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To: gleeaikin
why does a hospital, although catholic, which serves the general public have a right to question someone who wishes to get free contraception provided by their insurance company?

They do not have a right to question them. But they do have a right to decline to provide a service which is against their religious beliefs.

To steal a few lines from Krauthammer's latest column:
Catholic soup kitchens do not demand religious IDs from either the hungry they feed or the custodians they employ. Catholic charities and hospitals — even Catholic schools — do not turn away Hindu or Jew.
Just like Muslims restaurants don't serve pork and Hindu restaurants don't serve beef, Catholic organizations don't provide contraception or abortions.

107 posted on 02/11/2012 5:15:06 AM PST by oldbrowser (They are Marxists, don't call them democrats)
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To: oldbrowser; All

“They have the right to decline to provde a service which is against their religious beliefs.”

Yes, and this is why Obama responded to the hue and cry by transfering the responsibility for providing these services to the employees’ insurance companies rather than to the hospitals themselves.


127 posted on 02/12/2012 7:13:51 PM PST by gleeaikin
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