Oklahoma Legislators Take Aim at Gay Marriage

Last updated on: January 29, 2015 at 9:12 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Oklahoma legislators have introduced 4 bills concerning gay marriage and civil rights for homosexuals and transsexuals. Representative Sally Kern has introduced 3 bills: HB 1599, which is designated the Preservation of Sovereignty and Marriage Act, is a broad piece of legislation that seeks to dictate future findings by the courts, activities by state employees and expenditures of state monies in regards to same-sex marriage. HB 1597 is another far-reaching bill. It does not address same-sex marriage, but instead says... Read more

When Did the Democrats Stop Being the Party of Working People?

Last updated on: January 28, 2015 at 9:45 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Does anybody remember President Obama’s State of the Union address? I promised I would talk about the politics of the thing, and I’ve been remiss in that promise. In truth, there was a lot of politics in it, too much to handle in a single post. I will limit my discussion today to one area that galls me more than most: The Democratic Party’s abandonment of working people for elitist claptrap such as gay marriage and abortion. There was a... Read more

Planned Parenthood High School Sex Ed Teachers Revealed to be Sex Toy ‘Instructor’ and ‘Pleasure Activist.’

Last updated on: January 28, 2015 at 8:43 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Is it sex education, or sex indoctrination? Parents whose children attend Acalanes Union High School in Layfatette California are outraged to discover that it’s the latter. The school’s sex education program is operated — as many of sex ed programs around the country are — by Planned Parenthood. That’s right. The nation’s number one abortion provider is in charge of educating our kids about sex in many of our public schools. They are paid to do this with huge amounts... Read more

Criminal Charges Against Governor Rick Perry Move Forward

Last updated on: January 28, 2015 at 4:34 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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Presidential candidate Rick Perry’s motion to dismiss charges against him was tossed out by a Texas judge. The charges stem from Governor Perry’s veto of state financing of a Texas District Attorney’s office. Governor Perry said at the time that he was signing the veto because District Atorney Rosemary Lemberg refused to resign from her office. Lemberg had been arrested on drunk driving charges. Oklahoma recently had a somewhat similar situation when a member of our governor’s cabinet was arrested... Read more

Will Obama’s Proposed Medicare Changes Lead to Health Care Rationing?

Last updated on: January 27, 2015 at 10:14 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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President Obama has an ambitious new plan to overhaul Medicare. Specifically, he wants to start paying doctors based on the health of their patients, rather than the number of patients they see and the treatments they give. One rather obvious problem with this plan is that it would pay doctors to avoid treating really sick people. Since Medicare provides care for the elderly, this is questionable, at best. Another question that comes to mind is the simple fact that this... Read more

Bromance Aside, Obama Speaks for Religious Freedom, Women, in India

Last updated on: January 27, 2015 at 9:08 am By Rebecca Hamilton

President Obama made some tough comments in a speech he gave during his visit to India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had previous pulled out all the stops by greeting President Obama with a hug when he first arrived, and then issuing gushy statements about the “chemistry” between himself and our president. President Obama has promised 4 billion in investment and aid to India. But along with that came a speech in which he stated that India needs religious freedom and that... Read more

Is Your Congressperson Lying to You about the 20 Week Abortion Ban?

Last updated on: February 3, 2015 at 3:45 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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Is your Congressperson trying to lie their way out of the decision to pull the vote on the bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks? Maybe. Public Catholic readers have contacted the offices of their various Congresspeople, and it sounds like they are getting a pack of lies and obfuscations in reply to their questions. These Congresspeople are relying on the fact that law-making is an arcane art to most people. They know that you don’t know how to wend... Read more

Why Nothing Gets Done in Washington

Last updated on: January 26, 2015 at 9:56 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Why does nothing get done in Washington? Because they’re all running for the next election. This was a while back. And this was a couple of days ago. Candidates and political parties alike never stop campaigning long enough to govern. Read more

Bromance Between President Obama and Indian Prime Minister: Why?

Last updated on: January 26, 2015 at 12:07 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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It appears that there’s a budding bromance between India’s Prime Minister and President Barack Obama. Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted our president at the airport with a big bear hug and then went on to describe the “chemistry” and “strong friendship” between himself and President Obama. Prime Minister Modi is leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is described as the Hindu nationalist party. His election raised fears that he would undermine religious freedom in India. He was banned from... Read more

Cowardly Congress Scraps Abortion Bill

Last updated on: January 26, 2015 at 10:07 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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The United States House of Representatives’ leadership has made the decision to scrap a bill that would have banned abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. They went for a bill banning the use of government monies to pay for abortions, instead. The reason? Evidently, a number of GOP congresswomen objected to the bill based on the fact that it did not allow sufficient exception for rape victims. I have a couple of points here. First, why not amend the bill... Read more

What did Daniel's three friends refuse to worship, resulting in their persecution?