Appeals Court Rules City Cannot Force Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Make Abortion Referrals
Obama Admin Exempts 100 Million from HHS Contraception Mandate — but Not Little Sisters of the Poor
March 7, 2016, Breitbart
The same administration, however, insists that a group of Catholic nuns who care for the elderly poor provide its employees free contraception, abortion-inducing drugs, and sterilization procedures–all of which are against its faith–or be forced to pay $70 million in punitive fines.
Little Sisters of the Poor Say They’ll Have ‘Nun’ of Abortion, HHS Mandate
Veterans Administration Hospital Bans Holiday Cheer, ‘Merry Christmas’
December 17, 2015, Breitbart
The Becket Fund released a press release on Thursday awarding the hospital the Ebenezer Award, “awarded for the most ridiculous affront to the Christmas and Hanukkah,” because of the ban on holiday cheer.
‘Big Mountain Jesus’ War Memorial Under Assault from Atheist Group
What’s at Stake in the Little Sisters of the Poor Case Against Obamacare
Breitbart, December 4, 2014
For 175 years, the Little Sisters of the Poor have been inspired by their faith to take care of the elderly poor. But now the federal government wants them to choose between their faith and their ministry and is pushing hard in federal court to force them to decide. The stakes couldn’t be much higher for people who care about and enjoy religious liberty.
Read Becket Attorney, Daniel Blomberg’s full article here.
Little Sisters of the Poor join first class-action lawsuit against HHS mandate
Bill to Provide Sandy Relief to Houses of Worship Stalled in Senate
Breitbart, March 22, 2013
Daniel Blomberg, Legal Counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which provided Congress with a legal analysis of the proper role of the Establishment Clause in disaster funding, told Breitbart News that despite outreach to the Senate by the House’s co-sponsors for urgent action to stop FEMA’s discrimination against houses of worship, the Senate has not responded.