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Tag Archives: HHS Mandate
3 Reasons Why the “Accommodations” to the HHS Mandate Do Not Address Our Concerns Reply
Since the USCCB issued it’s recent call to action, the controversy over the HHS Mandate is back in the news. Several public protests against the mandate by Catholic groups that will include priests and religious are expected throughout the nation for two weeks, from June 21 to July 4.
Meanwhile, the secular press keep will keep repeating the same old lines aimed at repudiating conscientious objectors. I would like to respond to some of their misleading allegations here. More…
Best Informational Video on HHS Yet Reply
In Case You Missed It: Bishops Issue Urgent Call To Action To Defend Religious Liberty Reply
“We have been staunch defenders of religious liberty in the past. We have a solemn duty to discharge that duty today,… for religious liberty is under attack, both at home and abroad.” More…
HHS Update: Supreme Court Hearings — Days Two and Three Reply
“Not a good day in court for the government.”
Here is a really good analysis of yesterday’s hearings at the Supreme Court, followed a 2 part video synopsis of today’s hearings. More…
HHS Update: Supreme Court Hearings — Day One Reply
Here is a brief report on yesterday’s hearings: More…
This Week: Obamacare Goes before the Supreme Court (3 Things You Can Do) Reply
Contraception or Religious Freedom? What the HHS Mandate Is Really About 1
Fr Jose LaBoy
Recently the Administrative Committee of the USCCB released a Statement in which they express several important aspects behind the HHS mandate.
There seemingly has been some debate whether the mandate is about contraception or about Religious Freedom. Recent articles have been emphasizing one or the other. In reality both have to be taken into account but not in the same way.
The emphasis on it being an issue of religious freedom can make it seem that the evil of contraception is just a religious belief, More…
Will You Be Forced to Pay for Abortion? 1
The slippery slope from the “religious exemption clause” the president promised in his Notre Dame speech has reached a new low. We are now being told that Americans will be required to cover surgical abortions. As Life Site News Reports:
“Several pro-life legal organizations filed legal briefs with the Supreme Court today telling the nation’s highest court in advance of its consideration of the lawsuit challenging Obamacare that the controversial health care law compels Americans to fund abortions.” More…
“The Immorality of Birth Control Is No Longer a Teaching of the Catholic Church?” Reply
Notre Dame Philosophy Professor Gary Gutting stated in a New York Times op ed that “The immorality of birth control is no longer a teaching of the Catholic Church.”
“It may be objected,” Gutting wrote, “that, regardless of what individual Catholics think, the bishops in fact exercise effective control over the church. This is true in many respects, but only to the extent that members of the church accept their authority. Stalin’s alleged query about papal authority More…
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