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Obama would have never been elected if the American Catholic Church had done its job; now they are asking the same parishioners who it originally sold out with ObamaCare (and Obama himself) to campaign to exempt them from footing the bill we ourselves are going to get.

I am a Roman Catholic in good standing with the Church; at this point it is a place I receive sacraments and little else. I certainly have little to help subsidize them.

Now that’s true. The voting Catholics have a long way to go and they are mislead as well.

But the question was did the Hierarchy influence (i inferred lobby) the Chif Justice of the Supreme Court and that is another matter entirely.

Obama would have never been elected if the American Catholic Church had done its job; now they are asking the same parishioners who it originally sold out with ObamaCare (and Obama himself) to campaign to exempt them from footing the bill we ourselves are going to get.

Correct. The hierarchy and their minions initially viewed Obamacare as an opportunity to shift the operating costs of Catholic hospitals onto American taxpayers, and imagined they could pick and choose the services these hospitals provided by invoking the religious exemption. Our bishop was quoted in the local paper as supporting Obamacare, provided abortion and contraception were excluded.

I am a Roman Catholic in good standing with the Church; at this point it is a place I receive sacraments and little else. I certainly have little to help subsidize them.

Same here. My charitable support budget will now be forcibly diverted to the IRS coffers, in tribute to Obamacare, and unlike the US government, I'm forced to accept the reality of mathematical limits.

Can't get blood out of a stone.

i am very turned off by their standing on many political issues and as i said, in the case of obamacare they have no one but themselves to blame...

here in NY i usually give a nice donation to the Cardinals Appeal each year...they are now clamoring for “immigration reform” ala, make the illegals legal....i, probably like yourself- work 6 or seven days a week, pay my taxes and obey the laws- yet the Catholic church wants to reward the lawbreakers....i withheld my yearly donation to the Cardinals Appeal this year because of the “immigration reform” stance and when they call me and ask me why i will tell them exactly why...