Politics & Policy

Twenty-four-year old Michael Wear is married and grew up in Buffalo, New York. The young evangelical worships at the National Community Church in Washington, D.C.

President appoints 24-year-old man for 'faith outreach'

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2012

As if in response to Christian leaders who say the current White House is slow to address "faith issues," President Obama has selected a 23 - soon to 24-year-old man as their "faith outreach manager." The new religious outreach director, Michael Wear graduated from George Washington ...

Sorry Obama, but our eyes are open

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2012

Like the old joke about puppies that go from being Democrats to Republicans, the left is beginning to realize what the rest of the country has known for some time - that Obama is in serious jeopardy. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The joke goes: A democrat was jogging in a park when she ...

While the heterosexual, married father of two doesn't fit the standard notion of a gay man, many see the cover as an attempt by Newsweek to best rival news magazine Time for shocking covers.

Newsweek proclaims Obama as the 'First Gay President'

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2012

The cover depicts U.S. President Barack Obama with a stern expression on his face while enveloped in a rainbow-hued halo, the symbol of gay pride. Newsweek magazine declares Obama as "The First Gay President." While the heterosexual, married father of two doesn't fit the standard notion of a gay ...

Obama and his then pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

Jeremiah Wright - Obama offered 150k to keep quiet

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2012

In a bombshell revelation, Rev. Jeremiah Wright said Barack Obama asked him not to preach until after the 2008 election. According to a report the in New York Post and a follow up on The Blaze, Obama's staff offered money to the preacher if he would stop speaking until November. CHICAGO, IL ...

Severe cuts to California schools and public safety face the state if voters fail to approve tax increases in November, California Governor Jerry Brown says. The state's budget deficit has swelled to a projected $16 billion, much larger than what was previously predicted.

California is bankrupt with $16 billion debt

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2012

Severe cuts to California schools and public safety face the state if voters fail to approve tax increases in November, California Governor Jerry Brown says. The state's budget deficit has swelled to a projected $16 billion, much larger than what was previously predicted. LOS ANGELES, CA ...

Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is urging Republican candidate Mitt Romney to 'step up' and 'weaponize' the issue of same-sex marriage. 'This is a very potent weapon, if you will, for Governor Romney if he's willing to step up and take advantage of a president who is very much out of touch with the values of America.'

Santorum urges Romney to weaponize same sex marriage issue

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2012

Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is urging Republican candidate Mitt Romney to "step up" and "weaponize" the issue of same-sex marriage. "This is a very potent weapon, if you will, for Governor Romney if he's willing to step up and take advantage of a president who is very ...

The President Who Opposes the Right to Life Admits to ABC News He Opposes Marriage

By Keith A. Fournier • Catholic Online • 5/11/2012

The main stream media is abuzz over the acknowledgement by President Barack Obama in an interview with ABC News that he no longer supports marriage as between one man and one woman. Homosexual Equivalency activists want us to hail the Presidents "evolution" as some sort of enlightened act when it ...

Sonja Corbitt Offers a Non-Religious, Social Defense of Marriage

By Sonja Corbitt • Catholic Online • 5/10/2012

After Tuesday's NC vote to ban gay marriage and civil unions, many are asking "why"? Questions of concerning marriage as a relevant institution, a legal advantage, and an individual right and have become so widespread, systemic, and divisive in our society that it is important to publicly revisit, ...

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled that the defendant fell under the Gun Control Act of 1968, which forbids gun possession by nine classes of individuals, including illegal aliens.

Circuit Court rules that illegal immigrants have no right to bear arms in U.S.

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/9/2012

A federal appeals court has ruled that illegal immigrants don't have a right to own firearms under the U.S. Constitution. Emmanuel Huitron-Guizar of Wyoming pleaded guilty to being an illegal immigrant in possession of firearms after his arrest last year and was ordered held by immigration ...

State Senator Richard Lugar found himself in the same boat with other Republicans such as GOP senators Lisa Murkowski in Alaska, Bob Bennett in Utah, and Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania in 2010. He encountered opposition from conservatives who decided he was not conservative enough on federal spending and other issues.

Six-term Senator Richard Lugar defeated in Indiana primary; releases VERY bitter statement

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/9/2012

Eighty-year-old Republican Sen. Richard Lugar, who was first elected to the Senate in 1976, has been defeated in the Indiana primary by state Treasurer Richard Mourdock. Conservatives ranging from the National Rifle Association to local Tea Party activists threw their support behind Mourdock. While ...