Posted on 12/19/2025 9:31:37 AM PST by Morgana
The Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic religious order dedicated to serving the elderly poor, are once again facing a court battle over a government contraception mandate. The Little Sisters of the Poor filed an appeal late on Friday, December 12, asking to be exempt from having to violate their religious beliefs.
“The 14-year legal crusade against the Little Sisters has been needless, grotesque, and un-American,” said Mark Rienzi, president of Becket and lead attorney for the Little Sisters, in a statement provided to Aleteia.
“The States have no business trying to take away the Little Sisters’ federal civil rights. The Third Circuit should toss the States’ lawsuit into the dustbin of history and uphold the protection the Little Sisters already won at the Supreme Court … twice," he said.
Despite the Little Sisters' victories at the Supreme Court regarding the requirement to cover contraceptives, and a federal government rule in 2017 that exempted the Little Sisters of the Poor and other faith-based groups from the requirement, states have continued to try to pass rules of their own.
In 2025, a federal court sided with the states of New York and Pennsylvania, stripping the Little Sisters of their exemption. The Little Sisters of the Poor have asked the federal court to appeal this ruling.
“For nearly 200 years, our order has welcomed the elderly poor and dying into our homes as we would welcome Christ Himself,” said Mother Loraine Marie Maguire of the Little Sisters of the Poor in a statement provided to Aleteia.
She continued, “It is painful that we have spent more than a decade defending that mission in court. We simply want to continue our work without being forced to violate our faith, and we pray Pennsylvania and New Jersey will end this needless harassment.”
Oral argument in the case is expected in early 2026.
Feminist Biotches have too much time on their hands.
They need to be awarded legal fees and the states need to be fined.
The Little Sisters are perhaps the most selfless and the kindest people in America.
So of course the Democrats have decided to target them.
Every Catholic clergyman in New York and Pennsylvania should be speaking out against this, strongly and continually. And the Pope, too.
Or are they all too busy trying to justify illegal immigration?
Yes, this is blatant vicious harassment.
Little Sisters of the Poor appeal in court, again
I have so far found no evidence that any state or federal government actor has been convicted of violating the 14th Amendment-based "Deprivation of rights under color of law" which prohibits lawfare. The situation of the Little Sisters of the Poor seems to apply to this law.
14th Amendment, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
18U.S. Code § 242 - Deprivation of rights under color of law: Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States [emphasis added], or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death. —18 U.S. Code § 242 - Deprivation of rights under color of law
So did anti-Christian lawmakers possibly make this law to hide behind while looking the other way when anti-Christian plaintiffs come down on Christians?
Never confuse Motion with Action [especially in an election year]. ―Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
They make leftist/prog government look bad - health care is the Woke SEIU gangster-state’s grift.
They don’t want anyone showing it can be done at minimal cost and with compassion.
Big time.
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