Zero Mosque Opponents Prevail in Bus Ad Controversy

by Thomas More Law Center August 25, 2010

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) buses are now displaying ads opposing the Ground Zero Mosque.  MTA reversed its earlier refusals to display the ads only after a federal lawsuit was filed.
New York attorney David Yerushalmi and the…

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Escaping Poverty Through Education in India

by ACN-USA News August 24, 2010

Church-run schools in north India are key to helping dalit converts to Christianity escape the poverty trap.
Fr. Varghese Vithayathil, Provincial Superior of the Congregation of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), described the importance of education in Bijnor Diocese and…

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Becket Fund to Defend Religious Hospitals against Government-ordered Abortions

by The Becket Fund August 24, 2010

In a letter on Thursday, August 19, 2010, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty threatened to sue the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) if it tried to force religiously affiliated hospitals to perform abortions against the conscientious objections…

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Mother Teresa Celebrations are Worldwide

by Catholic League August 24, 2010

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on what is taking place on August 26:
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s birthday, there will be celebrations the world over. From St. Peter’s Cathedral in Belfast, Ireland to the…

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The Media and the Mega-Mosque

by L. Brent Bozell August 24, 2010

It was deceptive. At a White House dinner with Muslims celebrating Ramadan, Barack Obama finally weighed in on the Ground Zero mosque controversy. Incredibly, he lectured Americans about the religious freedom of Muslims “that includes the right to build a…

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Pro-abortion Activists Oppose Mother Teresa

by Catholic League August 21, 2010

The following letterheads have signed a statement affirming the decision by officials from the Empire State Building not to light the towers on Mother Teresa’s centenary:
Catholics for Choice
Call to Action
Chicago Women-Choice
DignityUSA
FOSIL
National Coalition of American…

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Flood Misery Continues in Pakistan

by ACN-USA News August 21, 2010

Authorities in Pakistan have been overwhelmed by the number of people displaced by the floods.
According to reports from the country received by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Pakistan is experiencing problems dealing with the scale…

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Dehumanization and Punishment

by Jordan J. Ballor August 21, 2010

Two of the things I’ve paid some attention to, one more recently and the other as an ongoing area of interest, came together in an Instapundit update yesterday.
Glenn Reynolds linked to a video of a NYC cop who “threatens…

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