On Monday, 12 suits were filed in federal court by 43 Catholic institutions, including the University of Notre Dame, Catholic University, and the archdioceses of New York and Washington. The suits are an effort to overturn the Department of Health and Human Service’s mandate for contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs under the Affordable Care Act — a regulation that forces Catholic hospitals, universities and charities to act in ways that violate their conscience and the teachings of their church.
“The government … cannot justify its decision to force Notre Dame to provide, pay for, and/or facilitate access to these services in violation of its sincerely held religious beliefs,” Notre Dame’s lawsuit argues. “If the government can force religious institutions to violate their beliefs in such a manner, there is no apparent limit to the government’s power… The First Amendment also prohibits the Government from becoming excessively entangled in religious affairs and from interfering with a religious institution’s internal decisions concerning the organization’s religious structure, ministers, or doctrine. The U.S. Government Mandate tramples all of these rights.”
The University of Notre Dame, is should be said, is not an institution that is naturally hostile to President Obama. After all, it awarded Obama an honorary degree in 2009.
The reason for the Obama administration’s aggressive action against Catholic institutions can be explained by two things. First, the president genuinely believes in what he’s doing. He is a man of the left, through and through, so forcing religious institutions to comply with a progressive law that forces religious institutions to act in ways that conflicts with their religious teaching makes perfect sense. It turns out this is part and parcel of the “transformational” presidency Obama referred to during the 2008 campaign. In this instance, he is interested in transforming civil society by employing against it the raw power of the federal government.
Second, Team Obama must have believed that this would help them in an effort to convince voters the GOP is engaged in a “war on women.”
I suspect what the Obama administration didn’t anticipate, however, was that Catholic institutions not only wouldn’t back down from this offensive; they would actually fight back. And fighting back — intelligently, effectively, and in a unified fashion — they are. This could have significant political implications in states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Wisconsin, where the Catholic vote is crucial. And although it’s not garnering much attention, my guess is that when the history of this election is written, the president’s decision to target Catholics/Catholic institutions will be seen as an important moment and one Obama will come to rue.
Mark May 21 on your political calendars.
I am a Roman Catholic. I have been in this parish for 35 years. The bishop who led this diocese for most of this time is an anti-American; for twenty years he organized bus trips to military bases to protest American villainy, etc. etc. n nThis bishop organized a leftist national "Catholic" organization using funds the diocese collected from the parishes. Fortunately, this anti-American leftist is now retired, but the organizations he helped organize wih parish funds are out there and spewing anti-American hatred. n nI am glad the current US bishops are resisting the government's efforts to force them to retreat from their ethical positions. Like the old Arab proverb, no one can doubt that this is the government camel just getting its nose under the tent.
I am a Roman Catholic. I have been in this parish for 35 years. The bishop who led this diocese for most of this time is an anti-American
am a Roman Catholic. I have been in this parish for 35 years. The bishop who led this diocese for most of this time is an anti-American; for twenty years he organized bus trips to military bases to protest American villainy, etc. etc. n nThis bishop organized a leftist national "Catholic" organization using funds the diocese collected from the parishes. Fortunately, this anti-American leftist is now retired, but the organizations he helped organize wih parish funds are out there and spewing anti-American hatred. n nI am glad the current US bishops are resisting the government's efforts to force them to retreat from their ethical positions. Like the old Arab proverb, no one can doubt that this is the government camel just getting its nose under the tent. n nUS Catholicism is slowly recovering from the leftist theologians and bishops of the 1970s. The dropoff in Catholic attendance is partly because Catholics don't recognize militant leftism as the theology of basic Catholicism. We were taught: Worship, Repent, Fulfill obligations to help others. The leftist bishops only recognize the third obligation and pound on us to elect tyrants who will "transform" the country.
I am a Roman Catholic. I have been in this parish for 35 years. The bishop who led this diocese for most of this time is an anti-American; for twenty years he organized bus trips to military bases to protest American villainy, etc. etc. n nThis bishop organized a leftist national "Catholic" organization using funds the diocese collected from the parishes. (We thought this money would be used to help poor people in neighboring counties, whether they were Catholic, Protestant, or whatever) .Fortunately, this bishop is now retired, but the organizations he helped organize with parish funds are out there and spewing anti-American hatred. n nI am glad the current US bishops are resisting the government's efforts to force them to retreat from their ethical positions. Like the old Arab proverb, no one can doubt that this is the government camel just getting its nose under the tent. n nUS Catholicism is slowly recovering from the left-leaning theologians and bishops of the 1970s. The dropoff in Catholic attendance is partly because Catholics don't recognize militant leftism as the theology of basic Catholicism. We were taught: Worship, Repent, Fulfill obligations to help others. The leftist bishops only recognize the third obligation and pound on us to elect tyrants who will "transform" the country.
I am a Roman Catholic. I have been in this parish for 35 years. The bishop who led this diocese for most of this time is an anti-American; for twenty years he organized bus trips to military bases to protest American villainy, etc. etc. n nThis bishop organized a leftist national "Catholic" organization using funds the diocese collected from the parishes. Fortunately, he is now retired, but the organizations he helped organize wih parish funds are out there and spewing anti-American hatred. n nI am glad the current US bishops are resisting the government's efforts to force them to retreat from their ethical positions. Like the old Arab proverb, no one can doubt that this is the government camel just getting its nose under the tent. n nUS Catholicism is slowly recovering from the left-leaning theologians and bishops of the 1970s. The dropoff in Catholic attendance is partly because Catholics don't recognize militant leftism as the theology of basic Catholicism. We were taught: Worship, Repent, Fulfill obligations to help others. The leftist bishops only recognize the third obligation and pound on us to elect tyrants who will "transform" the country.
LA MIRADA, Calif. — On the same day President Obama became the first U.S. president to come out in support of same-sex marriage, a group of students announced the presence of the "Biola Queer Underground" at this small evangelical university, touching off a highly-charged debate about Christianity and homosexuality. nThe group launched a website and posted flyers around the Biola University campus May 9 with the following message: "We want to bring to light the presence of the LGBTQ community at Biola. Despite what some may assume, there are Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender, and Queers at Biola. We are Biola's students, alumni, employees, and fellow followers of Christ. We want to be treated with equality and respected as another facet of Biola's diversity." n nA snippet of whats to come. This is a report (in MSNBC) by two reporters on May, 24, 2012 detailing an insidious movement to undermine ALL religious institutions in the USA by flooding student body's with professional "provocateurs" trained in guerilla tactics to decimate America's morality and societal fabric. (Cont…) n n
(Biola Cont.) n nTheir objective is 1) eradicate America's Judeo-Christian heritage. They tried in the Haight-Ashbury heyday's of the 60's with a "top down agenda" leading to abject failure. Now, with Saul Alinsky underarms, this same Gay Movement is insidiously working from the "inside out," attacking relgious institutions, one-by-one. n nA new Oxford Annotated Bible deleting everything religous concerning formation of a family, community and society based on Godly principles is now a Bible devoid of any mention of the like and Godlyness. n nRepudiation by 31 States of all Gay agendas. Repudiation by every Religious entity in the USA of government decree by fiat of adherence to policies designed to shred America's Judeo-Christian heritage. And now, anonymous Gay movement cropping up in religious universities, halls of worship and Sunday Prayer Groups. n nA visible, concerted effort by a minority (Gay) Movement designed to split, usurp and disorent Americans about what's really at hand, a marxist/lenninist takeover of America's:1)religion, 2) education, 3) financial sector (capitalism), and governance (command economy) Cont, II…) n n
(Biola II Cont.) nWake-up America. This is Marxism/Leninism at its worse…don't let this rabble of fellow travelers foist their abject failures off on a wonderful "Experiment.." Unite, arm-in-arm, to fend off these malcontents…usurpers. "Circle-the-Wagons" around Biola University. If not, if they succumb…America is lost. God Bless America. Amen. n