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Schumer To Religious Americans: Pick One—Your Faith or Your Business
Cybercast News Service ^ | July 10, 2014 - 4:13 PM | Eric Scheiner

Posted on 07/10/2014 2:16:44 PM PDT by Olog-hai

At a press conference Thursday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said people with religious beliefs who disagree with the ObamaCare contraception mandate can choose their faith or “you don’t have to form a corporation.”

“You’re born with a religion or you adopt a religion. You have to obey the precepts of that religion and the government gives you a wide penumbra—you don’t have to form a corporation,” Schumer said.

Schumer claims the Supreme Court’s decision that closely-held firms have a right to deny coverage for certain types of birth control they find objectionable under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was “misapplied.” …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; antitheism; chuckschumer; chucktheschmuck; corporateliberalism; dnctalkingpoints; freeexercise; godgap; liberalagenda; liberalbigot; religiousleft; schmuckers; waronchristianity; waronreligion
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To: Lorianne

You’re right there -

It’s the spirit of anti-Christ.

“Gay rights”, “sex positive”, abortion, gov’t control of everything - all is the spirit of anti-Christ, attempting to diminish and destroy His influence in the world.

Well, they WILL “win”, but only for about 7 years. Hope they have fun, and we’ll see them later.


41 posted on 07/11/2014 6:03:52 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Amendment10
understanding of the constitutionality of the Democratcare contraception mandate for example, he doesn’t seem to understand, or blatantly ignores, that the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate, tax and spend for intrastate public healthcare purposes

ping

42 posted on 07/11/2014 6:10:14 AM PDT by alrea (Need urgent care for political failure? Import a new demographic group.)
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