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Contrived Catholic Contraception Controversy Boils Down to Workers' Rights

Roger Bybee, In These Times. February 12, 2012.

Republicans would have had no opportunity to raise this issue if America had a single-payer healthcare system instead of the current employer-based structure.

Why Is It So Tempting to Make Fun of Mormons?

Max Mueller, Religion Dispatches. December 21, 2011.

Sacred underwear, baptizing Holocaust victims, gods of their own planets: the mainstream media can't get enough of mocking LDS.

Right-Wing Religious United Front Against Women, Gays and Freedom From Religion

Kathryn Joyce, Religion Dispatches. September 27, 2010.

Religious right-wing groups are uniting to fight the culture wars.

Catholic Hospitals Back Health Care

Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check. January 4, 2010.

Let's hope this helps provide political cover for anti-choice Democrats to support the bill.

What Happened When an Anti-Choice Catholic Woman Needed an Abortion at Dr. Tiller's Clinic

Amanda Mueller, TruthOut.org. December 6, 2009.

The Andersons were devastated to learn their unborn child wouldn't live. Dr. Tiller showed them the compassion they so badly wished they had from their friends.

Is the Catholic Leadership Trying to Silence Nuns?

Maureen Fiedler, Ms. Magazine. October 27, 2009.

The Vatican's secretive investigations of American nuns is seen by many as attempts to intimidate outspoken, liberal nuns into submission.

The Vatican's Perverted Sense of Justice: Pedophiles Stay in the Church, While Priests Who Ordain Women Are Excommunicated

Bill Frogameni, Ms. Magazine. April 9, 2009.

A priest who dared to ordain a woman was told he had 30 days to renounce his actions or face excommunication.

Radical Kansas Cleric: 4 in 10 Catholics Unfit to Present Themselves for Communion

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 2, 2009.

At least that's the logical conclusion to his argument against Kathleen Sebelius.

Most American Catholics Far More Liberal Than Church Leadership

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. April 1, 2009.

A new poll reveals that American Catholics more or less agree with non-Catholics on controversial social issues.

The Pope: Condoms Make AIDS Worse

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.

Yet another shining testament to the relevance of organized religion in modern life.

Catholic Bishops' Latest Fearmongering, Anti-abortion Strategy

Jon O'Brien, AlterNet. February 9, 2009.

The bishops are well aware that they are losing ground when it comes to imposing their anti-abortion views on Catholics and society at large.

How San Francisco's Archbishop Worked Hard to Pass Prop. 8

Teddy Partridge, Firedoglake. November 10, 2008.

The role of the Archbishop of San Francisco in the Prop 8 battle became clearer today.

Comedian Kathy Griffin Is Censored for Joking About Jesus

Melissa McEwan, December 31, 2001.

Melissa McEwan: Now The Catholic League and Bill Donohue are going after Griffin. Why does the mainstream press give them credibility?