Posted on 02/07/2012 3:36:01 PM PST by Notwithstanding
The Obama administration is willing to work with Catholic universities, hospitals and other church-affiliated employers to implement a new policy that requires health insurers to offer birth control coverage, a top adviser to the president's re-election campaign said on Tuesday...Over the weekend, Catholic clergy across the country called for congregations to protest the rule and pressure Obama to back down.
"To force American citizens to choose between violating their consciences and forgoing their healthcare is literally unconscionable," said Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a statement last month.
Jim Towey, president of Ave Maria University in Florida, who also served in the administration of President George W. Bush, said Tuesday he would fight the provision using "all lawful means at our disposal."
"Our non-Catholic employees and students understand fully that the University must adhere to Catholic teaching and they do not expect us to provide such services," he said in a statement.
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The illegitimate defending the irresponsible with illogic and expecting everybody to think they are so much smarter than we seems the definition of contempt.
The Administration argument that Catholics must submit because they receive government money reveals the goal of socialism. Under Obama’s desired version of socialism, all entities would receive government money, thereby giving him dictatorial powers over everything.
obama will offer these women free vouchers so that religious institutions hands are directly clean. maybe cut government funding to hospitals or universitites to fund any health care services they object to.
I clicked on both links and received page not found.
I understand that zero personally gave this directive to his flying monkeys. It simply cannot be allowed to stand. IF it withstands challenge it should not be obeyed.
SKRU these people.
FUBO!
same here
Mr. Osama Bama Ding-Dong has stepped in a pile of dogsh*t and doesn’t know how to scrape it off his shoe.
This is the kind of action I’ve been expecting from this ego-maniac. It will completely destroy his illegal fascist presidency. I’m betting he loses 90% of the illegal Mexican vote. Bye-bye, Buckwheat.
Catholics have nothing to whine about, they have been in bed with the liberals on immigration and now cry foul.
Catholics have nothing to whine about, they have been in bed with the liberals on immigration and now cry foul.
Incredible that THIS was posted on May 12, 2009!!!!!!
(but, we didnt like Bath-House Barry because of the color of his skin/sarc)
The churches should follow the example of Hillsdale College...accept NO federal money whatsoever...period. Then the Feds cannot dictate what you may do...Stevie666
Someone should sprinkle Holy Water on Obummer.
You are mistaken: all employers MUST follow the Obamacare mandates regardless of whether they receive federal money.
I do appreciate your point, however, regarding many other federal impositions related to accepting federal money.
I suspect it would burn him.
This ruling isn’t tied to accepting money; it is tied to whether or not you employ people of other faiths. The Catholic Church will pay the price for hiring non-Catholics.
Whether he backs off this or not, he has lost most Catholics’ votes (most likely due to other things like unemployment & inflation, but lost just the same).
He’s doomed.
They scrubbed it that quickly? Isn’t this the same man who said “may even take it to the streets”?
From your keyboard to God’s ears!
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