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Judge dismisses Wheaton College lawsuit against Obama administration over contraception mandate
A federal judge has dismissed Wheaton College's lawsuit against the Obama administration for requiring the evangelical Christian college to offer health insurance that covers the cost of contraception, including the morning-after pill, for employees. The...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Food and Drug Administration, Health Treatments, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Wheaton
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Wheaton College joins lawsuit over health care requirements
Chicago Tribune reporterWheaton College has joined about 50 mostly Roman Catholic religious institutions suing the Obama administration for requiring religious employers to offer health insurance that covers the cost of birth control for employees and students. Today the west...Tags: Hilda Solis, Church and State Relations, Separation of Church and State, Health and Safety at Work, Litigation
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Wheaton College joins lawsuit over health care law
Wheaton College has joined more than 50 mostly Roman Catholic religious institutions suing the Obama administration for requiring religious employers to offer health insurance that covers the cost of contraception, including the morning-after pill, for...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Health and Safety at Work, Litigation, Health Treatments, Roman Catholicism
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Roanoke takes part in "Stand for Religious Freedom" rally
People in Roanoke joined a nationwide movement, by stopping and praying on Saturday. It's part of the "stand up for religious freedom" rallies sweeping the country. Many people came out to Elmwood Park to take part. The Danville group, "The Church...
Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief
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Special July 4 Catholic mass celebrates religious freedom
The Religion WorldThe Orlando Catholic Diocese will conclude its “Fortnight from Freedom” with a July 4 mass. St. John Vianney Catholic Church will hold its mass at 8:30 a.m. St. James Cathedral's mass will be at 9 a.m. Bishop John Noonan had asked all the... -
Wisconsin Group Says Wyoming City Cross Must Go
FOX 17 NewsThe church and the cross have been part of Wyoming's city seal from the the beginning, but now a watch-dog group from Wisconsin says it has to go because it violates the First Amendment of the Constitution. That has city leaders scrambling to find out if...Tags: Lawyers, Separation of Church and State, Judges, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Dragon tales and other reasons I oppose school vouchers
Change of SubjectDeanna Pan at Mother Jones does a quick run-down of the worst of the claptrap that taxpayers in Lousiana are going to have to pay to disseminate to that state's schoolchildren under a new school voucher program. In 14 Wacky...... -
Religious freedomat risk
American Catholics were recently asked by their bishops to observe a “Fortnight for Freedom” - a two-week time of prayer, study and public action focusing on threats to religious freedom. While some would dismiss the bishops' fears as exaggerated,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Same-Sex Marriage, Separation of Church and State, Health Treatments, Politics
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National equality group urges Roanoke County Board of Supervisors to end prayer
WDBJ7 ReporterStop praying in the name of Jesus or prepare for a lawsuit. That's the warning more and more local governments in our region are getting. This time a national equality group is targeting the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors. The Roanoke County...Tags: Franklin County (Virginia), Politics, National Government, Religion and Belief, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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Religious liberty?
A country as large, diverse and modern as ours depends on an elaborate system of laws to run efficiently and fairly. The number of laws grows as the nation gets bigger and the economy more complex. Consider, as a crude measure of growth, the size of the...Tags: Abortion Issue, Church and State Relations, Health and Safety at Work, Health Treatments, Roman Catholicism
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Outspoken bishop to take helm of Archdiocese of Baltimore
At a time when Roman Catholic bishops are waging political wars against contraception and same-sex marriage, one of the church's most hard-line generals was named Tuesday to head its historically important Baltimore archdiocese.
The Vatican appointed...Tags: Church and State Relations, Edwin F. O'Brien, Georgetown University, Health Treatments, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Illinois dioceses, other Catholic groups sue over White House insurance mandate
The Roman Catholic dioceses of Springfield and Joliet have joined 41 other religious institutions filing simultaneous lawsuits that challenge the Obama administration's mandate that many religious employers have their health insurance cover the cost of...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hilda Solis, Springfield, Separation of Church and State, Litigation
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