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Planned Parenthood Slams Speaker Ryan Inviting Catholic Nuns to SOTU. That’s “Disrespect”
lifenews.com ^ | January 13, 2016 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 01/13/2016 12:48:45 PM PST by Morgana

President Barack Obama is disrespecting the deeply-held religious views of the Little Sisters of the Poor by forcing them to pay for abortion-causing drugs under the HHS mandate. But the Planned Parenthood abortion business thinks what is really disrespectful is pro-life Speaker Paul Ryan inviting them to attend Obama’s State of the Union address.

As LifeNews reported, Ryan hosted the very Catholic nuns Obama is attempting to force to pay for abortion drugs under the HHS mandate.

The Little Sisters of the Poor are asking the nation’s highest court to ensure they do not have to comply with Obamacare’s abortion mandate. The mandate compels religious groups to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions. Without relief, the Little Sisters would face millions of dollars in IRS fines because they cannot comply with the government’s mandate that they give their employees free access to contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs.

But reminding President Obama how he is disrespecting the religious liberties of the Catholic nuns is apparently itself disrespectful. Here’s how the abortion company sees it:

The tweet also condemned pro-life Congressman Steve King for leaving his guest seat open to the 57 million unborn babies killed in abortion.

After President Barack Obama made the symbolic political gesture of leaving an open seat at his State of the Union speech for victims of gun violence, a pro-life Congressman is responding with a gesture of his own. Congressman Steve King, an Iowa Republican, told LifeNews he would leave his gallery seat open for the 57 million babies who have been victimized by abortion in the United States since Roe v. Wade.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: abortion; catholic; nuns; prolife

1 posted on 01/13/2016 12:48:45 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Even a blind squirrel


2 posted on 01/13/2016 12:49:42 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (How many bills has Ted Cruz passed in the Senate? 1)
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To: Morgana

But Leftists politicians inviting the propaganda agents of Islamic Terrorism from CAIR wasn’t?


3 posted on 01/13/2016 12:51:47 PM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: Morgana
pro-life Speaker Paul Ryan

Pro-Life . . . isn't he the moron who couldn't defund Planned Predators recenty? I don't care what his excuse is, he funded it and voted for it. Who in the hell thinks even for a minute that he's pro-Life?

4 posted on 01/13/2016 12:54:33 PM PST by laweeks
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To: Morgana

Wow, that’s gratitude for you. After he gave them that big donation in the budget.


5 posted on 01/13/2016 12:58:01 PM PST by stratboy
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To: Morgana

Yes, I can understand how these vampires might feel uncomfortable.


6 posted on 01/13/2016 1:00:32 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: Morgana

But butchering babies and selling parts to the highest bidder is completely OK.


7 posted on 01/13/2016 1:02:55 PM PST by Arm_Bears (I'll have what the gentleman on the floor is drinking.)
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To: Morgana

They’re incredible. If Cecile Richards had attended, it would have been just the thing, of course.


8 posted on 01/13/2016 1:13:06 PM PST by Tax-chick (Maximizing my cultural appropriation.)
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To: Morgana
Thank you for referencing that article Morgana. As usual, please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

"President Barack Obama is disrespecting the deeply-held religious views of the Little Sisters of the Poor by forcing them to pay for abortion-causing drugs under the HHS mandate."

FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponents Argument

The problem with the first sentence in the OP is this imo. The Oval Office does not have the legislative power to make private citizens do anything.

More specifically, noting that Congress has the constitutional authority to stop lawless Obama dead in his tracks with respect to what Obama is effectively doing to the nuns, what is going on with Congress and Obama is the following.

Corrupt lawmakers are evidently more interested in protecting their voting records than helping the nuns. So they are letting lawless Obama steal legislative branch powers to do their dirty, unconstitutional legislative work for them regardless of the consequences for the nuns. By doing this they will be able to keep their voting records clean to help fool low-information citizens into reelecting them this year.

And what is even worse than letting Obama get away with exercising legislative branch powers is this. The states have never delegated to Congress, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate INTRAstate healthcare. So Congress is letting Obama get away with exercising powers that Congress does not even have.

What a mess ! :^(

So if patriots elect Trump, or whatever conservative they elect, they will also need to elect a new, state sovereignty-respecting Congress that will work within its constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers to support the president.

In fact, note that such a Congress will also probably be willing to fire state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices who likewise help to empower bad-apple presidents to do unconstitutional things.

9 posted on 01/13/2016 1:34:04 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: MNJohnnie

As well as a Syrian refugee...

As I told my wife last night, this is Obama giving America the finger.


10 posted on 01/13/2016 1:58:25 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: Morgana

Had the guests been homosexuals dressed like nuns in leather mini-skirts, I’m sure the abortion company would have been okay with it. No tolerance for multi-culture diversity there from PP. Maybe they should hire another bank robber to start shooting and then run into their nearby building so they can say the shooting was all about them.


11 posted on 01/13/2016 2:01:06 PM PST by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: Morgana

The thief hates the light.


12 posted on 01/13/2016 2:13:51 PM PST by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: Morgana

Disrespect? Respect WHAT? Respect life? You betcha! The truth is the sword that comes from the mouth of the Messiah and it is the Word of God. [They] can’t handle the truth!


13 posted on 01/13/2016 3:02:31 PM PST by huldah1776
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To: Morgana

If Planned Parenthood hates it and is complaining, it must have really be a stroke of genius to invite the Little Sisters of the Poor to the State of Obama’s Narcissism Speech.


14 posted on 01/14/2016 6:19:45 AM PST by WashingtonSource
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