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		<title>Army Silences Catholic Chaplains</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/09/army-silences-catholic-chaplains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Starnes The Obama administration has been accused of telling Catholic military chaplains what they can and cannot say from their pulpits after the Army ordered Catholic chaplains not to read a letter to parishioners from their archbishop. The Secretary of the Army feared the letter could be viewed as a call for civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regarding the Department of Health &amp; Human Services (HHS) Mandate:</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/08/regarding-the-department-of-health-human-services-hhs-mandate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never before in our U.S. history has the Federal Government forced citizens to directly purchase what violates our religious beliefs. The issue here . . . is the survival of a cornerstone constitutionally protected freedom that ensures respect for conscience and religious liberty. -Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston This latest erosion of our first freedom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military Tells Catholic Chaplains What They Can and Can&#8217;t Say About Obama Administration&#8217;s Assault on Religion</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/08/military-tells-catholic-chaplains-what-they-can-and-cant-say-about-obama-administrations-assault-on-religion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Jim Hoft Last week Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan lashed out at the Obama Administration for forcing religious organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience. The rule would force Christian organizations to provide free contraceptives, sterilizations and abortion drugs to workers even though this violates Catholic Church teaching. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We’re All Catholics Now</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/08/we%e2%80%99re-all-catholics-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By David French I’m not the first to comment on the Obama administration’s breathtaking assault on religious liberty, I won’t be the last, and I’m certainly not the most eloquent. I am, however, a lawyer prepared to do something about it. At issue are two competing visions of religion in American public life. For the Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 150 congressional leaders demand repeal of HHS mandate</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/08/over-150-congressional-leaders-demand-repeal-of-hhs-mandate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michelle Bauman A letter from 154 bipartisan members of Congress is urging the Obama administration to reverse a contraception mandate that religious employers say would require them to violate their consciences. The Feb. 6 letter to Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, condemned the recent mandate as an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Things Everyone Should Know About The HHS Mandate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 6, 2012 WASHINGTON— The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops offers the following clarifications regarding the Health and Human Services regulations on mandatory coverage of contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs. 1.The mandate does not exempt Catholic charities, schools, universities, or hospitals. These institutions are vital to the mission of the Church, but HHS does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tightening the screws</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/08/tightening-the-screws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by James S. Cole The Obama Adminstration is attacking religious rights by mandating that all health-care plans, even church-run one, must provide cover for abortion and contraception. On January 11, the United States Supreme Court reproved the Obama Administration by issuing a 9-0 decision against the Government in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Message from Chuck Colson</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/08/message-from-chuck-colson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Co-laborers, We must all act together NOW. What is going on today is the greatest test of religious liberty we will have faced in our life time. If the administration does not back down, religious liberty—as clearly articulated in the Constitution and in court cases—will be gravely impaired.  And your organization, like mine, will face [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of the world as we know it</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/08/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Dr. Jennifer Roback  Morse No, I’m not exaggerating. The American Experiment in religious liberty is officially over. The First Amendment provided institutional structures that allow different religions to peacefully coexist. All groups agree to NOT try to capture governmental structures for the benefit of their own particular denomination.  But the Obama Administration has ended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHITE HOUSE MISREPRESENTS ITS OWN CONTRACEPTIVE MANDATE</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/04/white-house-misrepresents-its-own-contraceptive-mandate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued the following response to the February 2 post on the White House blog.  The Obama administration, to justify its widely criticized mandate for contraception and sterilization coverage in private health plans, has posted a set of false and misleading claims on the White House blog (“Health Reform, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholics United’s defense of contraception mandate draws criticism</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/04/catholics-united%e2%80%99s-defense-of-contraception-mandate-draws-criticism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/04/catholics-united%e2%80%99s-defense-of-contraception-mandate-draws-criticism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kevin J. Jones Washington D.C., Jan 25, 2012 / 05:52 pm (CNA).- A Democratic-leaning Catholic group’s favorable reaction to the Obama administration’s new contraception mandate is being criticized for neglecting the threat to religious freedom and wrongly claiming that contraception lowers the abortion rate. “This is a real attack on the religious freedom of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great quote from Archbishop Timothy Dolan</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/26/great-quote-from-archbishop-timothy-dolan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Catholic Church defends religious liberty, including freedom of conscience, for everyone. The Amish do not carry health insurance. The government respects their principles. Christian Scientists want to heal by prayer alone, and the new health-care reform law respects that. Quakers and others object to killing even in wartime, and the government respects that principle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Bishops&#8217; Statement on Religious Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/23/maryland-bishops-statement-on-religious-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/23/maryland-bishops-statement-on-religious-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Catholic Bishops of Maryland have issued a statement, &#8220;The Most Sacred of All Property:  Religious Freedom and the People of Maryland.&#8221; Despite its title, the principles it lays out and the examples it uses are applicable to the entire United States.  People of all faiths, not just Catholics, will find it a helpful defense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contraceptives mandate would make cowards of us all</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/17/contraceptives-mandate-would-make-cowards-of-us-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/17/contraceptives-mandate-would-make-cowards-of-us-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Moynihan A White House edict tells us to ignore our conscience when we go to work. Bernie Madoff should ask for a retrial. If there is one thing that disaffection with “Wall Street” has achieved it is the ramping up of moral discourse. Not since the Great Depression, probably, have we heard so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sebelius&#8217; War Lands Her in Court</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/10/sebelius-war-lands-her-in-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/10/sebelius-war-lands-her-in-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Belmont Abbey College enters David-and-Goliath fight against the feds over mandate to cover contraceptives. Early last month, President Obama bragged to a St. Louis crowd about the recent Health and Human Services’ regulations that will require thousands of religious employers to pay for contraception, sterilization and drugs that probably cause abortions. The crowd cheered the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare, Conscience, and Religious Liberty:  A Response to Linda Greenhouse</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/08/healthcare-conscience-and-religious-liberty-a-response-to-linda-greenhouse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/08/healthcare-conscience-and-religious-liberty-a-response-to-linda-greenhouse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Helen Alvaré October 19, 2011 http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2011/10/4155 New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse refuses to see the truth about contraception, conscience, and religious liberty. I wouldn&#8217;t be the first to question the judgment of New York Times&#8216; former Supreme Court reporter, Linda Greenhouse. That&#8217;s already been done by National Public Radio, the New York Times&#8216; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moral responsibilities are linked to fiscal responsibility</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/24/moral-responsibilities-are-linked-to-fiscal-responsibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/24/moral-responsibilities-are-linked-to-fiscal-responsibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9050</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Star Parker Last week the House passed with bipartisan support the Protect Life Act, which amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (&#8220;ObamaCare&#8221;) to assure that no taxpayer dollars will be used to fund abortions. It also assures that healthcare providers who do not wish to provide abortions are not forced to by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protect conscience rights from government threat</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/16/protect-conscience-rights-from-government-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/16/protect-conscience-rights-from-government-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Sheila Liaugminas Given the expressed intent of the Founding Fathers in establishing a free, just and virtuous society, the importance of morality as its foundation, and their recourse to God from the beginning through recent history…it’s remarkable that we are in this battle now. But some of our fundamental rights are under an unprecedented [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>STD vaccine mandate looms in Calif.</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/07/std-vaccine-mandate-looms-in-calif/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/07/std-vaccine-mandate-looms-in-calif/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexually Transmitted Diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STDs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Becky Yeh A pro-family leader is calling on California&#8217;s governor to veto a dangerous bill that he and other family advocates believe undermines parental authority and the safety of children. Governor Jerry Brown has several days to decide on the fate of AB 499, a bill that would allow minors as young as 12 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>57</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dear Department of Health and Human Services</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/05/dear-department-of-health-and-human-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/05/dear-department-of-health-and-human-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth control]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Sheila Liaugminas You are wielding unchecked power, and you are out of control. Please pay heed. A couple of months ago, HHS announced a new “preventive care” package of services for women to be included in insurance coverage that defied reason and morals. It drew plenty of outcries for review and oversight. HHS left [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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