Posted on 09/27/2013 5:33:13 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
Catholic Bishop Stands His Ground on Obamacare Rule: ‘We Cannot--We Will Not--Comply With This Unjust Law’ (CNSNews.com) – As many Americans start to enroll in the Obamacare health insurance exchanges on Oct. 1, the position of Bishop Paul S. Loverde, head of the Catholic diocese of Arlington, Va., on the law’s mandate that nearly all health insurance plans include contraception, sterilizations, and abortifacient drugs without co-pays has not changed and is clear: “We cannot--we will not--comply with this unjust law.”
Bishop Loverde made that statement in a joint letter with Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of the Richmond Diocese to the Catholics of Virginia--some 700,000 of them--on Jan. 30, 2012. Bishop Loverde’s office confirmed this week that, given the mandate has not been changed or rescinded, the bishops’ position has not changed.
Back in March 2012, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) described the Obamacare rule as an “unjust and illegal mandate” that violates religious freedom under the First Amendment, and noted that it affects employers and nearly all individuals -- a “violation of personal civil rights.”
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Good. Why should we budge.
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Sadly, no. Only the faithful and courageous part of it.
...but refuse to deny communion or excommunicate abortion supporting liberal Catholics who support him and they fight to welcome in more illegals who will vote for him.
It won’t be the first time satan and the church had it out. It gives me hope. I know how it always turns out.
The faithful in the Catholic Church are anvils who’ve worn out hammers a lot tougher then Obama and the ghoul Sebelious. My father is in a nursing home at Little Sisters of the Poor and this tough old Irish nun told me they will go to jail rather then submit.
...yeah and reviving “Onward Christian Soldiers” in the hymnal.
I’m not sure about that but for Obama to say the nursing homes aren’t religious institutions is a black lie. When you walk in there are statues of Jesus and Mary. Prayers are said before every meal. Nuns in habit taking care of the ederly. ....
Amen and Amen
Meanwhile the biggest Catholic hospital in Ireland (or was it Scotland?) will do abortions because its the law of the land.
Those LSP are amazing women.
No doubt - God bless the LSPs and all the faithful orders.
On the other hand, sadly, there are the LCWRs and the Dolanites.
I’m unaware if that’s true but you’re pretty keen on finding enemies on your side.
only when I am being maligned, I ain’t lookin for them
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