(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Last week, President Obama changed his mind and came out in support of same-sex marriage and cited the teachings of Jesus and the ‘Golden Rule’ in the process. Since then the issue has been front and center with all sorts of differing responses from American Christians. Most conservative Christians cite the [...]

A Catholic student group has been forced to leave Vanderbilt U. after refusing to comply with the school’s so-called ‘Non-Discrimination Policy. The policy mandates that all may attend student groups and no specific religious qualifications can be maintained when it comes to group leadership. Therefore under the new rule, non-Catholics could be voted in to [...]

                                             (Image via Wikipedia) A new proposal by the Obama administration for an expanded religious exemption was reportedly contained within Friday’s 32-page document dump on the birth-control mandate. The first reports on the administration document emphasized that the HHS contraceptive mandate was now going to be expanded to include coverage for all students including those [...]

               (Vatican -Photo credit: tejvanphotos) ‘Anonymous’ hackers in Italy have taken down the Vatican website in protest over Church doctrine and teaching: "Anonymous has decided to put your site under siege in response to your doctrine, liturgy and the absurd and anachronistic rules that your profit-making organization spreads around the world." … "You refuse to [...]

           (Photo credit: jamesomalley) The reaction to Obama’s contraceptive ‘compromise’ has been quick, decisive, and quite negative among religious leaders. I posted my initial reactions yesterday and if nothing else I am even more critical of the Obama plan today. First of all here’s the US Catholic Bishops’ response to Obama’s new proposal. They are [...]

                                                (Image via Wikipedia) President Obama announced today a ‘compromise’ to the uproar caused by an HHS mandate that religious allied employers provide for contraceptives, abortive pills, and sterilization as part of the health care for their employees. The President merely put the burden on the Insurance companies instead, forcing them to pick up the [...]

                                                     (Image via Wikipedia) This is a story that continues to escalate and shows no sign of going away anytime soon. Here’s a link to my first article on the confrontation between the Obama administration and the Catholic Church over a new requirement to provide for contraceptives and after-morning abortive pills in their health-care coverage [...]