February Archive

The bogus birth control controversy

Sheila Liaugminas | 28 February 2012

President Obama’s mandate requiring free access to contraception with virtually no employer exemption is at core a consitutional threat to religious liberty, not a heated debate about contraception and Church teaching. However, it quickly turned into that.

Obama mandate’s resistance coalition

Sheila Liaugminas | 26 February 2012

The president may have been surprised by the unusual and overwhelming unity among Catholic Americans after he issued an unprecedented threat to religious liberty most directly aimed at Catholic institutions. But he probably didn’t expect a whole movement across America to rise in solidarity with the common cause of resisting his unchecked tyranny.

HHS mandate ‘for the women’

Sheila Liaugminas | 22 February 2012

Some audacious claims have been made in Washington lately on behalf of women. They clearly speak for Planned Parenthood and women in league with their cause. Where are all the women for whom they do not speak?

SOPA, PIPA and offshoots

Sheila Liaugminas | 21 February 2012

Was the online boycott of cybersecurity legislation an act of democracy or hyperbolic overreaction?

Obama and the Catholic divide

Sheila Liaugminas | 17 February 2012

He won the presidency by capturing slightly over half of the Catholic vote. He probably can’t count on that in the next election.

Why mandate birth control?

Sheila Liaugminas | 15 February 2012

The national firestorm over the HHS contraceptive mandate and conscience rights, President Obama’s ‘war on the church’ and constitutionally protected religious liberty is a confrontation necessitated by unprecedented government action. But all that fire is distracting us from the spark of ignition: Why did the federal government mandate health insurers to cover contraception, sterilization and the morning after pill in the first place?

Obama response to church unacceptable

Sheila Liaugminas | 12 February 2012

Misinformation abounds in the media about President Obama’s alleged ”accommodation” for religious liberty in his administration’s hardline HHS mandate.

Administration digs in on HHS mandate

Sheila Liaugminas | 12 February 2012

Back in 2008 when Barack Obama was running for president, his media and message-savvy team smugly dubbed him ‘no drama Obama,’ so controlled was his image. They’re going to have to come up with something new for 2012.

The impact of Obama silencing military chaplains

Sheila Liaugminas | 08 February 2012

Enough was already enough with this administration trampling conscience rights and religious liberties protected in the Constitution. Than he clamped down on speech rights of Army chaplains, for crying out loud.

Big abortion’s ‘gangster tactics’

Sheila Liaugminas | 06 February 2012

Some big media writers are using strong language to criticize the strongarm tactics Planned Parenthood used on the Komen foundation last week.

What did we learn from the Komen-PP fiasco?

Sheila Liaugminas | 06 February 2012

It has been deeply revealing and we have learned much.

About Komen’s reversal…

Sheila Liaugminas | 05 February 2012

First, the backoff happened with head-spinning swiftness. Second, it’s still unclear what the statement by the breast cancer awareness foundation really meant.

Komen defunds Planned Parenthood

Sheila Liaugminas | 01 February 2012

It seemed to take a long time to get public admission that the breast cancer awareness giant was even giving funds to the abortion giant. Once they did, they tried to focus on the good they intended it to do, and discounted the potential harm. Now, there’s no denial.

Obama tests faith boundaries

Sheila Liaugminas | 01 February 2012

He won election with a slim majority of Catholic voters because enough progressives believed his policies aligned with social justice mandates of the Gospel. He just lost them with a mandate of his own.