Contraception coverage collides with Catholic Church
Thousands of Catholic Church employees in Wisconsin are now eligible for birth control coverage through their health insurance plans, under the budget bill passed by the Legislature last year.But because the church considers artificial contraception “gravely immoral,” at least some of those workers - including non-Catholics - could face sanctions, even termination, if they use it, one church official said Wednesday.
American Bar Association Adopts Resolution Affirming Same-Sex ‘Marriage’
The American Bar Association adopted a resolution supporting the legalization of same-sex “marriage” across the United States at the conclusion of its annual national convention in San Francisco on Tuesday. According to the Associated Press, only one member voiced dissent against the resolution, which “urges state, territorial, and tribal governments to eliminate all of their legal barriers to civil marriage between two persons of the same sex who are otherwise eligible to marry.”
Memorial cross exposes Poland’s religious divide
A cross honouring the victims of the plane crash that killed the late Polish president Lech Kaczynski has provoked thousands of protesters to take to the streets to demand its removal. Polish scouts erected the 30-foot wooden cross in front of Warsaw’s presidential palace nearly four months ago to commemorate the 96 passengers, including the president, who died when their plane crashed in thick fog in western Russia on 10 April. Official attempts to move the cross to a church have led to violent clashes between police and Catholic pro-cross demonstrators and mass counter-protests by youthful secularists who insist the emblem must go.
Pro-Life Group Urges Boycott of Urban Outfitters Condom Sale s
American Life League’s Stop Planned Parenthood project (STOPP) is mobilizing parents to counter Urban Outfitters Inc., the youth-oriented retailer selling Planned Parenthood’s “Proper Attire” condoms on its web site.
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