Posted on 09/13/2017 5:43:56 PM PDT by marshmallow
SACRAMENTO, California, September 11, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) -- A federal judge told three Christian congregations in California that they have no case in wanting to opt out of the states requirement that they cover abortions through their health insurance plans.
U.S. District Court Judge Kimberly Mueller upheld a 2014 requirement of the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) that all employers throughout the state must pay for abortion insurance for their employees. She told the three churches that they failed to state an adequate claim.
The churches Foothill Church in Glendora, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Chino, and The Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch sued the state in 2014 after being informed that they could not prohibit or restrict coverage for elective abortions.
The churches "believe and teach that abortion destroys an innocent human life" and "participation in, facilitation of, or payment for an elective abortion is a grave sin," according to court documents.
The DMHC reclassified abortion as a basic health care service in 2014 under ObamaCare, making abortion insurance a mandatory provision for all business, regardless of the employers sincerely held beliefs.
DMHC Director Michelle Rouillard explained in a letter to the Churches at that time that abortion must be legally equated with maternity care. Her decree noted that the state constitution criminalizes discriminating against women who choose to terminate a pregnancy.
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Reading this article made me sick to my stomach.
Well said.
Perfect racket forcing people to pay for service the will not use. All money in and no money out. Except for judicial fees of course.
Obama
No matter how unjust, it’s a completely legal ruling and only the USSC can establish a new legal definition of “preventing the exercise thereof”.
OR, the completely worthless and corrupt Republican congress could address the issue and put new law on POTUS’ desk.
Remember, their whole bread and butter shtick is to inflame the passions of those who care about life, God’s rules about marriage and the Constitution as written.
But they never, ever put their votes where their mouths are.
They only use us.
Tell the judge to go take a flying wiz up a crooked rope.
The grounds keepers, maintenance people, cleaners, secretaries, bookkeepers, etc, the priest himself, are all PAID employees.
Or do you think that the work above just “miraculously happens”?
Well, Mr. Federal Judge Your Honor person,
Rhyme me this:
If an abortion is a ‘basic health care’ right, why does the state allow abortion clinics to charge for their services? Shouldn’t they be supported by private donations or state sponsorship? Is there a political difference between state sponsorship and sloughing it off onto insurance companies?
Do not comply.
This judge is a progressive. Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Only their self-aggrandizement matters.
Again,
Whole passel of, “judges”, need being dragged down a rocky road behind a pick em up truck.
The ELCA has been a haven for dark forces for years.
Figures.
Although he often preferred to support himself by his earnings as a tentmaker, St Paul made a point of saying he had a right to be supported by the local churches, because "the laborer is worthy of his hire." I suppose you want teachers, counselors, the full-time bilingual secretary/office manager, the parish nurse, and even the grounds and maintenance crew to work for nothing? You think maybe they're independently wealthy? A group that requires all its staff to work for nothing --- like Scientology --- now *there's* a cult.
Muslims excepted of course.
That’s all good. The problem is attempting to joint insure those that work for the church. The stinking government always gets involved with that move.
Pay those that keep the church going but let them do their own insurance thing...just like most of us.
You’ve got a good point there. I do think there are other means of covering medical costs. One is that the employees self-insure: I think that’s still an a available option. If not, there are some Christian cost sharing programs which ALL the churches should look into.
As you said, they shouldn’t be entangled with the government in ways which just put them in the clutches of the State.
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