1.  The Obama Administration has provided only weak lip service for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which is being challenged in court by two California homosexuals.

The Associated Press reported that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) maintains that the 1996 law, which gives states the right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, is constitutional but stipulates that it is discriminatory and unfair.

In its official court filing, DOJ stated that it supports repeal of the law and added, "The United States does not believe that DOMA is rationally related to any legitimate government interests in procreation and child-rearing."

Despite doing the very minimum required to defend the statute, the Obama Administration has angered homosexual activists, who seem unaware of the President's constitutional responsibilities.

Tracy Schmaler, a DOJ spokeswoman, explained they are obligated "to defend federal statutes when they are challenged in court.  The Justice Department cannot pick and choose which federal laws it will defend based on any one administration's policy preferences."

2.  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is trying to force Belmont Abbey College (BAC), a small Catholic institution, to violate Church teachings by providing  coverage for contraception services for employees in its health insurance.

LifeSiteNews.com reported that the regional office of the EEOC had dismissed the complaint against the North Carolina college, but it was reinstated when the matter was reviewed at the federal agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Dr. William Thierfelder, President of BAC, said the college would close before violating its religious beliefs.

"Belmont Abbey College rejects the notion that by following the moral teachings of the Catholic Church we are discriminating against anyone.  We are simply and honestly exercising the freedom of religion that is protected by the Constitution," he said.

In a separate LifeSiteNews.com article, Thierfelder emphasized, ""All of us need to have moral courage in today's world.  We are so resolute in our commitment to the teachings of the Catholic Church that there is no possible way we would ever deviate from it, and if it came down to it . we would close the school rather than give in.  So it is absolute, unequivocal, impossible for us to go against the teachings of the Catholic Church in any way. There is no form of compromise that is possible."

Patrick Riley, President of the Cardinal Newman Society in Manassas, Virginia, said he was concerned that the Obama Administration would try to force all Catholic colleges to cover contraception and abortion.

He sent a letter to Stuart Ishimaru, Acting Chairman of the EEOC, noting, "It is ironic that a federal agency responsible for protecting against discrimination has so blatantly engaged in an inexcusable violation of religious liberty in its Belmont Abbey ruling."

Riley said, "The apparently increasing insensitivity to religious beliefs should frighten all employers and employees.  We urge religious leaders to stand in defense of Belmont Abbey College."