This is no big deal ...
This is no big deal ...
I wonder what God thinks of the DOJ and NYT lying through their teeth in order to try to discredit the sisters by attempting to manipulate the public and make the sisters look like they’re crazy, stupid, silly, and stubborn.
I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes for all the tea in China.
Ruh Roh...
They’re wearing habits. They’ve got backing. Bo’s in for a real fight. I don’t think he’s up to it
The problem I have with this is the litigants and the courts assume religious freedom is exclusively for religious groups. The freedom of religion is an individual’s right. If my religious beliefs tell me something is immoral then I have the same rights as a Catholic order does to decline the goverent’s mandate.
74. The passing of unjust laws often raises difficult problems of conscience for morally upright people with regard to the issue of cooperation, since they have a right to demand not to be forced to take part in morally evil actions. Sometimes the choices which have to be made are difficult; they may require the sacrifice of prestigious professional positions or the relinquishing of reasonable hopes of career advancement. In other cases, it can happen that carrying out certain actions, which are provided for by legislation that overall is unjust, but which in themselves are indifferent, or even positive, can serve to protect human lives under threat. There may be reason to fear, however, that willingness to carry out such actions will not only cause scandal and weaken the necessary opposition to attacks on life, but will gradually lead to further capitulation to a mentality of permissiveness.
In order to shed light on this difficult question, it is necessary to recall the general principles concerning cooperation in evil actions. Christians, like all people of good will, are called upon under grave obligation of conscience not to cooperate formally in practices which, even if permitted by civil legislation, are contrary to God's law. Indeed, from the moral standpoint, it is never licit to cooperate formally in evil. Such cooperation occurs when an action, either by its very nature or by the form it takes in a concrete situation, can be defined as a direct participation in an act against innocent human life or a sharing in the immoral intention of the person committing it. This cooperation can never be justified either by invoking respect for the freedom of others or by appealing to the fact that civil law permits it or requires it. Each individual in fact has moral responsibility for the acts which he personally performs; no one can be exempted from this responsibility, and on the basis of it everyone will be judged by God himself (cf. Rom 2:6; 14:12).
To refuse to take part in committing an injustice is not only a moral duty; it is also a basic human right. Were this not so, the human person would be forced to perform an action intrinsically incompatible with human dignity, and in this way human freedom itself, the authentic meaning and purpose of which are found in its orientation to the true and the good, would be radically compromised. What is at stake therefore is an essential right which, precisely as such, should be acknowledged and protected by civil law. In this sense, the opportunity to refuse to take part in the phases of consultation, preparation and execution of these acts against life should be guaranteed to physicians, health-care personnel, and directors of hospitals, clinics and convalescent facilities [Like the Little Sisters of the Poor]. Those who have recourse to conscientious objection must be protected not only from legal penalties but also from any negative effects on the legal, disciplinary, financial and professional plane.
Ping!
How the average American can look themselves in the mirror each day with this vicious tyrant kicking sand in their face is beyond me. He and his entire administration needs to be impeached and imprisoned.
Obamacare forces ninety year old nuns to buy contraceptives. Obama calls it his “Immaculate Deception”.
“Religious” can only extend to the True Religion. Note; Mohammedans are exempt. Obamacare institutionalizes Dhimmi status for infidels in the USofA.
Obama could just do what Kim Jong did to his uncle:
Feed all the nuns into a cage of 120 starving dogs. Problem solved.
http://www.westernfreepress.com/2014/01/04/judge-jeanines-2014-wishlist-destroys-obama-and-his-gang/
Awesome!
Leftist Media Cult Members Attack Little Sisters Of The Poor, Calling Them “Weasels” For Refusing To Be Bullied By Obama Regime
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