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Little Sisters of the Poor nuns will take Obamacare birth control mandate to Supreme Court
Washington Times ^ | 1/5/16 | Tom Howell, Jr.

Posted on 01/05/2016 5:00:52 PM PST by Nachum

An elder-care charity run by nuns asked the Supreme Court on Monday to shield them from Obamacare’s birth control mandate, arguing that the government can provide their organizations’ female employees with contraceptives if it really wants to but shouldn’t force them to facilitate the coverage. Attorneys for the Little Sisters of the Poor and three Christian colleges say the administration already has exempted a series of employers, undercutting its push to force religiously affiliated groups to formally opt out of the regulations so that a third party can step in and pay for the drugs and services. “It is

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: court; obamacare; scotus; supreme
I fully expect to be stabbed in the back by the court.
1 posted on 01/05/2016 5:00:53 PM PST by Nachum
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2 posted on 01/05/2016 5:01:49 PM PST by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum
These nuns should be careful lest they make him cry again.


3 posted on 01/05/2016 5:06:13 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
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To: Nachum

Judge Roberts needs to be outed on that illegal Irish adoption regarding his daughter..


4 posted on 01/05/2016 5:06:19 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Nachum

I expect;

Common Sense Healthcare
Common Sense Birth Control
Common Sense Justice
Common Sense Freedom of Religion
Common Sense Deregulation
Common Sense Freedom


5 posted on 01/05/2016 5:09:42 PM PST by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: Nachum

How big of a POS are you to get sued by not only nuns, but a group of them named Little Sisters of the Poor?


6 posted on 01/05/2016 5:21:33 PM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: sheik yerbouty
Judge Roberts needs to be outed on that illegal Irish adoption regarding his daughter.

Why did Paul Ryan grow a beard- something's causing him stress?

7 posted on 01/05/2016 5:45:52 PM PST by IncPen (Not one single patriot in Washington, DC.)
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How big of a POS are you to get sued by not only nuns, but a group of them named Little Sisters of the Poor?

Well said.

8 posted on 01/05/2016 5:56:02 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Nachum

L4B holds the littleman Roberts’ leash. The nuns will be spit upon.


9 posted on 01/05/2016 6:10:03 PM PST by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: Nachum

**An elder-care charity run by nuns asked the Supreme Court on Monday to shield them from Obamacare’s birth control mandate, arguing that the government can provide their organizations’ female employees with contraceptives if it really wants to but shouldn’t force them to facilitate the coverage. **

BTTT! I pray the Little Sisters of the Poor win their case.


10 posted on 01/05/2016 6:20:17 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: IncPen

Somebody put a burr under his saddle..


11 posted on 01/05/2016 6:20:38 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Nachum

Just a waste of time. The Kenyan owns the Supreme Court just as he does the GOP and all the other federal government agencies. Who needs guns when you have weapons like he’s got to use against the American people.


12 posted on 01/05/2016 7:25:22 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (ISIS wants you to Vote Clinton/Huma in 2016. Trump is too scary.)
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To: Nachum

Obama is a Dictator....he WILL get his way on this also.


13 posted on 01/06/2016 1:50:38 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Prayers for the Little Sisters!


14 posted on 01/06/2016 3:42:22 AM PST by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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