8-01-12: Mandate Goes into Effect - It is a dark day for religious liberty (Plus: Christians for the Muslim Brotherhood)

·  12 Year-Old Cancer Victim Cody Green Became an Honorary U.S. Marine ·  White House Unaware Obama Wants To Close Down Ohio Air Base He Will Land At Today ·  A look at the most populous U.S. city to go bankrupt: How did Stockton, CA go from boom to bust? ·  CBS's Attkisson Blows the Lid Off Fast and Furious Scandal ·  Stakelbeck on Terror Show: The Coming Middle East War ·  Trim the Fat Off Your Grocery Bill - Tips from Personal Finance Expert ·  Bin Laden's former bodyguard: "I expect great strikes against the U.S. and the Western coalition in the near future" ·  Investigation: GSA spent extra $270K on one-day conference ·  Islamic extremists 'hijacking' revolution in Syria ·  Homeland Security Buying Riot Gear For Party Conventions    PLEASE DONATE TO FSM ! Read FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor J. Christian Adams' SHOCKING new book! Buy it here      Mandate Goes into Effect - It is a dark day for religious liberty by NATIONAL REVIEW This day - August 1 - is a dark one for religious freedom in the U.S. The Obama administration's requirement that all insurance plans cover contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs - the HHS mandate - goes into effect today. This requirement is now binding on countless employers who have religious and moral objections to providing such insurance. This is not a dispute about contraception or abortion, but about our constitutional order... How Much (More) Is the Obamacare Mandate Going To Cost You? by FRANK HILL The individual mandate is only one of dozens of provisions that will slam into our economy, hitting American families like a freight train in 2014 Our Achilles' Heel by PETER FARMER Lax security standards plague the federal government. Sympathizers of the Muslim Brotherhood have been appointed to high office within the Obama administration; partisanship is one thing but allowing the enemy inside the gates is another. The Feds' War on ... Buckyballs! by MICHELLE MALKIN The vengeful, destructive feds won't stop until the world is safe from tiny Buckyballs -- and until every last job created by the firm is wiped out. Where are the defenders of American innovation and entrepreneurship when you need them? American Christians for the Muslim Brotherhood by RYAN MAURO There's been a quiet battle brewing within the Christian community over its stance on Israel and working with groups affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, structurally and ideologically. This split has now burst into the open. Doctor shortage likely to worsen with health care law by ANNIE LOWREY, ROBERT PEAR An economically depressed region in Southern California, Obama's health care law is expected to extend insurance coverage to more than 300,000 people by 2014. Local health experts doubt there will be enough doctors to meet the area's needs. How White Guilt Cripples Assessment of First Black President by BILL SIEGEL While we, as a nation, are comfortable in celebrating the great successes of black men, we have not yet learned how to fully integrate their failures. Are we providing too much insulation from what would normally beset men in their high positions? Can We Still Call Men Heroes? by MONA CHAREN If just one man had given his life by throwing himself atop his girlfriend to shield her from bullets in that Aurora, Colo., theater, it would have been cause for amazement. That three apparently did so is deeply affecting. TERROR-FREE INVESTING: An Interview with Patriot Fund's Mark Langerman by SHARIAH FINANCE WATCH The financial world has prostituted itself for petrodollars from the hands of individuals, governments and institutions that adhere to a doctrine diametrically opposed to everything American liberty and free enterprise stand for. The worst is HSBC.. Brotherhood's American defenders by CAROLINE GLICK Why is the Obama administration shunning potential allies and empowering enemies? Why has the administration gotten it wrong everywhere? Click here to sign up for FSM's e-mail updates!