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To: melsec
In California, the Catholic Church has been ordered by the California Supreme Court to provide contraceptives as part of its employee health benefits plan.

This is nation-wide problem. Do religious institutions have a right to PRACTICE their beliefs?

17 posted on 04/30/2004 8:06:45 PM PDT by patriciaruth
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To: patriciaruth
Do religious institutions have a right to PRACTICE their beliefs?

Of course they do and must! Therefore they MUST disobey these rulings. The Church needs strong leaders and leadership to take on these courts or they need strong individuals who are prepared to suffer in order to shame the leadership. If all the Catholics in CA opposed these rulings by continuing to do what the CHurch told them then do you expect that we would see thousands of Catholics going off to jail or would we see a change in the law. The right to practise your belefs is only yours when you choose to exercise that right. It is not given or taken by any court or any government - it is God endowed. Mel

19 posted on 04/30/2004 11:52:47 PM PDT by melsec (No other Name!)
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