by Vinoth Ramachandra | Sep 16, 2019 | Opinion
My admiration for Bernie Sanders was badly dented recently by his faux pas: calling for population control by the world’s poor as a way of curbing climate change. No doubt the poor need better health education and access to reliable contraceptives, but not because in...
by Michael Cheuk | Jul 11, 2013 | General
A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va., on June 30, 2013. Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Freedom. Freedom is a word that is almost synonymous with America. We Americans love freedom, especially during this time of the year so close...
by Lauren Markoe | Feb 17, 2012 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Exhibit A in the fight over President Obama’s mandate for religious institutions to provide insurance coverage for contraception: a ham sandwich. At a hearing Thursday (Feb. 16) convened by House Republicans to cast opposition to the mandate as...
by Lauren Markoe | Feb 15, 2012 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Americans are split on a federal mandate requiring nearly all employers — even institutions with strong religious affiliations — to provide insurance covering contraception. That’s according to a new poll that found that 62 percent...
by David Gibson | Feb 9, 2012 | News
(RNS) The White House has surprised observers and disappointed some liberal allies by signaling that it is willing to compromise and provide a broader religious exemption in its controversial regulations requiring all employers to provide free contraception coverage....