- 05/25/2012
Are Catholic Leaders Attacking Obama to Help Republicans?
E. J. Dionne, a liberal columnist for The Washington Post, suggested in a Monday blog post that Catholic leaders who are opposing the Obama administration's birth control mandate could be doing so to help Republicans in the November elections.
- 05/24/2012
Catholics, Evangelicals May Coordinate on Religious Freedom Event This Summer
The U.S. Catholic Church will hold an event this summer called "Fortnight for Freedom" to bring attention to religious freedom issues. The Christian Post has learned that discussions are underway to include evangelical organizations with these events. Evangelical organizations have expressed solidarity with Catholic leaders who oppose the Obama administration's birth control mandate, which, they argue, is a religious freedom issue.
- 05/23/2012
CBO: 'Taxmaggedon' Will Cause Short-Term Recession, But Status Quo Unsustainable
The current tax increases and spending cuts slated to go into effect January 2013 will likely lead to a recession, a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report says. On the other hand, preventing those policies from going into effect without replacing them with something comparable would lead to unsustainable amounts of public debt.
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05/23/2012Jeremy Lin's Faith, Family Led to Success, Biographer Says
Jeremy Lin went from an unknown bench player to national stardom after leading the New York Knicks on a seven game winning streak early this year. The astonishing circumstances leading to that event were built upon Lin's family and faith, according to a new biography by Timothy Dalrymple called Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity.
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05/23/2012Gallup: 'Pro-Choice' Americans at Record Low
One-half of all Americans identify as "pro-life" on abortion, according to a new Gallup poll. Forty-one percent consider themselves "pro-choice," a record low since Gallup has asked the question.
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05/22/2012Dolan: Obama Administration Doesn't Understand Our 'Horror' Over Mandate Exemption
The narrow religious exemption for the Obama administration's birth control mandate is "strangling," and the administration fails to understand the "horror" Catholics feel over the exemption, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said Tuesday on "CBS This Morning."
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05/22/2012After 29 Years, Cornerstone Festival Comes to a Close
A summer festival that has helped launched the careers of many Christian artists, including Sixpence None the Richer, Jars of Clay, Newsboys and One Bad Pig, is calling it quits after 29 years due to the poor economy and financial difficulties. This year will be its last.
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05/21/201243 Catholic Agencies File Suit Over Birth Control Mandate
Forty-three Catholic agencies filed suit in 12 separate federal courts Monday over the Department of Health and Human Services mandate requiring employers to cover contraception, sterilization and some abortifacient drugs in their health insurance policies.
- 05/20/2012
David Axelrod: Romney's Mormonism Should Not Be a Campaign Issue
David Axelrod, a top adviser for President Obama's reelection campaign, said Sunday that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's Mormon faith should not be made an issue in the election. He criticized Romney, though, for not repudiating strongly enough proposals to make Obama's relationship to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright an issue.
- 05/17/2012
Study: Romney's Mormonism May Help More Than Hurt With Voters
While many have speculated that presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may harm his chances to win some voters, few have suggested the opposite. Could Romney's LDS faith help him win more votes? A new study published this month by The Brookings Institution, a left-of-center think tank, suggests the answer may be yes.
- 05/16/2012
Catholic University Stops Providing Student Health Insurance Over Birth Control Mandate
Franciscan University of Steubenville, a small Catholic university in eastern Ohio, has decided to no longer offer health insurance to its students rather than comply with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) birth control mandate.
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05/16/2012Wealthy Democrats: Stop 'Anti-Business Behavior'
Some wealthy Democrats and Obama supporters have voiced concerns recently with perceived attacks by fellow Democrats on business and presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's business record.
- 05/15/2012
Poll: Romney Edges Obama With Women Voters
If there really is a "war on women," Republicans appear to be winning the battle for the female vote. A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney barely ahead of President Barack Obama among female registered voters.
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05/15/2012Gallup: Slight Majority Say Homosexuality Morally Acceptable
A new Gallup poll shows that a slight majority, 54 percent, of Americans believe that homosexuality is acceptable. Forty-two percent say that homosexuality is morally wrong.
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05/15/2012Interview: Jonathan Haidt on Social Conservatives, New Atheists and Civility in Politics
In his new book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Religion and Politics, Jonathan Haidt, a social psychology professor at University of Virginia, argues that our intuitions come before our reasoning and our reasoning is usually a post-hoc justification for those intuitions. As a result, humans do a horrible job at understanding those with whom they disagree.
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