Posted on 01/13/2009 10:00:35 AM PST by annalex
BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. civil liberties group sued the federal government Monday, charging it violated the Constitution by contracting a Roman Catholic entity to help victims of human trafficking.
The American Civil Liberties Union said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was imposing its beliefs on victims of human trafficking by not allowing federal grant money to be used for contraception or abortion.
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So Catholics can’t be government employees?
What is the ACLU doing to stop Human Trafficing?
Too bad this particular sect of the ACLU did not have more money invested with Madoff.
Vince
What does human trafficking have to do with birth control and the whole abortion debate? How does the ACLU logically conclude that a religious organization helping against human trafficking is imposing beliefs on the victims? Would the ACLU prefer that the victims not be helped at all???????
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