[pgkdan]

The two states note that churches are exempt from having to provide contraception coverage for employees who work inside parishes and houses of worship. That is known as the "religious employer exemption" because the parishes generally serve worshippers and employ those with similar religious views. That's not the point. The law is attempting to make the Catholic Church fund activities that it finds to be sinful...whether their funding them for folks who work on the parish property or at a Catholic Hospital is irrelevant. The only thing this suit will accomplish is the loss of a prescription drop plan to employees of Catholic institutions. And when that happens and the hospitals start closing and Catholic Charities can no longer operate...let the ACLU and the California state Attorney General's Office step up to fill the void.

[Tallmadge]

A friend of mine ran into a similar problem in Oregon, where a Catholic hospital was under the gun to provide "reproductive services" (typical orwellian-speak of the liberals) to their employees/patients. Last I had heard they were thinking about closing the hospital rather than submit. And I would hope they would.

Don't kid yourself folks, this is a legal and spiritual battle coming to the roughly 600 Catholic hospitals in the USA. And the opposition is organized. See the following link;


http://www.abortionaccess.org/AAP/campaigns/hospital/designing_a_campaign_to_increase.htm#Catholic%20Hospitals