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Lawmakers pen letter insisting on conscience protections

Mar 5, 2013 - 12:06 am .- More than a dozen federal legislators have written to Congressional leaders calling for stronger conscience protections to be included in the upcoming government funding bills.

Legislators behind religious freedom law support Hobby Lobby

Feb 22, 2013 - 07:03 am .- Nearly a dozen U.S. lawmakers who supported a 1993 law protecting religious liberty have formally defended Hobby Lobby in its recent religious freedom lawsuit.

Lawyer says ACLU wrongly limits religious liberty

Feb 15, 2013 - 11:03 am .- A lawyer involved in prominent religious liberty cases says the American Civil Liberties Union's opposition to religious exemptions will ultimately discriminate against believers.

Archbishop calls for return to America's 'founding ideals'

Feb 13, 2013 - 11:02 am .- Catholics today must help the U.S. return to its founding principles amid dangers to religious liberty, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore told a gathering of business leaders.

Bishops call new mandate proposal insufficient

Feb 7, 2013 - 08:29 pm .- The U.S. bishops said that the Obama administration’s suggested revisions to the federal contraception mandate fail to address the major religious liberty concerns they voiced last year.

Legal expert laments media confusion over mandate

Feb 6, 2013 - 11:02 am .- The Obama administration’s latest proposals to revise the federal contraception mandate have been significantly misunderstood and misrepresented, said a legal scholar.

HHS mandate changes protect only 'a few more ministries'

Feb 5, 2013 - 11:06 am .- Legal analysts warned that the government’s new proposals on the HHS mandate do little to expand religious freedom protections for employers that object to it.  

Mandate changes insufficient, say religious liberty groups

Feb 2, 2013 - 11:27 pm .-  Religious freedom advocates throughout the country are voicing disappointment at suggested changes to the federal contraception mandate aimed at resolving freedom of conscience concerns.

EWTN says new mandate proposal likely brings no relief

Feb 1, 2013 - 08:06 pm .- Eternal Word Television Network said today that the new suggested rule on the federal contraception mandate is likely inadequate to protect its religious liberty.  

HHS offers minor revisions, clarifications on mandate

Feb 1, 2013 - 06:59 pm .- Proposed changes to the federal contraception mandate would slightly expand an existing exemption, while defining the terms of an “accommodation” for many non-profit religious groups.

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