Category: Culture
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Why Are the Bishops Forcing the Issue of Healthcare?
Deal W. Hudson August 13, 2009 If ever there were a time when Catholics should not trust the United States government, it is now. The president, his administration, and the congressional leadership are removing all the abortion restrictions put in place since Roe v. Wade. And yet, the bishops are backing a proposal to give the federal government…
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Charity, Civility, and Speaking the Truth
Deal W. Hudson September 21, 2009 The funeral of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy provoked a highly charged debate among Catholics about civility. In the midst of this discussion, Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, the prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, came to Washington, D.C., to be honored by InsideCatholic.com at its 14th…
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Why A “Public Option” Will Lead to Abortion Coverage
Deal W. Hudson October 12, 2009 This week, the Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to vote on the health-care bill. If it passes, the Finance bill will be reconciled with the bill already passed by the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Then health-care reform will go to the Senate floor for a vote. The Finance Committee…
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Obama’s Nominee for EEOC Promotes Polygamy and Homosexuality
Deal W. Hudson October 20, 2009 President Barack Obama has nominated a Georgetown University law professor, Chai R. Feldblum, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Council. Feldblum, a lesbian activist lawyer, formerly worked for the American Civil Liberties Union, the Human Rights Campaign Fund, and in the mid-1980s clerked for Justice Harry A. Blackmun, the author of Roe v.…
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Bethlehem University Student Deported to Gaza
Deal W. Hudson November 2, 2009 Berlanty (Betty) Azzam was two months away from receiving her business degree at Bethlehem University. Anticipating life beyond college, she made the two-hour trip to Ramallah for a job interview, but on the way back she was asked for her papers at the “container” checkpoint. Azzam was detained by the…
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A New Grassroots Political Organization Makes Its Mark
Deal W. Hudson November 6, 2009 The election results of November 2 were not merely the spontaneous reaction of Republicans to the bad economy and liberal excesses of the Obama administration. The four pro-life, conservative GOP candidates in Virginia and New Jersey were elected in a groundswell of religious and social conservatives, many of them…
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Another ‘John Paul II’ Catholic Runs for Congress
Deal W. Hudson November 9, 2009 On October 30, Brian Rooney, an attorney for the Thomas More Law Center, filed his papers to run for Michigan’s 7th Congressional Seat. Rooney had initially put aside his political plans when his son Blaise was born with a congenital heart defect in February, but the fight to save his…
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How the Stupak-Pitts Amendment May Change Our Politics
Deal W. Hudson November 12, 2009 Last Friday night, when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided to allow a vote on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, she may have unwittingly altered the direction of the Obama presidency and the Democratic Party. For the first time in a long time, the pro-life issue is setting the agenda for the…
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Fake Catholic Groups Working Overtime for Healthcare Bill
Deal W. Hudson December 14, 2009 It’s sad to report, but report we must: The same fake Catholic groups that helped President Barack Obama get elected have rallied to the cause of the health-care bill, abortion funding and all. As reported by LifeNews.com, Catholics United (CU) and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) are warning…
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