Hero of India's Untouchables Dies at 87
An untold number of families in the slums of Bangalore have left behind starvation and alcoholism, and owe their financial stability and full
stomachs to Sister Nancy Pereira. The sister of the Daughters of Maria Auxiliatrix died last Wednesday at 87, leaving a legacy of thousands of families who have found dignity within their poverty.
Mother Teresa To Be Honored by Benedictine College
Benedictine College in Atchison, KS plans to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta in a big way during the week of Aug. 25-Sept. 5. The Midwest Catholic College will name a new Nursing and Health Education building "The Mother Teresa Center" and
illuminate several buildings on its 120-acre campus with blue lighting in
her honor.
NEA Celebrates 'Drag Queen' Teachers
The National Education Association (NEA) showed its liberal leanings at its 2010 national convention at this year's meeting in New Orleans recognizing a
new caucus: the NEA Drag Queen Caucus.
People Have no Right to Vote on Gay 'Marriage'
In a 5-4 decision, the D.C. Court of Appeals held today that the residents of Washington D.C. do not have the right to vote on the issue of same-sex
"marriage," and that allowing a vote on the issue would amount to allowing
discrimination.
A Society That Cares, Not Kills
Erik Leipoldt became a quadriplegic in 1978 after a diving accident. He has just published a book on attitudes of people with quadriplegia towards
euthanasia. We should be a society that cares and not kills.
Obama Administration Gives $23 Million to Kenya for Pro-Abortion Constitution
With Kenya’s pivotal referendum on a new pro-abortion constitution just a few weeks away, three pro-life congressmen have brought forward more
evidence that the U.S. federal government has heavily invested in procuring the approval of the document - to the tune of $23 million*.
Federal Bill Aims to Limit Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Pro-life pregnancy centers, which focus on providing free resources and information to women in crisis pregnancies to allow them to keep their
babies, are facing a new attack from pro-abortion groups through Congress.
Kids and Online Pornography
The first lady has made fighting childhood obesity her top priority. While I’m all for healthier eating and exercise, I can’t help but think, however, that in our concern over our kids’ waistlines, we have overlooked a far bigger threat—the one to their souls.
Protestant Produces Documentary on How the Pill Works
A Protestant has produced a documentary called “28 Days on the Pill” to mark the 50th anniversary of the Pill showing how the Pill works. The documentary is being made available online for the first time featuring Dr. Albert Mohler, Randy Alcorn and Dr. Walt Larimore.
Michelle Duggar Receives Mother of the Year Award
Duggar, mother to 19 and star of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" received the "Mother of the Year Award" as part of a special ceremony at the Baby
Conference held July 8-10 in San Antonio.
Window To the Womb, 16 to 36 Week Video Clips
Thanks to the Knights of Columbus, Wyandotte Pregnancy Clinic just received their 3D/4D sonogram machine and is all ready changing pregnant women's
hearts who are in crisis. This is a video of what the 3D/4D ultrasound looks like from the stages of 16 to 36 weeks. Technology is amazing!
46 While he was still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak with him. 47 And someone said to him: “Behold, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, seeking you.” 48 But responding to the one speaking to him, he said, “Which one is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 And extending his hand to his disciples, he said: “Behold: my mother and my brothers. 50 For anyone who does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
White House Admits Obamacare’s Individual Mandate is a Tax
Via the Heritage Foundation’s Morning Bell
Throughout his presidential campaign, then-candidate Barack Obama promised the American people: “If you’re a family that’s making $250,000 a year or less, you will see no increase in your taxes.” After he became President, Barack Obama reiterated that pledge, promising the American people in his September 9th health care press conference: “The middle-class will realize greater security, not higher taxes.” But Obamacare does contain tax hikes. Tons of them. From taxes on tanning beds to taxes on employment and investments, Obamacare is a certified job-killing machine.
None of these taxes touches the lives of every American as closely as the individual mandate to purchase health insurance. For the first time in American history, Obamacare forces all Americans to purchase a product or face sanction from the Internal Revenue Service. This is clearly a tax, as pointed out by ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos during a September 20th interview with the President himself. In an exchange that can only be described as “Clintonesque” Stephanopoulos pressed President Obama to admit his individual mandate was a tax. But President Obama refused to acknowledge reality and denied it. Stephanopoulos was forced to read the definition of “tax” straight from Merriam Webster’s Dictionary. But even then Obama refused to come clean: “George, the fact that you looked up Merriam’s Dictionary, the definition of tax increase, indicates to me that you’re stretching a little bit right now. … Nobody considers that a tax increase.” Well nobody but President Barack Obama’s Justice Department.
The New York Times confirmed Friday that in preparation for defending constitutionality of the Obamacare individual mandate in court, an Obama Justice Department legal brief argues that the penalty used to enforce the mandate is “a valid exercise” of Congress’s power to impose taxes. Mr. Obama’s own Justice Department further repudiates the President’s earlier statement by noting that the penalty is imposed and collected under the Internal Revenue Code, people must report it on their tax returns, and that the Congressional Budget Office estimates that it will cost Americans $4 billion a year. Yale Law School professor Jack Balkin told a meeting of progressive activists last month that President Obama “has not been honest with the American people about the nature of this bill. This bill is a tax.”
The fact that the Obama administration and their allies are now admitting the individual mandate is a tax betrays their very real fear that the Supreme Court could find Obamacare’s individual mandate unconstitutional. In the bill itself, Congress identified the Commerce Clause as the source of their authority to force all Americans to buy health insurance. But as our legal team has made eminently clear, the mandate does not purport to regulate or prohibit commerce of any kind. To the contrary, it purports to “regulate”—and penalize—inactivity. If the Supreme Court allows the Obamacare individual mandate to stand, then Congress could do anything it wanted. They could: require us to buy a new Chevy Impala each year to support the government-supported auto industry; require us to buy war bonds to pay for the Iraq and Afghan wars; or force us to eat our vegetables.
But even if the Obama administration is now admitting the individual mandate is a tax, that still does not make the law constitutional. Rather than operating as a tax on income, the mandate is a tax on the person and is, therefore, a capitation tax. Therefore the 16th Amendment’s grant of power to Congress to assess an income tax does not apply. The Constitution does allow Congress to assess a capitation tax, but that requires the tax be assessed evenly based op population. That is not how the Obamacare mandate works. It exempts and carves out far too many exceptions to past muster as a capitation tax. The Obamacare mandate is still unprecedented and unconstitutional.
But perhaps more importantly, what does the episode say about the integrity of the White House? The President went on national television and insisted in unequivocal terms that his individual mandate was not a tax. Now his administration is saying the exact opposite. At what point do the American people lose all faith in this President’s word?
