Catholic News Roundup 02-24

Court Denies DOMA
A San Francisco Judge has ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional … a decision that follows the Obama administration refusing to enforce the federal law.
Associated Press

Right of Refusal
The right of Pharmacists to refuse to distribute abortifacient dugs is being protected in Washington state … as a court case that has been raging for five years over the issue is put to rest.
Lifesite News

Bishops Behind Bars
If Bishops don’t like the contraception mandate … they can go to jail … according to a Harvard Administrator in TIME magazine’s Ideas blog.
Newsbusters
Cybernet News Service
Catholic World Report

Gay Death Threats
A fourteen year old girl is being subjected to vicious cyberbullying, name calling, and even death threats by homosexual activists … because of comments she made before lawmakers in Maryland.
Lifesite News




Numbers Don’t Lie
Catholic schools are dominating public schools across the U.S. when it comes to literacy and arithmetic … and here are some recently released numbers that show … the score is not even close.
http://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2012/02/22/creators_oped