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Faith & Values in the News

Religious Liberty in Crosshairs of Obama’s 2nd Term

A valid point is made. The administration is arguing that you can be a Christian or a business owner, but you cannot be a Christian business owner. Such a narrow and part-time view of the faith is a violation of the true definition of faith and freedom.

Romney Got ZERO Votes in 59 Philadelphia Voting Divisions! Zero!

Talk about being unpopular… this strains the imagination.

First openly bisexual woman elected to Congress

Isn’t it interesting these days that people label and identify themselves by their sexual orientation (or disorientation)? Well, this is not totally true, we don’t see news headings reading, “Darn, another heterosexual elected!” Mark my words, bisexuals will set the groundwork for more than so-called legal same-sex marriages, but rather for a new version of polygamy with married threesomes.

U.S. to overtake Saudi as top oil producer: IEA

Is it me or is the timing of this article somewhat suspect?

Anarchy in the USA? Folks in 15 states file petitions to secede

This is not a laughable matter. The division in our nation is an issue that must be seriously addressed. Millions of Americans feel disconnected from the national leadership. It is tragic that even one person should feel that it has come to this. What is needed now is not arrogance, but genuine dialogue. We need a rational discussion, not an emotional one that is manipulated by the media and special interests. Half the nation is sticking with the President and half still feels we are going in the wrong direction. It seems there is tolerance for everything except traditional values and faith. I am also troubled by the dismissal of the Constitution by certain leaders and ignorance of its importance by the constituency.

LA County voters mandate condom use on porn sets

They are going to appoint government “porn” inspectors to make sure that performers wear condoms. There will be a permit fee that will pay their salaries. I don’t even want to think about the weirdos who will be lining up for that job. Pleeease, just go back to banning the business altogether!

HHS mandate threatens Little Sisters of the Poor elder care

Government shut-down of the Little Sisters of the Poor?

Faith & Values in the News

Vatican open to a Lutheran Ordinariate

A fairly quiet but interesting development…

Letter on Marriage from the Bishop of Newark

Powerful letter!

Bishop orders priests to read anti-Obama letter at Sunday sermons

Wow!  In a lot of places, priests would face censure from their bishops for saying what this bishop is demanding his priests in holy obedience to say from the pulpit.

Florida early vote totals revised, raising questions

I have serious reservations about early voting and reporting the results before the actual election day.  It seems to me that extended time increases the possibility of fraud and abuse.  If a computer glitch can result in a thousand less or more votes in Florida, get rid of the darn computers.  A North Carolina voter reported that every time she tried to select Romney on the electronic voter machine, it came up Obama.  She complained and initially supervisors told her nothing was wrong.  How many were robbed of their vote?  But my suspicion is that there is more hanky-panky in Florida, either because of partianship or simple incompetence.  The word is out that President Obama already has a string of lawyers prepared to challenge vote tallies in swing states should matters not go his way.  As with the Bush election, we are seeing the intrusion of the courts into the election process.

More Electronic Voting Machines Changing Romney Votes to Obama

Is the FIX on?

Poster Campaign

The PC police are now targeting Halloween costumes.  Television stations hesitate to show movies like Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby or The Jolson Story because of the blackface routines.  Of course, the same people do not seem to see anything wrong with costumes or crude films with “sexy” nuns and vulgar depictions of priests.  You can dress up as a cowboy, but all hell breaks loose if you have kids made up as indians, gulp, I mean native Americans.  Don’t dare depict Mohammad if you want to keep your head but feel free to blaspheme Christ and to degrade the Virgin Mary.  Hypocrites!