August 2012 TOV: One Nation Under God

We are "One Nation - Under God", but much has changed over the past 200 years.

• How do we participate in politics as a Catholic? As a Christian?
• How do we practice our faith unhindered by government intervention?
• Is the heat from increasing government regulations beginning to boil our religious freedom away?

Articles

Defining Religious Liberty Down - by Ross Douthat.
"If you want to fine Catholic hospitals for following Catholic teaching, or prevent Jewish parents from circumcising their sons, or ban Chick-fil-A in Boston, then don’t tell religious people that you respect our freedoms. Say what you really think: that the exercise of our religion threatens all that’s good and decent, and that you’re going to use the levers of power to bend us to your will.

There, didn’t that feel better? Now we can get on with the fight."

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Frequently Asked Question on Religious Liberty.
What do we mean by religious liberty?
What is the First Amendment?
What did our early American leaders say about religious freedom?
Who have been heroes of religious liberty in the church?
Click here for answers to these questions and more - FAQ's on Religious Liberty.

We are Catholics!
We seek to practice our faith unhindered by government intervention. We don't impose our religion, we propose our worldview!
Click here to read more and watch a short video.

The End of America?
A frog in a pan of lukewarm water will not notice the heat being increased slowly before it is boiled to death. The heat from increasing government regulations is beginning to boil our religious freedom away.
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The Bully Bishops?
"…If we duct tape the role of religions and the churches (in society) that’s going to lead to a huge deficit, a huge void. They want to fill it up with a new religion called secularism which would be as doctrinaire and as infallible as they believe the church is
Click here to watch this video of Timothy Cardianl Dolan.