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And the persecution of Christianity continues . . .
Hmmm....and what will the reaction be when the same law is forced upon Islam.....?
The solution seems to be to get rid of the wellness act all together. People are responsible for their own health care. Second, the church should find a private residence to hold worship service or fellowship. Tax dollars and churches don’t mix. They don’t pay for the library so they, as a church, don’t get to use it.
Persecution of christians???? That is quite a reach. Certainly there are plenty of christians who liked the outcome of that vote.
How many justices have to agree to hear a case????
I would think there are four who would agree to hear those cases, but what do I know???
Isn’t there a Catholic majority in the SCOTUS? This is just stunning.
So much for the Conservative Supreme court.
Aside from Scalia and Thomas and possibly Roberts and Alitto, its the same old liberal cant from the Ennead of Idiots.
Churches should stop providing insurance coverage.
Why do churches have employees anyway?
And, fifty years ago lots of Christians considered it to be a lack of faith in God to have health insurance. Ain’t that something to think about.
Choice means no choice for some. Anyway, what they need to do is just offer no drug benefits to anyone.
Cardinal O’Connell would have shut down the hospitals and other agencies before complying with this law.
Now we’ll see what Cardinal Egan is made of. He simply CANNOT comply with this law and call himself a bishop.
"Allowing worship" or disallowing it seems beyond the scope of legitimate government functions. When a government agency finds itself in such a controversy, it is a good indication that it should be scaled back or abolished.
Interesting...
The USSC doesn’t seem to want to take on any hot potato cases, like church or the 2nd.
1st Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
OK, here is how it friggin' works: Congress can not tell you and me what Church to attend or what religion to believe in. Congress is the only entity with the power to establish a religion and they would do so by passing a law. And may I remind folks that they are forbidden from doing so. There is no threat to the establishment of a religion because Congress is not passing laws telling us which religion to believe in). A prayer in school does not establish a religion. A manger scene on public property does not establish a religion. And neither does the Ten Commandments on public property. No more then the Menorah does. Now, pass a law that says you can not pray in school and you just limited the free exercise thereof. Pass a law that says you can not put a manger scene on public property and you just limited the free exercise thereof.
Now, you and I have been given inalienable rights. These are God given rights. No man or Government has the authority to take them away. If folks don't like that then they can live under man given rights and we will see how long they last.
Now, I believe the Socialist/Commies want to remove God from public view. Why? Well, as an American, I pray to my God and we solve my problems together. Remove God and people will begin to forget about God and they will pray to the Government to take care of them from the cradle to the grave.
Why do these people have to stand on my last nerve?
It was very dumb of the attorneys for the group to make that argument. Now by the court refusing to grant cert, they are effectively admitting that the state can, in fact, do those things under the same rationale that they used in regard to the prescriptions. In essence they have now signaled to the legislature that because they lost on this issue, that the legislature can now constitutionally require religious hospitals to provide abortions.
Making that argument in an attempt to get the Supreme Court to hear this case was a strategic blunder.
This is quite disturbing. The First Amendment is all religious people have to protect their rights against bullying liberal secularists.
Ping to read later
The bureaucracy is just eliminating the competition. If Christian charity goes by the wayside, that’s just more customers for corrupt politicians to “serve” (i.e., fleece the taxpayers).