Our Sacred Honor

Today we celebrate a huge victory for religious freedom and the pro-life movement, in this nation. This morning, the United States Supreme Court stood up for Hobby Lobby's suit against ACA's HHS mandate that employers provide abortive contraceptives to their employees. In the majority opinion , Justice Alito describes why the Religious Freedom Restoration Act grants Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties the exemption from the mandate: In holding that the HHS mandate is unlawful, we reject HHS's argument that the owners of the companies forfeited all RFRA protection when they decided to organize their businesses as corporations rather than sole proprietorships or general partnerships. The plain terms of RFRA make it perfectly clear that Congress did not discriminate in this way against men and women who wish to run their businesses as for-profit corporations in the manner required by their religious beliefs.  While the Left is in an uproar over this "step ba...

Well, I've been waiting for something that frustrated me enough to evoke a blog post, and then, I was supplied with an appropriate topic, as the 2014 election year kicks into high gear. The GOP has sunk very, very low, in my mind, in recent days. If you've been following political news recently, you know what I'm referring to, if not, let me explain. A short time ago, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was beat out by Dave Brat , who ran as the favorite for the anti-establishment Tea Party movement, within the GOP. This sudden defeat for the GOP Leader stunned many political pundits who had expected much greater success for Cantor in years to come - never expecting that the Tea Party would be able to amass so much support again, after such a dismal record, in recent months. However, many more conservative commentators were far less surprised, claiming the GOP establishment has not been overly attentive to the frustrations of constituents, focusing instead on political ...