Posted on 05/25/2015 6:58:54 AM PDT by marshmallow
The Archdiocese of Washington and Priests for Life suffered a legal setback at the D.C. Court of Appeals that puts their case on a path to the U.S. Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON — A majority of judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals this week rejected a request from the Archdiocese of Washington and Priests for Life to have the full court review their challenge to the Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate.
According to the archdiocese and Priests for Life, the mandate as it currently applies forces them to be complicit in the provision of contraceptive services, including abortifacient drugs that seriously violate their Catholic beliefs.
“We concluded that the regulation challenged in this case does not, as a matter of law or fact, give plaintiffs’ conduct the contraception-facilitating effect of which they complain,” stated the majority ruling, written by Judge Nina Pillard, in denying relief from the mandate under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
The 6-3 ruling was followed by two strenuous dissents, one from Judge Janice Rodgers Brown, joined by Judge Karen Henderson, and one form Judge Brett Kavanaugh, which agreed with the plaintiffs’ contention that the federal government’s “accommodation” still violates the religious liberty of the Catholic organizations.
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If you need clarification :
See Hillary Clinton flatly stating that the nations' religious beliefs have to change .
Compulsion to contract is illegal. TAKE A HIKE JUDGE. You’re an idiot.
> I did not expect ever to see this level of oppression...
Don’t let the frame of reference be set by the government. Contracts with an insurance company - or any other company - are NULL if the contract is compelled.
PPACA “Obamacare” is utterly VOID! It’s completely invalid!
How many of the 6 are HOMOSEXUAL ?
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