Posted on 02/10/2012 6:07:13 PM PST by Morgana
February 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The following statement was just released in response to the Obama adminstration’s announcement this morning that it is putting in place an “accommodation” to take into account religious liberty on their birth control mandate:
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) sees initial opportunities in preserving the principle of religious freedom after President Obama’s announcement today. But the Conference continues to express concerns. “While there may be an openness to respond to some of our concerns, we reserve judgment on the details until we have them,” said Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
‘The past three weeks have witnessed a remarkable unity of Americans from all religions or none at all worried about the erosion of religious freedom and governmental intrusion into issues of faith and morals,” he said.
‘Today’s decision to revise how individuals obtain services that are morally objectionable to religious entities and people of faith is a first step in the right direction,” Cardinal-designate Dolan said. “We hope to work with the Administration to guarantee that Americans’ consciences and our religious freedom are not harmed by these regulations.”
This “accomodation” is just another deceit.
“Mr. President, mere accounting tricks will not suffice,” Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission wrote in a statement e-mailed to LifeSiteNews.com. “You have given your fellow citizens’ cry of conscience the dismissive back of your hand by offering them not a solution.”
He called the new policy, which would not force parachurch groups to provide such pharmaceuticals “directly,” as “a distinction without a difference.”
“The president’s failure to grasp the seriousness of this issue reveals a dangerous presidential blind spot concerning First Amendment constitutional religious free exercise guarantees,” he wrote. “It also highlights the wisdom of our forefathers who bequeathed to us a legislative system that is supposed to pass laws with the consent of the governed through their elected representatives, rather than being governed by executive branch imperial edicts passed down from on high.”
Sean Hannity said it best today. Obozo has painted himself into a corner with this one.
I would give a lot to hear Cardinal-designate. Dolan grow some balls and tell Obama to stick his lying compromise up his ass.
Thats what this compromise is—a lie.
It doesn’t do anything except provide Catholic clergy with cover if they decide to do it.
A cover that even the most stupid Catholic can see right through.If the Cardinal-designate buys this he should stay home and forget about leading his Church as a Cardinal.He will have sold us out.
When will the bishops realize that Obama is a baby-killing maggot, whose dearest wish is to impose abortion on everyone, and make every taxpayer pay for it?
The presumption should not be that Obama has nicely modified his original plans, but they want to see the details. The presumption should be that he intends to go ahead with the worst possible state-mandated abortion laws, and make all of us pay for it.
And, indeed, it doesn’t take more than a glance at the new proposal to see that it is no better than the original plan.
The bishops had better also wake up and demand that Obama drop his mandate that ALL HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS must include payments for contraception and abortion. Unless that is mandate is removed as well, where on earth will any faithful Catholic turn to buy health insurance? What good does it do to pretend to give people a choice, and then remove the choice?
Wake up. We can’t afford to be polite to the monster in the White House when his dearest wish is to kill babies, including those already born.
Come on, Archbishop Dolan. Don't fall for this carp!!
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“Express concerns?” Sheez! All he did was transfer the responsibility for paying for abortions, sterilizations, morning after pills from just the Catholic employer to now the rest of the taxpayers AND the Catholic employer! He just reshuffled the deck and dealt out to more players, but the Joker card is still in there! As another Catholic Bishop said earlier today, “he must think Catholics are stupid.”
And as a Protestant anti-abortion business owner whom will also be forced to pay for abortions, I would like to know where is MY waiver?!
This 0bamination known as 0BowMaocare absolutely MUST be struck down by the Supremes! It was anti-Constitutional from the start and they just make it more so every day! Let it stand and everything that this Country was founded on is DEAD!
Perhaps bishop Dolan could learn something from Dr. Land.
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