Posted on 01/04/2014 2:22:01 PM PST by grundle
One would assume that a lawyer would think twice before suing an order of nuns called the Little Sisters of the Poor, but not Attorney General Eric Holder. Fox News host Megyn Kelly reported that he’s going after them “tooth and nail” on the Friday night edition of “The Kelly Files.”
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor granted an order on Dec. 31 temporarily restraining the federal government from enforcing Obamacare’s contraception mandate against the Denver-based Catholic order of nuns.
Had Holder’s Justice Department done nothing, the government would have eventually been permanently enjoined from enforcing the mandate against the sisters. But the DOJ is digging in its heels on this one, stating that all the nuns have to do is sign a form and their legal problems will go away, according to Fox News.
“That form is actually a permission slip,” Mark Rienzi, lead counsel for the nuns told Kelly. “That form, under federal law, authorizes and directs other people to provide contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs.”
Despite the public relations fiasco of suing an order of nuns who have cared for poor, elderly people for 175 years, some media on the left are siding with the Justice Department. Slate.com talked of “the spectacle of these plaintiffs [the nuns] trying to weasel out of nothing more onerous than signing a piece of paper,” according to Kelly.
If the form means so little, “You have to ask, why is the Justice Department fighting the nuns all the way to the Supreme Court?” asked Rienzi. “Why on Earth is the government threatening them with huge fines?”
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Wonder when the Pope will chime in to tell the Sisters to give it up.
-— French Revolution, too. -—
A favorite of Leftists everywhere.
I have no words....
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For a change!
I really don’t understand the liberals’ obsession with contraception and their zeal to shove it down every American’s throat, other than they told somebody to do something, and By God, they better do it or else!
What’s the big deal if some insurance plans don’t have contraception?? But this is anathema to the liberals. And I’m sure part of it is forcing the hated Catholics to go against their faith.
These women do it all FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
Hard to beat that.
Slate accusing the nuns of ‘trying to weasel out’ is disgusting. I sincerely hope that they get their comeuppance in a very public way. Sick Socialists.
The Proto Godless Commies.
I’d like to see this “scrap of paper” holder wants them to sign. You don’t take a case to the SCOTUS over some meaningless form.
I sure hope there is enough “negative PR.” The mainstream media tends to protect Obama.
Yep - commies hate nuns.
Because those with a G-d complex are never afraid of themselves.
Great post #9. I agree with you - this is all about power and control, not birth control.
Thanks for the link. Of course it’s a trap. You can’t compromise with evil - you will always lose.
I don’t really possess the vocabulary or writing skills to express what I think of Obama’s actions in this instance.
It’s all about power and control.
There USED to be a graphic on FR that was a gigantic RASPBERRY. That is PLENTY of "vocabulary" and "writing skills" in that ONE bodacious sound. Doncha think? :o)
“And I’m sure part of it is forcing the hated Catholics to go against their faith.”
That’s the main purpose.
Harrassing nuns. Something he can really throw his heart and soul into.
I’m not a Catholic, but I will stand with them if the political winds shift in an ugly direction.
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