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Little Sisters' Religious Liberty Goes On Trial
American Thinker ^ | March 25, 2016 | Daniel John Sobieski

Posted on 03/25/2016 7:02:54 AM PDT by raptor22

This is the kind of case the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia liked to sink his judicial teeth into -- whether the federal government can compel a religious entity like the Little Sisters of the Poor to violate their religious beliefs and acquiesce to the ObamaCare contraceptive coverage mandate. As LifeSite News reported on Wednesday’s hearing:

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of the Little Sisters of the Poor, a 175-year-old religious order of women who have vowed their lives to care for the elderly poor.

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1 posted on 03/25/2016 7:02:54 AM PDT by raptor22
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RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PING


2 posted on 03/25/2016 7:03:49 AM PDT by raptor22 (Follow me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken or facebook.com/danielsobieski)
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Only the beginning. Totalitarian leftist thugs are on the march.


3 posted on 03/25/2016 7:15:38 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: raptor22

How did it come to this? Why is the federal govt demanding that anyone obtain or provide insurance?


4 posted on 03/25/2016 7:18:04 AM PDT by Buttons12
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5 posted on 03/25/2016 7:21:14 AM PDT by raptor22 (Follow me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken or facebook.com/danielsobieski)
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Sadly, due to Justice Scalia’s passing, it is a case they are destined to lose.


6 posted on 03/25/2016 7:32:01 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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7 posted on 03/25/2016 8:19:12 AM PDT by raptor22 (Follow me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken or facebook.com/danielsobieski)
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To: raptor22

The First Amendment is dead.


8 posted on 03/25/2016 9:00:03 AM PDT by Jack Hammer (uff said.)
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Thanks raptor22.

9 posted on 03/25/2016 11:57:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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Because the Constitution as amended means nothing to so-called “Progressives”. They are satisfied with Arbitrary government.


10 posted on 03/25/2016 3:39:41 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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