Posted on 12/14/2017 9:34:57 AM PST by BlessedBeGod
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Little Sisters of the Poor and their hard-fought rights will be on trial Thursday, December 14, but the Sisters will be outside the courthouse because of Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s attempt to silence them. Shapiro is suing to take away the Sisters’ religious exemption from a Health and Human Services rule. In early October, HHS issued a new rule that protects the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious non-profits from providing services in their health care plan that violate their faith like the week-after pill. The Little Sisters’ four-year legal ordeal was close to an end, but now the state of Pennsylvania is suing HHS to take away the Little Sisters’ religious exemption. Worse yet, Pennsylvania successfully won a court order keeping the Little Sisters from joining the case to defend their rights. A similar hearing took place on Tuesday in Oakland, California where nearly 50 people rallied outside the courthouse in support of the Little Sisters. Represented by Becket, the Little Sisters will speak up outside the courthouse to ensure that they can continue their vital ministry of caring for the elderly poor, as they have for over 175 years, without violating their faith (learn more about the Little Sisters here).
Becket attorneys will be available for comment immediately following the hearing.
For more information or to arrange an interview with a Becket attorney, contact Melinda Skea at media@becketlaw.org or 202-349-7219. Interviews can be arranged in English, Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Becket is a non-profit, public-interest law firm dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious traditions and has a 100% win-rate before the United States Supreme Court. For over 20 years, it has successfully defended clients of all faiths, including Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Native Americans, Sikhs, and Zoroastrians (read more here).
Shapiro is a member of the State Church of Liberal Fascism and doesn’t appreciate any challenges to his authority. His predecessor was forced to resign the office after being caught using it to punish her political opponents. Shapiro is no different. He just hasn’t been caught yet.
Shapiro is a Democrat, no surprise. A vile little weasel.
This story needs to be reported by every local news station in Pennsylvania. But of course it won’t.
What ever happened to the right to face your accusers?
Oh, that passé right went out the door with the Constitution.
Now if they were muzzies .....
Shapiro is a Liberal Democrat Jew who obviously DESPISES the Good Nuns!!
If you find yourself suing the Little Sisters of the Poor, you just might be on the wrong side.
I was thinking the same thing.
Try this crap with muzzies, and Shapiro would find himself beheaded.
Sounds like they are outside of the case but I have to assume that they can sit in the Court room, wearing their habits and quietly praying the rosary.
why is it that Democrats INSIST on violating Church and State?
Simple. They have their own State Church and religion which must not be challenged.
The Left are openly working with Satan nowadays...
More cannibals. Freedom is the enemy of these Bolsheviks yowling on Soros connected money and support. Outrageous.
Today’s Left is shockingly evil, yet each day they manage to top their previous day’s outrages. I don’t know how they manage to get more creative.
Or worse.
Thanks BlessedBeGod.
This country is going to deserve what it gets.
And the liberals are not going to be immune from the judgment of God on their actions when justice is finally served no matter what they think they can get away with here.
Why does the Pennsylvania Attorney General sue the Little Sisters of the Poor when the people do not want him to? Sounds like Josh Shapiro is abusing his position for personal reasons.
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