[battlecry]

“ours” sounds like they are fighting so the church and their businesses (universities, hospitals, schools) can operate outside of Obamacare. That leaves all other Catholic owned businesses out in the cold. I welcome them into the fight, but it seems to me religious freedom should not be limited to church-operated business.

[Gumdrop]

Please read it again!!!!

Go to paragraph 8, where it references the rights of individuals.

The bishops are on the front line for all believers, not just Catholics, and not just Christians, but all who are being subjected to secular laws that violate an individual’s conscience.

[Servant of the Cross]

You have picked out one word in one sentence, the interpretation of which is subject to debate, that you find fault with? All the while ignoring the other very clear words that obviously indicate this is a fight on behalf of "all people of faith." 'Ours' encompasses all U.S. citizens with cherished beliefs of religious freedom.

This is not about the religious freedom of Catholics only, but also of those who recognize that their cherished beliefs may be next on the block. This is not about the bishops’ somehow ‘banning contraception,’ when the U.S. Supreme Court took that issue off the table two generations ago. Indeed, this is not about the Church wanting to force anybody to do anything; it is, instead, about the federal government forcing the Church . . . to act against Church teachings.

To further discount your concern, here's the last paragraph of the March 14 statement:

Most importantly of all, we call upon the Catholic faithful, and all people of faith, throughout our country to join us in prayer and penance for our leaders and for the complete protection of our First Freedom—religious liberty—which is not only protected in the laws and customs of our great nation, but rooted in the teachings of our great Tradition. Prayer is the ultimate source of our strength—for without God, we can do nothing; but with God, all things are possible.