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Little Sisters' Religious Liberty Goes On Trial
American Thinker ^
| March 25, 2016
| Daniel John Sobieski
Posted on 03/25/2016 7:02:54 AM PDT by raptor22
This is the kind of case the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia liked to sink his judicial teeth into -- whether the federal government can compel a religious entity like the Little Sisters of the Poor to violate their religious beliefs and acquiesce to the ObamaCare contraceptive coverage mandate. As LifeSite News reported on Wednesdays hearing:
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of the Little Sisters of the Poor, a 175-year-old religious order of women who have vowed their lives to care for the elderly poor.
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posted on
03/25/2016 7:02:54 AM PDT
by
raptor22
To: Nachum; markomalley; Clairity; Carlucci; grey_whiskers; meyer; WL-law; Para-Ord.45; ...
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posted on
03/25/2016 7:03:49 AM PDT
by
raptor22
(Follow me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken or facebook.com/danielsobieski)
To: raptor22
Only the beginning. Totalitarian leftist thugs are on the march.
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posted on
03/25/2016 7:15:38 AM PDT
by
stinkerpot65
(Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
To: raptor22
How did it come to this? Why is the federal govt demanding that anyone obtain or provide insurance?
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posted on
03/25/2016 7:18:04 AM PDT
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Buttons12
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posted on
03/25/2016 7:21:14 AM PDT
by
raptor22
(Follow me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken or facebook.com/danielsobieski)
To: raptor22
Sadly, due to Justice Scalia’s passing, it is a case they are destined to lose.
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posted on
03/25/2016 8:19:12 AM PDT
by
raptor22
(Follow me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken or facebook.com/danielsobieski)
To: raptor22
The First Amendment is dead.
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posted on
03/25/2016 9:00:03 AM PDT
by
Jack Hammer
(uff said.)
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posted on
03/25/2016 11:57:09 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: Buttons12
Because the Constitution as amended means nothing to so-called “Progressives”. They are satisfied with Arbitrary government.
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posted on
03/25/2016 3:39:41 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
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