14 hours ago by Fr. Christian Mathis

Earlier today, President Obama announced an accommodation to religious organizations, including Catholic institutions, when it comes to providing contraceptives to women who are employed by the Church. I would like to take a look at why I believe there is still a problem in the mandate as it current ...

Blessed is the Kingdom - blessedisthekingdom.com · 41 references

1 day ago by Lisa Graas

Rick Santorum is taking some heat in various places for some remarks he made about the failure of the Left to understand where our rights come from. In this case, as in so many other positions Santorum expounds on throughout his campaign, his views are informed by a belief about human nature that wa ...

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4 days ago by Mark T. Mitchell

Kearneysville, WV.… As this election cycle grinds on, and as Washington prepares for CPAC’s 2012 event, each Republican candidate continues to claim that he best represents the conservative ideal. In this on-going contest over a word, the various contenders have Read Full Article... Related posts: W ...

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9 days ago by GodsGadfly

In America, the land of the free, a great debate arose about the nature of freedom. Was freedom the right to be morally excellent without constraint on one’s conscience? Or was freedom the license to do whatever one wanted without *any* constraints? Evangelical Christians decided it was the former a ...

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12 days ago by Patrick Lee

The “marriage equality movement”: that’s the name chosen for themselves by same-sex “marriage” supporters. The implicit argument is that the state’s granting marriage licenses only to opposite-sex couples is undue discrimination. The claim has an initial plausibility: the state grants a marriage lic ...

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15 days ago by fordmw

All for freedom and of pleasure Nothing ever lasts forever Everybody wants to rule the world --Tears for Fears A fundamental axiom of nature is variation. In terms of the human condition, variation is expressed in the differing capabilities and interests among people. It is also expressed in the dif ...

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15 days ago by Paul Anthony Melanson

Some of those students who attend Clark University have suggested that Clark University, through its definition of "heterosexism," is merely trying to protect a certain segment of the school's population from "harassment." This is, of course, ludicrous. Even a cursory read of Clark's definition will ...

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18 days ago by David Mint

1/23/2012 Portland, Oregon – Pop in your mints… {Editor”s note: The following is a continuation of the series “Of Money and Metals.” Please click here to view the Part I, Part II, and Part III} Natural law is always operating, always demanding a balance of accounts in the real world, not simply on a ...

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19 days ago by fordmw

So true Funny how it seems Always in time But never in line for dreams --Spandau Ballet Roscoe Filburn was an Ohio farmer who was growing wheat on a 12 acre parcel of his farm. He was not selling the wheat; he was growing it on his own land for personal consumption--for baking bread for his family a ...

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21 days ago by Volubrjotr

These beliefs have made possible more progress in 200 years than was made previously in over 5,000 years. Thus the title “The 5,000 Year Leap“. The following is a brief overview of the principles found in The 5,000 Year Leap, and one chapter is devoted to each of these 28 principles. Read “The 5,000 ...

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