WH:'No Constitutional Rights Issue' in Forcing Catholics to Act Against Their Faith (!!!)

CNS News ^ | 01/31/2012 | Fred Lucas

[Munz]

this doesn’t matter to the mooslim tyrant so it is all good with the white house

[Trailerpark Badass]

I know not every Catholic voted Obama but didn’t the majority do this to themselves with supporting him?

Well, I think it's safe to say that the Catholics here at FR didn't vote for Obama.

And guess what, the Catholics who DID vote for Obama ain't gonna see your post, or any of the bazillion other posts about "all those Catholics who voted for Democrats."

[Campion]

It sucks, but it's not a Constitutional issue.

Giving someone a choice between paying a fine or following their religion "isn't a Constitutional issue" ???

On what planet?

[HawkEye2012]

True, the ones needing to see it will not.

[BigEdLB]

I am not Catholic, but I think Obama’s gang messed up with this edict.

[MD Expat in PA]

Nobody compels a Catholic organization to offer health insurance, health services/hospitals...nor compels Catholics to work in any environment they don't want to work in.

I agree but then there are cases in which doctor’s proscribe “birth control” pills not as a contraceptive but in order to regulate irregular menstrual periods, sometimes as an aid to facilitate conception (which was done in my case) and sometimes to alleviate the very painful and debilitating effects of endometriosis.

Does the Catholic church and their insurance companies make any exceptions in cases of medical necessity? Just asking.

[In Maryland]

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

I doubt I need to tell Freepers where the quote comes from.

[Mrs. Don-o]

My understanding is that the HHS regs were authorized by the Obamacare law. Since it’s an unfunded mandate, they don’t have to wait for the first Fiscal Year of the law in order to issue their new mandatory regs.

Last month Sebelius said she’d give the Catholic insttutions 8 months to figure out how they’re going to vilate their consciences. If they drop the employees’ insurance, they’ll pay huge fines by August.

Coercion with a capital C.

[GirlShortstop]

whew.   something.