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Archbishop: 'The More That Gov't Mandates Evil Actions, The More Likely Civil Disobedience Becomes'
CNSNews ^ | 2/14/14 | Barbara Hollingsworth

Posted on 02/16/2014 4:29:01 PM PST by marshmallow

CNSNews.com) – Calling the Obama administration “the most tone deaf to religious liberty issues in recent memory,” Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput warned that religious freedom in the U.S. is “at risk,” and that “the more government mandates evil action, the more likely civil disobedience becomes.”

Last February, Chaput urged his fellow prelates to take the “right action…whatever the cost” regarding the Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate, which requires nearly all insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act to pay for sterilization, contraceptives, and abortion-inducing drugs.

Due to “an unfriendly political class” and believers’ own apathy, Chaput told CNSNews.com, “government pressure on religious communities has clearly increased.” Which is why, he says, that religious freedom must not be taken for granted, but be “vigorously defended” in the nation’s courts and state houses.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: chaput; religiousfreedom; religiousliberty; religiouspersecution
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To: marshmallow

“...no more running. I aim to misbehave.”

21 posted on 02/16/2014 9:07:28 PM PST by RichInOC (2013-14 Tiber Swim Team)
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To: NYer

I’ll be the elderly Frenchwoman hiding Jews in my basement and stitching up the warriors when they come back from a fight.


22 posted on 02/16/2014 9:42:07 PM PST by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: ottbmare
I’ll be the elderly Frenchwoman hiding Jews in my basement and stitching up the warriors when they come back from a fight.

I would be too but I can't because I'm a man.

23 posted on 02/16/2014 9:49:08 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: marshmallow

I really love this guy. Wish he were still in CO.


24 posted on 02/16/2014 10:40:19 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: RitaOK

In Maine we need not go to Washington, to the septic system of the world, to fight. Our written State Constitution gives us all the authority we need, not through corrupt easily bought sluts and whores in public office, but through our peoples veto process.


25 posted on 02/17/2014 7:07:51 AM PST by The_Republic_Of_Maine
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine

A pretty wonderful declaration from what I searched. Thx.


26 posted on 02/17/2014 12:06:24 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CHRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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To: marshmallow

I have been predicting this for a long, long time now.


27 posted on 02/17/2014 12:49:47 PM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: RitaOK
Pretty cool isn't it. Want to be free? Move to Maine and vote YES on secession in June of 2018.
28 posted on 02/17/2014 3:11:56 PM PST by The_Republic_Of_Maine
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