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Ohio Township Takes the "Easter" out of Easter

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Citizens in Munson Township, Ohio are fighting another case of political correctness run amok after township trustees decided to abolish all references to Easter for this year's Easter Egg Roll and are now calling it "The Spring Egg Hunt."

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California's "Pro-Gay Indoctrination" Bill Advances in Same Week that Priest is Accused of "Anti-Gay Indoctrination"

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist In the same week that the California Senate Education Committee advanced a law that will require the state's public schools to rewrite their social science curriculum to promote homosexuality, the chaplain at a private Catholic high school in Indianapolis is being accused of spreading "anti-gay propaganda" for explaining Church teaching on homosexuality in class.

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Pro-Life Victory in the Philippines!

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Months of prayer vigils, education initiatives and organized rallies by pro-life forces in the Philippines paid off when a controversial "reproductive health" (RH) bill failed to pass by the end of the legislative session in the House of Representatives.

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Does Facebook Contribute to Depression in Teens?

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Researchers at the American Academy of Pediatrics have issued a new set of guidelines in which they refer to "Facebook depression" which may affect troubled teens who become too obsessive about the site.

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Beware of Polls Claiming Catholics Support Same-Sex Marriage!

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist  In spite of widespread headlines claiming that a majority of Catholics (53%) support same-sex marriage, the polls, which were funded by a homosexual activist group, contained a variety of problems from too small of a sampling size to outright misrepresentation of the results.

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Japanese Bishop: People are "Exhausted and Disoriented"

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hirago, of the hard hit diocese of Sendai, Japan, said the tragic 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck the area last Friday has had "a strong emotional impact on society," and has left one priest dead of a heart attack.

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Intense Religious Opposition Thwarts Maryland Same-Sex Marriage Bill

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Even though it was widely expected to pass, Maryland's same-sex marriage bill will be shelved for another year after a last minute effort from black churches and the Maryland Catholic Conference influenced a majority of House members to turn against the bill.

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Union Workers in Wisconsin Threaten to Shoot, Bomb Homes of Republican Lawmakers

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist

Less than two months after the horrifying shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona  prompted nationwide calls for civility in public discourse, mobs of angry union workers in Wisconsin have thrown all sense of decency to the wind and are turning to violence in revenge for the passage of a bill that will restrict their collective bargaining rights.

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