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Orthodox Bishops Protest Government Healthcare Mandate
Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops - The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America, which is comprised of the 65 canonical Orthodox bishops in the United States, Canada and Mexico, join their voices with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and all those who adamantly protest the recent decision by the [...]
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Orthodox Bishops Assembly Silent on Moral Issues
by John Couretas - At an October 1970 meeting of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the Americas (SCOBA), which was called to discuss the burning question of an independent American Church, the presiding conference chair Archbishop Iakovos got fed up and quit. Official letters raising the subject of independence had been sent [...]
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They Have Islamist Fanatics, We Have Secularist Fanatics
by Dennis Prager - The Muslim world is threatened by religious fanaticism. The Western world is threatened by secular fanaticism. Both seek to dominate society and to use state power to do so. Both seek to eliminate the Other — for Islamic fanatics, that means non-Muslim religions and secularism; for secular fanatics, it means Christianity [...]
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You’re right Mr. President, We Need More ‘Fairness’
by Michael Bargo Jr. - Thank you Mr. President, for bringing up the issue of fairness. I’m sure that’s important to many people. One curious thing, though, with regard to the application of “fairness” it seems that all the recommendations you have, are decided by the government. Who decides what is fair? Here’s some suggestions: [...]
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Obama to Catholics: ‘To Hell With You!’
by Kathleen Gilbert - Saying it’s “really hard to believe that it happened,” the bishop of Pittsburgh has taken aim at the Obama administration’s birth control mandate. “It comes like a slap in the face. The Obama administration has just told the Catholics of the United States, ‘To Hell with you!’” wrote Bishop David Zubik [...]
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Heck: Aborting Reason
by Peter Heck - The left’s logical case for abortion rights had officially collapsed. We can thank CNN’s Piers Morgan for administering last rites when he resorted to the tired, sensationalized, “Yeah, well, what if your daughter was raped?” argument with Rick Santorum in a televised interview (video). There’s a reason why anytime we seek [...]
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Metropolitan Jonah’s Prayer on March for Life 2012
Metropolitan Jonah - As reported earlier on oca.org, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah offered the opening prayer during the program that preceded the March for Life here on Monday, January 23, 2012. “Roman Catholic Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, who is in charge of pro-life activities, invited the Orthodox bishops to stand together with the Roman Bishops, as [...]
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Orthodox Christians Take High-Visibility Role in the March for Life
by The Editors - At a religious event often dominated by massive presence of Roman Catholics, members of the Eastern Orthodox Church played a more visible role in this year’s March for Life than ever before. For the first time, the opening prayer in front of the Supreme Court was offered by His Eminence Jonah [...]
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Fr. Preble: Religious Freedom Under Attack
by Fr. Peter Michael-Preble – America has a very long tradition of freedom. We cherish these freedoms like, the freedom of speech, freedom of religion and until recently, freedom of choice. I will admit right up front that I voted for President Obama because, like many, I believed we needed change. Well I now feel [...]
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Obama: Abortion Enables ‘Our Daughters’ To ‘Fulfill Their Dreams’
by Fred Lucas - President Barack Obama says the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade is the chance to recognize the “fundamental constitutional right” to abortion and to “continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.” The 1973 U.S. Supreme Court [...]
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Orthodox Hierarchs to Participate in 2012 March for Life
OCA - Orthodox Christians everywhere — especially those within driving distance of the US capital — are encouraged to bear witness to their faith at the annual March for Life Monday, January 23, 2012. As in years past, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, will speak at the pre-March program and offer prayers for the victims of [...]
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I Finally Understand Democrats
by Johnny Alamo - After years of puzzlement and curiosity observing modern day Democrats, I think I have finally figured them out. I’m constantly amazed that modern Democrats have evolved beyond living in caves. I mean what other animal on this planet can disregard all common sense and logic and survive? Scientists have recently discovered [...]
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Obama: Birth Control Mandate is Final; Catholic Bishops Vow to Fight
by Kathleen Gilbert - After being deluged with complaints from outraged religious groups, Obama’s health department has dug in its heels, saying its decision to force employers to provide abortifacient birth control drugs will continue as planned – although faith-based groups will be given a year reprieve. In response, U.S. Catholic bishops have not minced [...]
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ET and Politics, The Search for Meaning
by Chuck Colson - In his book, Lost in the Cosmos, Walker Percy asked “why is Carl Sagan so lonely?” Percy’s question was prompted by the popular scientist Carl Sagan’s insistence that ET must be out there somewhere, despite the lack of any evidence to back it up. Percy believed that this insistence said more [...]
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Is it My ‘Civic Duty’ to Pay for Other People’s Stuff?
by The Godfather - When John Harrison was a senior at Druid Hills High School in DeKalb County, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, he was miffed when he was rebuffed by parents at a private school when they refused to purchase a discount coupon for Domino’s Pizza. The money was to go to his public [...]
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Silliest Pro-Abortion Argument Ever: ‘We Can’t Legislate Morality’
by Kristen Walker - Tell me if this has ever happened to you. It’s lunchtime. You are eating at your desk at work and decide to look at Facebook. It’s as exciting as ever. Your aunt had a burrito for lunch. A girl you haven’t seen since college got a new tattoo. Someone is super [...]
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The Venture Capitalist vs. The Vulture Socialist
by George Neumayr - Put the worst possible construction on Mitt Romney’s career as a venture capitalist and it still looks much better than Barack Obama’s. Pecking at the entrails of a limping economy, Obama is the vulture socialist. A president who promised to bankrupt the coal industry is in no position to gainsay Romney’s [...]
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Leftism Makes You Meaner
by Dennis Prager - Only a fool believes that all those with whom he differs are bad people. Moreover, just about all of us live the reality — often within our own family — of knowing good and loving people with whom we strongly differ on political, religious, social and economic issues. That said, I [...]
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The End of Morality?
by John Feakes - The End of Morality? A Critique of the Materialistic Views Expressed in Discover Magazine (July-August, 2011) The two strongest arguments for Christian Theism, seemingly impervious to refutation by materialists, are the arguments from the validity of consciousness and thought, and the argument from morality. The former argument centers on the fact [...]
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Morality and the Economy, No Separating the Two
by Chuck Colson - The next election should be all about the economy, right? Wrong in spades! During the seemingly endless build-up to the Iowa caucuses, there was one consistent refrain repeated over and over. It’s like the big lie — the more you keep repeating it, the more people are going to believe it, [...]
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