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DC Court Tells Catholic Groups: Submit to HHS Mandate or Pay Massive Fines
The National Catholic Register ^ | 5/22/15 | Peter Jesserer Smith

Posted on 05/25/2015 6:58:54 AM PDT by marshmallow

The Archdiocese of Washington and Priests for Life suffered a legal setback at the D.C. Court of Appeals that puts their case on a path to the U.S. Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON — A majority of judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals this week rejected a request from the Archdiocese of Washington and Priests for Life to have the full court review their challenge to the Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate.

According to the archdiocese and Priests for Life, the mandate as it currently applies forces them to be complicit in the provision of contraceptive services, including abortifacient drugs that seriously violate their Catholic beliefs.

“We concluded that the regulation challenged in this case does not, as a matter of law or fact, give plaintiffs’ conduct the contraception-facilitating effect of which they complain,” stated the majority ruling, written by Judge Nina Pillard, in denying relief from the mandate under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

The 6-3 ruling was followed by two strenuous dissents, one from Judge Janice Rodgers Brown, joined by Judge Karen Henderson, and one form Judge Brett Kavanaugh, which agreed with the plaintiffs’ contention that the federal government’s “accommodation” still violates the religious liberty of the Catholic organizations.

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1 posted on 05/25/2015 6:58:54 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

The madness of King George III is alive and well. Even today.


2 posted on 05/25/2015 7:02:21 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: marshmallow

When mans law contradicts God’s law then we msut choose who to obey and serve. The RC’s must now decide who they will obey, Christ who is the God of life or obama who serves the god of death.

They cannot serve and obey both.


3 posted on 05/25/2015 7:03:30 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (In an Oligarchy, the serfs don't count.)
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To: marshmallow; NYer

I’m sure that there are some compassionate judges that believe it will ‘only be fair’ if the fines they levy against these discenting Catholic organizations will exceed the entire worth of the universal Catholic Church. And I wonder which one of the judges will think it is only proper that they get the Pieta as their share of the fine?

(Sarcasm that may, unfortunately, verge on the truth)


4 posted on 05/25/2015 7:03:59 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: marshmallow

I did not expect ever to see this level of oppression in the United States of America. I underestimated the evil of the political left, a common mistake and one that may be a deadly error for millions of people. Restoring freedom could well be the most costly task in the history of our country. I pray that it will be done - peacefully if that is an option.


5 posted on 05/25/2015 7:06:56 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: marshmallow

They will not force you to violate your faith...

They will just fine you, take away tax exempt status, and take away school certification.


6 posted on 05/25/2015 7:09:30 AM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: Pollster1

“I did not expect ever to see this level of oppression in the United States of America.”

Sure you did. Because you knew it was always possible with Democrats.


7 posted on 05/25/2015 7:13:04 AM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: icwhatudo

Sounds like grounds for a revolution...hmmmmm.....


8 posted on 05/25/2015 7:13:17 AM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: ought-six

I should have known, but I didn’t. If someone really had the Golden Goose, I wouldn’t expect him to kill it in the hope of getting “all that gold” all at once. I just don’t expect that level of stupidity, even from Democrats. I guess I’m a slow learner.


9 posted on 05/25/2015 7:15:19 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: marshmallow

Who needs that silly Constitution thing anyway?


10 posted on 05/25/2015 7:16:48 AM PDT by logic101.net (If libs believe in Darwin and natural selection why do they get hacked off when it happens?)
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To: GreyFriar

Honestly, there is no sarcasm in your statement. Or should I have said, ‘sadly’. The God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob has in the past poured out His wrath on God mocking nations. I pray His mercy on our nation.


11 posted on 05/25/2015 7:16:55 AM PDT by exnavy (BLOAT: buy lots of ammo train.)
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To: marshmallow

Thank Doug Kmiec and other Catholic sellouts for supporting Obamacare!


12 posted on 05/25/2015 7:21:17 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: exnavy

I put that in for those who reading my words would think I was attacking the Catholic Church and rather than the judges who have so openly violated the 1st Amendment.


13 posted on 05/25/2015 7:22:54 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: marshmallow

The best thing that these religious institutions in Washington DC is to close shop. Move to a more friendly states. Then tell these liberals, socialists and communists in the DC government to operate without them. Let’s see how long they last.


14 posted on 05/25/2015 7:28:39 AM PDT by gingerbread
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To: marshmallow

Well, this is where the rubber meets the road. The days of religious freedom are all but over in the US.

The days of avoiding the fight are over, and individuals as well as the Church at large is going to have to make a choice. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.


15 posted on 05/25/2015 7:29:02 AM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: marshmallow

Don’t worry folks, the Pope will be here in September and he will straighten everything out with his good buddy Obama. The Pope is coming here to promote religious liberty isn’t he?


16 posted on 05/25/2015 7:34:06 AM PDT by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: marshmallow

This is a badly rogue regime.

Maybe it needs a travesty of this magnitude to get people to care about the Lord again. When the only plausible help left is that from heaven.

If the Obama administration were so bent on furnishing the product, it could come up with other ways to do it. That isn’t the goal. The goal is to subjugate faiths to the secular will, and every one of them should take sharp notice here.


17 posted on 05/25/2015 7:35:27 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: pleasenotcalifornia

(Bitter laugh) oh sure he will


18 posted on 05/25/2015 7:36:02 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: GreyFriar

I understand, I attend a Wesleyan church, I defend all bible teaching churches. And the government is on His shoulders.


19 posted on 05/25/2015 7:37:34 AM PDT by exnavy (BLOAT: buy lots of ammo train.)
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To: john drake

“a train of abuses”


20 posted on 05/25/2015 7:42:29 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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