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- Vanderbilt/Vanderbilt Catholic In the News
  
  http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2012/May/awmakers-Back-Christian-Students-at-Vanderbilt
  
  http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/university-forces-vanderbilt-catholic-group-to-change-its-name/
  
  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/29/catholic-club-puts-faith-above-vanderbilt-policy/?page=all
  
  http://www.insidevandy.com/opinion/article_49a4bbfa-84cb-11e1-9a7e-001a4bcf6878.html
  
  http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/vanderbilt-tells-catholic-students-to-change-name.html
  
  http://www.insidevandy.com/opinion/article_9c389d74-7c5f-11e1-a7df-001a4bcf6878.html
  
  http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-04-01/vanderbilt-bias-catholic-group/53935512/1
  
  http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/29/catholic-student-group-to-leave-vanderbilt-campus/
  
  http://www.newschannel5.com/story/17279791/vanderbio http://www.wsmv.com/story/17272290/vanderbilt-loses-student-group-over-anti-bias-policy
  
  http://www.insidevandy.com/news/administration/article_92d46674-790c-11e1-921a-001a4bcf6878.html
  
  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/catholic-group-to-leave-vanderbilt-campus-after-refusing-to-comply-with-non-discrimination-
  policy/
  
  w.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1200501.htm
  
  http://www.dioceseofnashville.com/a-vandy-refuses.htm
  
  http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120328/NEWS04/303280103/Catholic-student-group-leave-Vanderbilt-campus-over-bias-policy?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
  
  http://www.dioceseofnashville.com/a-vandy.htm
  
  http://www.vanderbiltcatholic.org/documents/Frannie%20Boyle%20-%20FOCUS%20FY11%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  
  http://www.catholicfreepress.org/national/2011/11/14/catholics-object-to-vanderbilt-applying-policy-to-religious-groups/
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- Prayer for Religious Freedom
  
  O God our Creator, from your provident hand we have received our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You have called us as your people and given us the right and the duty to worship you, the only true God, and your Son, Jesus Christ. Through the power and working of your Holy Spirit, you call us to live out our faith in the midst of the world, bringing the light and the saving truth of the Gospel to every corner of society. We ask you to bless us in our vigilance for the gift of religious liberty. Give us the strength of mind and heart to readily defend our freedoms when they are threatened; give us courage in making our voices heard on behalf of the rights of your Church and the freedom of conscience of all people of faith. Grant, we pray, O heavenly Father, a clear and united voice to all your sons and daughters gathered in your Church in this decisive hour in the history of our nation, so that, with every trial withstood and every danger overcome— for the sake of our children, our grandchildren, and all who come after us— this great land will always be “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
- Our First, Most Cherished Liberty
  
  A Statement on Religious Liberty
  
  United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
  Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty
  
  We are Catholics. We are Americans. We are proud to be both, grateful for the gift of faith which is ours as Christian disciples, and grateful for the gift of liberty which is ours as American citizens. To be Catholic and American should mean not having to choose one over the other. Our allegiances are distinct, but they need not be contradictory, and should instead be complementary. That is the teaching of our Catholic faith, which obliges us to work together with fellow citizens for the common good of all who live in this land. That is the vision of our founding and our Constitution, which guarantees citizens of all religious faiths the right to contribute to our common life together.
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  "We cannot-we will not-comply with this unjust law. People of faith cannot be made second class citizens. We are already joined by our brothers and sisters of all faiths and many others of good will in this important effort to regain our religious freedom..."
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A Statement on Religious Liberty