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Parts of the Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare,” could easily end up on the chopping block this week. With it would go the “individual mandate”, or a requirement to either be covered or pay a tax, while expanding Medicare for a portion of the population meeting a certain level of income. While...
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Spokane is full of activists. Some are in the faith community, some aren’t. But either way people are working hard to make changes in the community. Sam Fletcher writes for SpokaneFAVS about the many flavors and varieties of civic activism and how it intersects with religion.
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The Obama administration is offering to expand the number of faith-based groups that can be exempt from the controversial contraception mandate, and proposing that third-party companies administer coverage for self-insured faith-based groups at no cost.
At its heart, the newest offering from the...
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Dozens of Catholic universities, dioceses and other institutions filed lawsuits in courts around the country on Monday (May 21) in a coordinated effort, spearheaded by the U.S. hierarchy and Catholic conservatives, to overturn the Obama administration’s contraception mandate plan.
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After the Supreme Court’s decision last week to uphold the Affordable Care Act, I am not convinced that the state of health care will actually improve as promised. I am not talking about insuring the previously uninsurable, or keeping a child on their parent’s plan until 26.
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I don’t think it’s ever ok for a preacher to speak about politics. Much of our world’s trouble has...
I feel like people are often far more concerned about the wedding day than everything (the marriage!...
A fine answer, Rev! Babies can be a sex-killer for a lot of reasons: pain being chief among them....
Provoking questions! As a single guy I don’t have a clue, but I sense you have a deeper understandin...
I never have a hard time steering away from people and focusing on policies, principles and programs...
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