Posted on 02/26/2015 11:31:56 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Quietly on Christmas Eve, the Obama administration changed the rules on handling refugee children who enter the country without their parents and report being victims of sexual assault. All refugee aid groups, including Catholic and other Christian groups, will now be required to refer those girls to facilities that provide abortions.
Religious groups that work with refugees are concerned that the new rules may require them to give up federal funding.
Dr. Susan Yoshihara of the New York and Washington DC-based Center for Family & Human Rights (C-Fam) first reported the change last week: “Faith-based groups say this is a contravention of the rights of parents and a violation of the conscience rights of faith-based groups helping resettle the children.”
Yoshihara reported that the new rule was “fast-tracked” and that the administration says it would be “contrary to the public interest to wait until a public notice and comment process is complete.” She reports that the administration rejects the necessity for Congressional comment or approval.
Specifically, the new rules “require faith-based providers to make referrals for emergency contraception, partner with groups that provide for abortion, or notify the federal government that would make arrangement for the abortion.”
In addition to the new rules on abortion, refugee groups will also be required to train their staffs in the complexity of LGBTQI and identify “transgender and intersex” kids. Yoshihara reports, “The rules assert that ‘gender’ refers to the attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person’s biological sex,’ and that ‘this term is not to be confused with sex, which refers to a person’s biological status and is typically categorized as male, female, or intersex’.”
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Anti-Christian Nanny State PING!
Forget the Police ,they’re Too Violent
No doubt. But they should have known that federal money never comes without strings attached. Did these people actually believe that the gov had only altruistic motives? Geez.
Answer is?
Its funny how tax money gets extorted out of people, and then used to try to bribe people into doing stuff they find immoral.
Not much better than paying the Mafia protection money, that will be used to fund Brothels or drug distribution networks.
The difference with the mafia is that at least when you pay, they leave you alone; they don’t much care how you live the rest of your life or what your private beliefs are. They may at times actually “protect” you from real outside threats...if only to keep the gravy train extortions going!
Government required abortion for pregnant illegals is a clear human right’s violation.
Now now, we mustn’t become obsessed with the issue of abortion. The important thing is to eliminate the borders.
I could wish that this might slow some of these Christian groups from bringing over and settling large numbers of, say, Somalis on the public dime, but they’ll probably just go ahead with Obama’s orders as long as they can continue to get paid tax money for for continuing to shoehorn into established neighborhoods, immigrants with no job skills and no desire to assimilate into American life. They get paid for bringing them, then after that, the American tax payer is forever stuck with the bill and crime, etc.
Massa Bama... should I wipe my butt wit my right hand or left?
Jeepers... thanks for the ping!
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