By Julian Pecquet 01/20/12

Most healthcare plans will be required to cover birth control without charging co-pays or deductibles starting Aug. 1, the Obama administration announced Friday.

The final regulation retains the approach federal health officials proposed last summer, despite the deluge of complaints from religious groups and congressional Republicans that has poured in since then.… Read the rest

By MAGGIE LEE – mlee@macon.com

As part of a long to-do list this year, Republicans in the state Senate say they will resubmit a bill that requires nearly anyone who witnesses child abuse to report it to authorities.

“With the recent allegations that have happened in Pennsylvania, I think now is a good time to bring that bill back forward,” said state Sen.… Read the rest

BY SARAH FAY CAMPBELL
THE NEWNAN TIMES-HERALD

(Editor’s Note: This is the second of three articles focusing on the upcoming session of the Georgia Legislature from the point of view of Coweta’s legislative delegation. Today we feature the view from State Rep.… Read the rest

By Gracie Bonds Staples
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

December 22, 2011

This Sunday may be the first in a long while that Annette Bridges hasn’t attended church.

But as it does occasionally, Christmas Day falls on a Sunday and Bridges’ church, First Baptist of Atlanta, will hold its weekly church services on Saturday — Christmas Eve — instead of Sunday, a practice that is becoming more common here and across the country.… Read the rest

12/12/2011

By MICHAEL HALL The Brunswick News

A new rule from the state agency that oversees early child care and education in Georgia is forcing some day care center employees in Brunswick to go back to school to keep their jobs.… Read the rest

By Shannon Bream
December 05, 2011 | FoxNews.com

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., an outspoken pro-life advocate, is preparing to do battle again on Capitol Hill.
On Tuesday, he’ll chair a House hearing in support of his latest legislative effort, the Prenatal NonDiscrimination Act (PreNDA).… Read the rest

By Mark Davis
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Ray Newman has been studying a state map since last week’s Sunday alcohol sales referendums. A pastor and lobbyist for the Georgia Baptist Convention, Newman can cite one town after another where voters overturned blue laws.… Read the rest

By Pat Buchanan (via Townhall.com)
11/1/2011

Appearing the other night on the Catholic network EWTN, I was asked by Raymond Arroyo what should be done about Muslim students at Catholic University demanding that the school provide them with prayer rooms, from which crucifixes and all other Catholic symbols that they found offensive had been removed.… Read the rest

By Todd Starnes
Published October 26, 2011| FoxNews.com

An Alabama school district has been accused of allowing prayers that invoke the name of Jesus during high school football games, according to a complaint filed by a national atheist organization.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation said the Lauderdale County school district has violated the First Amendment by allowing the prayers at Brooks High School.… Read the rest

From The Washington Flyer (AACS publication, Oct. 14, 2011)

On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 358, the Protect Life Act by a vote of 251–172. The goal of the measure is to close the loopholes in Obamacare that allow for the use of taxpayer dollars for abortion and to allow healthcare professionals to opt out of performing abortion-related services that violate their conscience.… Read the rest