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发帖数: 29846 | 1 May 21, 2012 by Rick Rice
Fascinating happenings coming from many of the nation’s Catholics… God
bless ‘em:
Catholic archdioceses and institutions filed suit in federal district
courts across the country Monday against the so-called contraception mandate
, in one of the biggest coordinated legal challenges to the rule to date.
Claiming their “fundamental rights hang in the balance,” a total of 43
plaintiffs filed a dozen separate lawsuits challenging the
constitutionality of the requirement. Among the organizations were the
University of Notre Dame and the Archdiocese of New York.
…
A statement from the University of Notre Dame said the requirement would
still call on religious-affiliated groups to “facilitate” coverage “for
services that violate the teachings of the Catholic Church.”
“The federal mandate requires Notre Dame and similar religious
organizations to provide in their insurance plans abortion-inducing drugs,
contraceptives and sterilization procedures, which are contrary to Catholic
teaching. It also authorizes the government to determine which organizations
are sufficiently ‘religious’ to warrant an exemption from the requirement
,” the statement said.
I’m one hundred percent in agreement with the plaintiffs and quite frankly,
if you’re not, you damned well ought to be.
I don’t expect Obama and his minions to take this lying down, in fact,
quite the opposite.
Things could get rough for faithful Catholics… not so much for cultural
Catholics…
If you consider yourself a Catholic, which are you?
UPDATE: Bishop Dolan, the proverbial face of opposition to Obama’s HHS
mandate, has issued a related statement:
“We have tried negotiation with the Administration and legislation with
the Congress – and we’ll keep at it – but there’s still no fix. Time is
running out, and our valuable ministries and fundamental rights hang in the
balance, so we have to resort to the courts now. Though the Conference is
not a party to the lawsuits, we applaud this courageous action by so many
individual dioceses, charities, hospitals and schools across the nation, in
coordination with the law firm of Jones Day. It is also a compelling display
of the unity of the Church in defense of religious liberty. It’s also a
great show of the diversity of the Church’s ministries that serve the
common good and that are jeopardized by the mandate – ministries to the
poor, the sick, and the uneducated, to people of any faith or no faith at
all.” |
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