[GracieOMalley]

The Little Sisters of the Poor, and all Catholic organizations threatened by the Obamacare mandate, should go back to the old practice of hiring Catholics exclusively.

It worked before...why not now?

With 9% unemployment, it shouldn’t be hard to fill all positions with Catholics.

Unfortunately, many of Obama’s people would be out of a job.

[COBOL2Java]

The Little Sisters of the Poor, and all Catholic organizations threatened by the Obamacare mandate, should go back to the old practice of hiring Catholics exclusively.

It's not the hiring, it's the ministering. They help anyone regardless of their faith. HHS saya to get the exemption, they must only minister to Catholics and turn everyone else away.

[NYer]

The Little Sisters of the Poor, and all Catholic organizations threatened by the Obamacare mandate, should go back to the old practice of hiring Catholics exclusively.

That would be considered discriminatory.

[Mrs. Don-o]

There are three parts to the (latest) HHS definition of an exempt Church-related organization:

• It has to employ all or almost-all people of the same faith

• It has to serve all or almost-all people of the same faith

• It has to function primarily to teach the doctrines of the faith.

The Little Sisters would "fail" on #2 and #3, even if they hired all Catholics. They would "fail" to qualify as sufficiently religious, precisely because they are charitable and they serve everyone without discrimination.

So add these to the list of Catholic organizations the Obama Administration would shut down:

• Belmont Abbey College
• EWTN
• Dominican Sisters of Nashville
• Little Sisters of the Poor
• add a couple hundred or so