Ever since the Obama administration chose to ramrod a policy that is anathema to Catholic doctrine, we have seen all sorts of machinations emanating from the media, twisting and mollifying the argument in order to remove clarity from exactly what it is Obama is attempting to do.
In a shocking decision delivered February 28, President Obama’s Security and Exchange Commission ruled that PepsiCo’s use of aborted fetal remains in its research and development agreement with Senomyx to produce flavor enhancers falls under “ordinary business operations.”
Last week a headline read, “Virginia Senate Passes Ultrasound Bill.”
As a mother, I can recall playing the Sesame Street game, “One of These Things Is Not Like the Other,” with our children when they were very young.
In all the commentary that has been written on the Obama contraceptive mandate, I have yet to see the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) pronounce the fact that, regardless of the president’s action, Catholic people should never fall prey to the evils of contraception.
Ever since the January 20 Obama edict which denies freedom of conscience to those who honor the laws of God, there has been a black cloud hovering over much of the nation.
The only folks who might have missed the fallacious claim that 98 percent of Catholics use contraception are those who have no newspaper or television set around. Lucky folks!
The rhetorical fever pitch over Obama’s latest healthcare fiasco is still swirling, but what I am finding in the dust particles is far worse than what is being publicly decried.
According to Dr. William Brennan, a professor of social work in the Saint Louis University School of Social Work.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services refused on Jan. 20 to broaden the exception to its mandate that nearly all Catholic employers must cover contraception, abortifacients, and sterilization in their healthcare plans.
The president recently told 3,000 attendees at the National Prayer Breakfast, “We know that part of living in a pluralistic society means that our personal religious beliefs alone can’t dictate our response to every challenge we face.”
As a former police officer I know there is one phrase in the criminal justice system that virtually everyone is familiar with: “Innocent until proven guilty.