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Category Archives: health care compromise
The Supreme Court’s Obamacare Decision and Religious Freedom
It’s a sad fact that Americans have gotten so used to judicial activists on the Supreme Court that we get angry when someone like Chief Justice John Roberts refuses to be one. Don’t get me wrong — I, too, desperately hoped Obamacare would … Continue reading
Posted in abortifacient, abortion, birth control, Catholic bishops, Chief Justice John Roberts, contraception, contraception mandate, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, Health and Human Services mandate, health care compromise, Health care mandate, Obamacare, ongoing threat to religious freedom, religious liberty, Supreme Court Obamacare decision, Uncategorized, United States Constitution, United States Supreme Court
Tagged abortion, birth control, Catholic Bishops, Chief Justice John Roberts, contraception mandate, healthcare, healthcare mandate, Obamacare, Obamacare decision, rational basis test of constitutionality, religious liberty, strict scrutiny test of constitutionality, United States Constitution
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The Religious Freedom Issue Is As Alive — And More Important– Than Ever
What does today’s Supreme Court decision mean for the federal lawsuits and the Fortnight for Freedom and religious freedom rallies that have drawn attention to the HHS mandate’s assault on religious freedom? 1. Today’s decision upheld the constitutionality of the Patient … Continue reading
Posted in abortifacients, abortion, after birth abortion, birth control, Catholic, Conference of Catholic Bishops, contraception, contraception mandate, First Amendment, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, Health and Human Services mandate, health care compromise, Health care mandate, HHS mandate, Obamacare, ongoing threat to religious freedom, political effect of the contraception mandate
Tagged abortion, birth control, Catholic Bishops, contraception mandate, religious liberty, United States Constitution
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FROM THE FISCAL TIMES: THE HHS MANDATE WOULD DEVASTATE THE POOR BY FORCING CATHOLIC HOSPITALS TO CLOSE
Edward Morrissey of The Fiscal Times analyzes the HHS mandate’s effect on the poor and on underserved rural areas by forcing Catholic hospitals to close: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2012/03/01/Obama-Risks-$100-Billion-if-Catholic-Hospitals-Close.aspx#page1 If you like this article, please click on the FOLLOW BY EMAIL button on … Continue reading
Posted in abortifacients, abortion, birth control, Catholic, Catholic Hospitals, contraception, contraception mandate, freedom of religion, health care compromise, Health care mandate, medical care for the poor, medical care for underserved rural areas, religious liberty, The Fiscal Times, United States Constitution
Tagged medical care for the poor, medical care for underserved rural areas, The Fiscal Times
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Rally for Religious Freedom Across America
In major cities across America there will be a noon-time rally on March 23 against the government’s demand for people to reject their consciences. People of widely divergent religious beliefs (even including amicus briefs by Hindus, Sikhs, animists, Hara Krishnas etc. as well … Continue reading
Posted in abortifacients, abortion, birth control, Catholic, contraception, contraception mandate, Evangelical Lutheran Church, freedom of religion, health care compromise, Health care mandate, Hindus, Hosanna-Tabor Church v. EEOC, Islam, Jews, Muslims, Protestants, Rally for Religious Liberty March 23, religious liberty, Sikhs
Tagged abortion, Catholic Bishops, contraception, contraception mandate, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishnas, Hindus, Hosanna-Tabor Church v. EEOC, Obamacare, Rally for Religious Liberty March 23, religious liberty, Santerias, United States Constitution
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Masterful Confrontation: The Unprecedented Threat to Religious Liberty
The Jesuits’ America Magazine (which still calls itself “the national Catholic weekly”) published an editorial http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13277 chiding the bishops. Bishop Lori’s reply follows. Responding to the gravest threat to religious liberty in American history, this statement may long be remembered for its urgency, boldness and … Continue reading
Why The Catholic Church Will Not Comply
In the following article from Catholic World Report, a professor of moral theology at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Ohio discusses why the Catholic Church must refuse to comply with the HHS contraception/abortifacient/sterilization health insurance mandate: From Catholic World Report: … Continue reading
Posted in abortifacient, abortion, birth control, contraception, contraception mandate, freedom of religion, health care compromise, Health care mandate, religious liberty, STD, The Catholic Church
Tagged abortion, Catholic Bishops, contraception, contraception mandate, Msgr. Kevin T. McMahon, Obama, Obamacare, religious liberty, STD, United States Constitution
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Liberal Catholic Pawns in the Obama Religious Wars
“The Obama religious wars”: neither words of hyperbole nor an empty epithet but an apt description of an unfolding crisis that encompasses the United States Constitution and fundamental religious liberty. Just last month, in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church v. EEOC, the United … Continue reading
Posted in abortifacients, birth control, Cardinal Francis George, Catholic colleges, Catholic Health Association, Catholic Hospitals, Catholic nuns, contraception, contraception mandate, George Weigel, health care compromise, Health care mandate, Hosanna-Tabor Church v. EEOC, John Courtney Murray, Jr., Obamacare, religious liberty, Respect for Rights of Conscience Act of 2012, Sister Carol Keehan, The Catholic Church, United States Constitution, United States Supreme Court
Tagged Catholic Health Association, contraception mandate, E. J. Dionne, George Weigel, Hosanna-Tabor Church v. EEOC, John Courtney Murray, Jr., Sister Carol Keehan, The Catholic Church
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Cardinal George Warns: Closing of Catholic Hospitals, Universities in Two Years
Cardinal George: All Catholic hospitals will close in two years under HHS mandate | LifeSiteNews.com http://www.lifesitenews.com The Catholic Church is being “despoiled of her institutions” through Obama…. If you like this article, please click on the FOLLOW BY EMAIL button … Continue reading
Posted in abortifacients, birth control, Cardinal George, Catholic, Catholic colleges, Catholic education, Catholic Hospitals, contraception, Deus et Patria, freedom of religion, health care compromise, Health care mandate, politics
Tagged abortion, Cardinal George, Catholic Bishops, Catholic hospitals, contraception, contraception mandate, Obama, Obamacare, politics, pro-life, religious liberty, United States Constitution
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What America’s REAL Nuns Are Saying (AND THE CMSWR’S NATIONAL CALL TO PRAYER AND FASTING)
Posted in abortifacient, abortifacients, abortion, Catholic, Catholic nuns, Conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious, contraception, Deus et Patria, Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist, Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, freedom of religion, health care compromise, Health care mandate, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa, Oprah, pro-life, Sisters of life, Uncategorized, United States Constitution, United States Supreme Court
Tagged abortion, Catholic Bishops, Catholic nuns, Conference of Major Superiors of Women Religious, contraception, Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist, Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Missionaries of Charity, Obamacare, Oprah, politics, pro-life, Sister Margaret Brennan, Sisters of Life, United States Constitution
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FATHER JOE, PERSONAL CONSCIENCE AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
FATHER JOE, PERSONAL CONSCIENCE and RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Some friends seem to question my judgment (maybe my sanity, too) when I say that Jesuits hold a special place in my heart. That’s not to deny my very special and unique love … Continue reading
Posted in abortifacients, abortion, birth control, Catholic, Catholic colleges, Catholic education, contraception, Deus et Patria, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, freedom of religion, health care compromise, Health care mandate, Jesuits, Obamacare, Ordinations, politics, Pope Benedict XVI, pro-life, SJ, Uncategorized
Tagged abortion, Catholic Bishops, contraception, contraception mandate, Father Joseph Koterski, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Jesuits, Obamacare, politics, pro-life, religious liberty, SJ, United States Constitution
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