Senator Marco Rubio Introduces Bill Protecting Religious Organizations from ObamaCare

Senator Marco Robio (R-FL)

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a bill called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 that will expand the nearly nonexistent exemption for religious employers in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare. As it now stands, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is forcing religious employers to pay for contraceptives, sterilization services, and abortion-inducing drugs for their employees.

In a failed attempt to respond to complaints, the DHHS has given religious organizations one year to adapt to the

Trial Court Denies Effort to Protect Turner Field Vendors

Court’s Decision Leaves Vendors’ Businesses in Jeopardy

 

IJ client Larry Miller is a well-known vendor outside Turner Field. Credit: IJ

Arlington, Va.— Last Friday afternoon, a Fulton County, Georgia Superior Court judge decided not to grant an injunction that would have protected the businesses of Larry Miller and Stanley Hambrick, two long-time businessmen who have each vended outside Turner Field for more than a decade.

With the assistance of the Institute for Justice (IJ), Miller and Hambrick are challenging the city of Atlanta’s decision to hand over all public-property vending to General Growth Properties—the first program of its kind in the country.  Because this monopoly threatens the very survival of Miller and Hambrick’s businesses, they asked that the court keep the city from revoking their vending permits or physically removing them from their vending

American College of Pediatricians President Sends Letter of Caution to Shawano, WI School Superintendent

Shawano, WI – The president of the American College of Pediatricians sent a letter to the Shawano School District Superintendent, cautioning him to not react adversely to 15-year-old student Brandon Wegner based on political pressure.

Superintendent Todd Carlson called Brandon ignorant for his views on homosexual

NRTW Foundation Attorneys Move to Disqualify Controversial Recess Appointees from Six Cases

Attorneys Argue Labor Board does not have legitimate quorum to hear pending cases

Washington, DC –  National Right to Work Foundation attorneys filed motions on Monday with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to disqualify President Barack Obama’s recent purported recess appointees to the agency from participating in the Foundation’s six cases pending before the Board.

Foundation attorneys argue that the appointments are

Certain Signs of Societal Decline

Deneen Borelli, Fellow, Project 21

By Deneen Borelli, Fellow, Project 21 black leadership network

There were reports of babies out in the cold for hours in Houston.  In Indianapolis, two dozen police officers used pepper spray to control an unruly crowd that pried shopping center doors off their hinges.

These were just a few of the scenes caught on video across America as people tried to get their hands on a pair of sneakers.

These instances point to a moral breakdown of our

Are Conservatives Ignorant?

By Alan Sexton, Green Mountain Scribes

“Bright Minds and Dark Attitudes: Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice Through Right-Wing Ideology and Low Intergroup Contact”, a product of Doctor Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario is causing quite a stir lately. But, should it? Yes:

Many from the sociopolitical left are now employing Hodson’s curious opinions as if these are some perfect

“Aging Hippy Blues”

From my friend Jim Zee, vermontverse :

AGING HIPPY BLUES
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You see them in the classroom
And on the city streets
From Burlington to Rutland
Down to Boston and points east

They’re the liberal aging hippies continue reading…

Conservative Denial, Apathy, and Crocodile Food

By Alan Sexton, Green Mountain Scribes

When temporarily allowed, denial can serve as a protective and helpful coping mechanism and, when allowed to persist, denial can also become a dangerous crutch, inviting all manner of grave consequences — such as those now endangering our already much assailed constitutionally protected Natural Rights and liberties.

Staff of the prestigious Mayo Clinic find that denial “is a

Court Upholds Arizona’s Ground-Breaking Education Savings Accounts for Children with Special Needs

Original Arizona capitol building. Image credit: WARS

Arlington, Va.— A Maricopa County (AZ) Superior Court Judge upheld Arizona’s Empowerment Account Program as constitutional under the Arizona State Constitution.

The program, which is first of its kind in the nation, allows qualified parents of children with special needs to apply for an Arizona Empowerment Account and use the funds deposited by the state into those accounts

Gingrich, Santorum to Participate in Web Simulcast Forum Today

By Alan Sexton/Green Mountain Scribes

Orlando, FL (January 28, 2012) – Liberty Counsel and Personhood USA are co-sponsoring a presidential candidate’s forum this afternoon in the Aloma Church in Winter Park, Florida.

The “Florida Awake! Presidential Candidate Forum” will be simulcast on Liberty Counsel’s website beginning at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (click on event image at bottom of article to watch forum).