Why the Little Sisters of the Poor should win in the Supreme Court

Why the Little Sisters of the Poor should win in the Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a challenge by an order of Catholic nuns, the Little Sisters of the Poor, to a federal regulation implementing the Affordable Care Act's (a.k.a Obamacare's) contraception mandate.

Is the Little Sisters' case likely to succeed? I'm not sure, but the Little Sisters do seem to have the better of the argument. (Would that having the better argument were all that matters at the Supreme Court).

Hindu temple rising in Groton serves growing immigrant community
Massachusetts

Hindu temple rising in Groton serves growing immigrant community

Kara Bettis

GROTON – This largely rural town of 11,000 will soon host one of the nation's largest Hindu temples, serving thousands of New England residents who follow Shirdi Sai Baba, an Indian guru who died in 1918.

Located less than three miles west of Interstate 495 on the town line with Littleton, the 40,000-square foot temple is being built on a 28-acre site on Boston Road (Route 119) and will be modeled after a temple in the guru's hometown of Shirdi, India.

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