religious freedom
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Where’s the Beef? It’s With Obama: Notre Dame’s Contraception Coverage Reversal
Just four days ago, the University of Notre Dame announced it “would no longer provide birth control coverage to students and employees.” It fought long and hard for this right. Shortly after the Affordable Care Act became law back in… Continue reading
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Burn, Baby, Burn: Freedom, Idolatry, and Islamophobia
If we believe those who desecrate the Eucharist or the flag ought to be censured with violence or legal penalty but those who desecrate the Prophet Muhammad by drawing pictures of him ought to be celebrated, then we are drawing… Continue reading
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Bombs and the Body of Christ: (When) Can Good Catholics Be Loyal Soldiers?
The United States stands ready to engage in yet another military action that the U.S. bishops and pope have condemned as unjust. Despite the bishops’ rather vocal condemnation of what the United States military is about to do in the… Continue reading
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What About the Religious Freedom of Catholic Soldiers?
As many of you have probably heard by now, last week, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released a document protesting what they see as an unprecedented attack on religious liberty by the Obama administration. I have lots of… Continue reading
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If Catholics Should Give Up Hospitals For Lent, Should We Also Give Up The Military?
Several Catholic bishops have threatened that, if made to comply with the HHS ruling requiring Catholic hospitals to indirectly pay for their employees’ birth control, the Catholic church will have no choice but to “give up its health care institutions… Continue reading