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So not only is this a KABOOM across the bow of this administration about the mandate, but it also reads as a "We've had ENOUGH," statement; a refusal to accommodate the anti-religious bigots anymore.
A taste:
- Us Catholic Leaders Vow To Hold Firm To Biblical Marriage Teaching
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- Aclu Sues U.s. Bishops For Not Allowing Abortions In Catholic Hospitals
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- Catholic Church Files Lawsuit: Obama Administration Is Engaged In “a Conscious Political Strategy To Marginalize And Delegitimize Catholic Views, Holding Them Up For Ridicule On National Stage”…
From CNS: The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., is arguing in a new lawsuit that the Obama administration is engaged in a “conscious political strategy to marginalize and delegitimize” Catholic “religious views on contraception by...
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- The Manhattan Declaration
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Catholic Bishops Nail 95 Theses To Obama's Door - Urge Civil Disobedience
From Laura at Ace of Spades:
We missed this one two weeks ago, during Dogtroversy. But it's kind of a big deal.CHICAGO, April 17, 2012— In an audacious rebuke to President Obama, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops threw down the gauntlet. USCCB issued a “Statement on Religious Liberty”. The statement calls for the repeal of the contraception mandate put on employers by the Department of Health and Human Services.The link to the Bishops' statement is in the article. In addition to rejecting any notion of obeisance to this law, the statement lists a number of infringements of religious liberty the Church has had to suffer in recent years.
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The bishops state emphatically this is an unjust law and unjust laws “must not be obeyed”. They are including lay employers in their statement. Employers, who for reasons of faith or conscience, may not want to provide or pay for contraceptive, sterilization, or abortifacient services.
According to the bishops, there can be no accommodation made for an unjust law. An unjust law “must not be obeyed”, not merely objected to.
So not only is this a KABOOM across the bow of this administration about the mandate, but it also reads as a "We've had ENOUGH," statement; a refusal to accommodate the anti-religious bigots anymore.
A taste:
What is at stake is whether America will continue to have a free, creative, and robust civil society—or whether the state alone will determine who gets to contribute to the common good, and how they get to do it. Religious believers are part of American civil society, which includes neighbors helping each other, community associations, fraternal service clubs, sports leagues, and youth groups. All these Americans make their contribution to our common life, and they do not need the permission of the government to do so. Restrictions on religious liberty are an attack on civil society and the American genius for voluntary associations.
- Us Catholic Leaders Vow To Hold Firm To Biblical Marriage Teaching
Barack Obama and His College Sweetheart From the National Catholic Register: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex “marriage” is a constitutional right, in a long-awaited decision that will have sweeping and unpredictable...
- Aclu Sues U.s. Bishops For Not Allowing Abortions In Catholic Hospitals
From the AP: DETROIT (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is taking aim at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and its ethical guidelines for Catholic hospitals.The ACLU filed a lawsuit in federal court in Michigan accusing the...
- Catholic Church Files Lawsuit: Obama Administration Is Engaged In “a Conscious Political Strategy To Marginalize And Delegitimize Catholic Views, Holding Them Up For Ridicule On National Stage”…
From CNS: The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., is arguing in a new lawsuit that the Obama administration is engaged in a “conscious political strategy to marginalize and delegitimize” Catholic “religious views on contraception by...
-
15 Shocking Quotes from Catholic Bishops About Muslim Aggression in the Middle East At the Vatican’s Synod Hall, over 250 Catholic bishops are meeting for the Special Assembly for the Middle East for the Synod of Bishops. It is intended...
- The Manhattan Declaration
Newsmax: Religious Leaders Call for Civil Disobedience if Laws Don’t Respect Faith Saturday, November 21, 2009 2:52 PM A formidable coalition of 150 Catholic, Orthodox and evangelical leaders are calling on Christians in a new manifesto to reject secular...