Congress

Requesting that the Obama Administration Rescind the Contraceptive Mandate – SCR 1615

March 6, 2012 | , , , , , , , , , | Posted in News/Updates

SCR 1615 calls upon the Obama Administration to rescind the “contraceptive mandate,” as it violates the fundamental right of Americans to freedom of religion and is unconstitutional. SCR 1615 text Status: 03/05/2012 Introduced in House; referred to Senate Judiciary Committee Read More >>

US Senate Defeats “Blunt Amendment” Protecting Religious Liberty

March 1, 2012 | , , , , , , | Posted in News/Updates

The US Senate voted 51-48 this morning to kill the “Respect for Rights of Conscience Act,” also known as the “Blunt Amendment.”  This critically important legislation would have protected religious individuals and institutions from the Obama Administration’s “contraceptive mandate.” The President of the United States and a majority of US senators believe that Catholic institutions… Read More >>

Catholic & Protestant Bishops Release Statement on Illegal Immigration

November 9, 2011 | , , , , , , , | Posted in News/Updates

Kansas’ Catholic bishops and two Protestant bishops have released a joint statement examining illegal immigration, and the public policies that address it, from a moral perspective.  The six church leaders are offering the reflection to contribute to the public discussion and to assist in the formation of consciences on the topic of illegal immigration. The… Read More >>

HHS Contraceptive Mandate: The Triumph of Ideology

August 12, 2011 | , , , , | Posted in From the Director

The administration that promised to “make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology” has, again, acted to advance the interests of its ideological allies in the culture war.  Planned Parenthood asked for the recent contraceptive mandate, and it received.  Health care plans will now be required to provide birth control for free to essentially all… Read More >>

More Planned Parenthood Disinformation Revealed

March 30, 2011 | , , , | Posted in From the Director

Legislation ending taxpayer financing of Planned Parenthood is under consideration at the state and federal level.  It goes without saying that the nation’s largest abortion provider is a morally compromised organization.  However, even those who support legal abortion should be troubled by PP’s seemingly endless string of scandals, half-truths, untruths, and bold faced lies.  This… Read More >>

Local Enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws – HB 2372

March 5, 2011 | , , , , , , | Posted in News/Updates

HB 2372 would provide for the enforcement of federal immigration laws by local police.  Under the bill, E-Verify would be required for state and local contracts and employment.  Illegal immigrants would be denied taxpayer financed services except for in-state tuition (which may be revoked separately) and those required by federal law. The bill also contains… Read More >>

What Threat to Religious Liberty??

March 2, 2011 | , , , , | Posted in From the Director

This past September, Pope Benedict traveled to Britain and warned of the erosion of “the rights of believers to freedom of conscience and freedom of religion.”  Speaking to Britain’s leading politicians in Westminster Hall,  the very hall where Thomas More was sentenced to death in 1535 for opposing King Henry VIII’s split with the Catholic… Read More >>

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