contraceptive mandate

Kansas Catholic Bishops to Host Statewide Rally for Religious Freedom

May 15, 2012 | , , , , , , , | Posted in News/Updates

What:  Statewide Rally for Religious Freedom When:  2:00 – 3:30 PM, 29 June 2012 Where:  South Steps of the State Capitol Building in Topeka Who:  The Catholic Bishops of Kansas are inviting all people who care about religious liberty to attend. Why:  The federal government has taken the unprecedented step of requiring religious individuals and… Read More >>

Congressman Takes Sec. Sebelius to Task for Violating Religious Freedom

April 27, 2012 | , , , , , | Posted in From the Director

How could she possibly not be prepared to answer this question?  Nothing in the can?  Not even a phoney, HHS-lawyer-crafted answer?  After all these months of this high-profile issue, she isn’t able to describe in any way how they balanced the First Amendment right to religious freedom and the imaginary (but apparently superior) right to… Read More >>

The Imaginary Crisis of Access

April 27, 2012 | , , , , , | Posted in From the Director

American presidents have in rare moments of national crisis laid claim to the use of constitutionally dubious “emergency powers.”  Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War.  Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued an executive order authorizing the shameful internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.  And while no emergency has been formally declared today, President… Read More >>

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 >>

Six More Things Everyone Should Know About the HHS Mandate

February 13, 2012 | , , | Posted in News/Updates

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ blog came out with further analysis of the recent changes made to the Obama Administration’s “contraceptive mandate.”  Take a look at “Six More Things Everyone Should Know About the HHS Mandate.” Also, please visit the Kansas Catholic Conference Religious Liberty webpage where you can take action against the contraceptive… Read More >>

President’s Changes to HHS Mandate Insufficient

February 11, 2012 | , , | Posted in News/Updates

Yesterday President Obama outlined changes to the controversial “contraceptive mandate.”  The details of the new policy are not exactly clear, but it does appear to still be the case that the religious individuals and employers will be required to comply with a policy that violates their consciences. It seems clear that the new policy was… Read More >>

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