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by Mickey Addison Other Articles by Mickey Addison The Value of Labor 09/04/06 In the United States, the first Monday of September is Labor Day. The day, first celebrated in 1894, honors the work-force in America and their contributions to society. It was a natural outgrowth of the Industrial and American Revolutions, as well as the 19th-century labor movement, that the value of the laborer who produced the goods that modern society depended on would be honored. But it really isn't a new idea. In fact, the Catholic Church has been teaching about the value of human work from the beginning....

Statement of Catholic Media Coalition Responding to Florida Supreme Court Ruling that "Terri's Law" is Unconstitutional September 24, 2004 The Catholic Media coalition denounces the Florida Supreme Court's decision released September 23 declaring "Terri's Law" unconstitutional. The court's action sets the stage to allow Michael Schiavo, Terri's husband, to remove his wife's feeding tube for the third time in order to kill her by dehydration/starvation. Since Terri is not dying this constitutes deliberate and pre-meditated murder. Many questions surround Terri's 1990 collapse and subsequent treatment. They include evidence of possible spousal abuse, conflicts of interest arising from Michael Schiavo's long-term...