Princeton Professor and longtime human rights advocate Robert P. George launched a petition last week calling on the United States and international community to act immediately and bring an end to the genocide against Christians, Yazidis, and other citizens in Iraq.
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Bishops, Legal Scholars Denounce Obama’s Phony Mandate Compromise
Even though two major Catholic groups, the Catholic Health Association and Catholic Charities USA have come out in support of President Obama’s HHS mandate “accommodation,” the U.S. Bishops and 38 of the nation’s top Catholic scholars have denounced the compromise as “morally obtuse” and completely unacceptable.
Senate Holds Hearing On Bill Aimed at Repealing DOMA
The Senate Judiciary Committee began consideration today of the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation introduced earlier this year that would repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Does Mandatory Sex Education Violate Parental Rights?
The prominent Princeton legal scholar, Robert George, contends that mandating sex education classes that promote a moral ideology to which parents are opposed usurps their constitutionally recognized authority.
Robert George: Same-Sex Marriage Ushering in Legal “Trainwreck”
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Princeton law professor Robert P. George says that the conflict between religious liberty and same-sex marriage is fast becoming the predicted legal “trainwreck” in states where the unions have been sanctioned.
White House Abruptly Sacks Bioethics Council
Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Members of the President’s U.S. Council on Bioethics were given one day’s notice that their services were no longer needed. The firing comes only months after the group issued a public letter to the President expressing their dismay over his decision to provide taxpayer funds for embryonic stem cell research.
Academics Vow to Hold Obama Accountable
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A group of conservative academics from around the country have joined forces with Princeton politics professor Robert George to launch a new website that will hold Obama as well as anti-abortion Obama supporters accountable by intelligently presenting the facts about the President’s anti-life policy decisions.