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February 4th, 2012%
Read the original post: On Obama’s Unwinnable Battle Against Religious Liberty
What a crazy week it has been, between the Obamacare/HHS mandate, over 150 bishops speaking out against it , and the battle between Susan G. Komen and Planned Parenthood. A great many people are visiting this site today because of my comments on the Komen situation — my most recent thoughts on that can be found here (ongoing updates can be found at my twitter page @AmericanPapist — the story is very fast moving and complex). But I don’t want to lose track of the “bigger” story – Obama’s war against religious liberty in this country and the Catholic effort to win this war definitively. Peggy Noonan calls this a “battle the President can’t win” in her syndicated column today for the Wall Street Journal and says “President Obama just may have lost the election” because, in going after the religious liberty of Catholics, he has “awakened a sleeping giant”: If [Catholics] stay strong and fight, they will win. This is in fact a potentially unifying moment for American Catholics, long split left, right and center. Catholic conservatives will immediately and fully oppose the administration’s decision. But Catholic liberals, who feel embarrassed and undercut, have also come out in opposition. …
Read the original post: On Obama’s Unwinnable Battle Against Religious Liberty
February 4th, 2012%
Read full article here: Indian nun may face arrest for refusing to allow Hindu ceremony in classroom
Militant Hindus are charging that a Catholic nun “wounded the religious sentiments of the community” when she disrupted a Hindu religious ceremony organized by a student during class in a ……
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February 4th, 2012%
Go directly to: Romney pledges to eliminate HHS mandate on ‘day one’ of presidency
Washington D.C., Feb 3, 2012 / 01:48 pm ( CNA/EWTN News ).- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has pledged to overturn the HHS contraception mandate that he says takes “particular aim” at Catholics. “I stand with the Catholic bishops and all religious organizations in their strenuous objection to this liberty- and conscience-stifling regulation,” Romney wrote in a Feb. 3 Washington Examiner column titled “President Obama
February 3rd, 2012%
Read more: Mitt Romney vs. Obama Administration’s War on Religious Liberty
Mitt Romney has long appreciated the growing threats against religious liberty in our midst. He faced them as governor of Massachusetts, as the conscience rights of Catholic Charities’ adoption work was challenged. He talked about them in a major speech in his last campaign for the GOP nomination. Today in an oped , he takes on these threats directly. This, it seems to me, is the money graph: It is a prerequisite to the preservation of our liberty that our government not dictate to religious institutions the principles by which they are to carry out their charitable and divine mission. Religious liberty and freedom of conscience flow from the common conviction that it is freedom not coercion that exalts the individual, just as it raises up the nation. Many conservatives, it is no secret, worry that there will not be enough contrast between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, if Romney is the Republican nominee. This oped points to dramatic and crucial contrast…
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February 3rd, 2012%
Read the full article here: White House’s defense of mandate called inaccurate, misleading
Washington D.C., Feb 3, 2012 / 01:05 pm ( CNA/EWTN News ).- An expert in religious freedom says that the White House’s defense of the contraception mandate contains inaccurate information and does not address the main complaints raised by its critics. Brian Walsh, executive director of the American Religious Freedom program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, said that some of the the claims made by the White House are “not factually accurate” and a number of its points “aren’t even relevant.” “It’s certainly not a direct response” to the concerns of religious freedom that have been raised in recent days, but is simply restating the administration’s position on contraception,Walsh told n Feb. 2. Walsh’s remarks were aimed at a Feb. 1 blog post by Cecilia Muñoz, the Director of the White House’s Domestic Policy Council, who attempted to clarify “the facts” surrounding the controversial mandate. On Jan. 20, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that virtually all employers would be required to purchase health insurance plans that cover contraception – including drugs that cause abortion – and sterilization at no cost to employees. The very narrow religious exemption to the mandate includes only those organizations that exist for the purpose of inculcating religious values and that both primarily serve and employ members of their own faith. …
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February 3rd, 2012%
Read the complete text: Romney Blasts Obama’s Anti-Catholic Obamacare Mandate
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released an opinion column today that blasts the Obama administration for its new Obamacare mandate forcing religious employers to pay for insurance coverage that includes birth control and drugs that may cause abortions. The mandate, which has been soundly condemned by pro-life and religious groups, would force religious employers to …
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February 3rd, 2012%
Go directly to: The New Anti-Catholicism: Occupy the Vatican
The old anti-Catholicism found its expression in the mid-nineteenth century when the first large wave of Catholic immigrants arrived in the United States. Some of these immigrant groups had set up their own private religious schools. Many non-Catholic Americans, however, believed that Catholic schools indoctrinated students in superstitions that were inconsistent with the principles of American democracy. Therefore, in order to make sure that such schools would not receive government funding of any sort, federal and state legislation was proposed that forbade the use of public resources for “religious,” i.e. Catholic, purposes.
February 3rd, 2012%
Read the complete text here: Obama, Metaxas call for authentic religion at prayer breakfast
Washington D.C., Feb 2, 2012 / 08:08 pm ( .- The need for a genuine faith that translates into action was the theme chosen by both President Obama and keynote speaker Eric Metaxas at the 2012 National Prayer Breakfast in the nation’s capital. The breakfast, which was held in the district’s Hilton Hotel on Feb. 2, attracted more than 3,000 guests. “We can’t leave our values at the door,” President Obama said, highlighting the importance of having a faith that is lived out “not just with words, but with deeds.” The president stated that the values of his Christian faith motivate the decisions he makes in office. As a Christian, he said, his economic policies coincide with the biblical principle of “requiring much from those who have been given so much.” He also cast his efforts to “prevent atrocities” in other countries and “take on issues like human trafficking” as being “about the biblical call to care for the least of these.” President Obama added that his administration is “linking arms with faith-based groups,” such as Catholic Charities, to work towards “strengthening adoption” and serving those “who are struggling with poverty,” among other initiatives.
February 3rd, 2012%
Read full article here: Archbishop Chaput says Obama administration sold out Catholic supporters
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb 3, 2012 / 06:08 am ( .- The Obama administration has betrayed Catholics by refusing to expand the religious exemption in Health and Human Services’ contraception mandate, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput says. “The administration’s only concession was to give our institutions a one-year delay to comply,” he said in a Feb. 2 letter. “This is not merely inadequate. It is dangerous. And it betrays the good faith of many Catholics who – until now – have supported the current administration with an honest will.” Archbishop Chaput is one of over 140 U.S. …
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February 2nd, 2012%
Read more from the original source: Obama vs. Religious Liberty: 5 More Important Updates [Updated w/ Video]
Plenty happening on this story: 1) By my updated count , over 70% of bishops who head dioceses in the U.S. have spoken out against the mandate (131 of 184). I think we’ll pass 75% this weekend easily as more and more bishops join the movement. 2) CNSNews reports that White House press secretary Jay Carney claimed there was “no constitutional rights issue” when questioned about the mandate. This coming from the administration that just lost their religious liberty argument 9-0 at the Supreme Court. UPDATE — here is the video: At one point he says: “I would also just note that our robust partnerships with the Catholic Church and other communities of faith will continue.” — I wouldn’t be so sure. The Commonweal blog has a full transcript of both times the issue came up in the press briefing. Some clues are beginning to emerge about the Obama’s administration’s attitude towards the Catholic counter-reaction, but more on that from me later…
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February 2nd, 2012%
Read this article: Catholic Business Leaders Denounce HHS Mandate
By EWTN NEWS/CNA | Catholic leaders of both religious and secular businesses across the country are denouncing the Obama administration’s contraception mandate for forcing a moral dilemma on them and negatively impacting their companies. Jonathan Reyes, president of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Denver, said that the “horrific” decision is a “violation of conscience” that will negatively impact his ability … …
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February 2nd, 2012%
Read full article here: White House denies health-care mandate violates Catholic consciences
The White House has denied that requiring contraceptive coverage in health-care plans poses a threat to religious liberty. Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, told reporters at ……
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February 2nd, 2012%
Go directly to: Values Inequality
Charles Murray’s new book Coming Apart demolishes the idea that the white working class remains the guardian of core American values like religious faith, hard work and marriage….
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February 2nd, 2012%
Read the full article here: Business leaders decry HHS contraception mandate
Washington D.C., Feb 2, 2012 / 06:00 am ( CNA/EWTN News ).- Catholic leaders of both religious and secular businesses across the country are denouncing the Obama administration’s contraception mandate for forcing a moral dilemma on them and negatively impacting their companies. Jonathan Reyes, president of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Denver,
February 1st, 2012%
The rest is here: Gingrich Blasts Obama’s Anti-Religious Coverage Mandate
In an email distributed by Human Events, a conservative publication, Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich takes the Obama administration to task of its new Obamacare mandate. The mandate, which has been soundly condemned by pro-life and religious groups, would force religious employers to pay for health insurance coverage that includes drugs that can cause abortions, …
The rest is here: Gingrich Blasts Obama’s Anti-Religious Coverage Mandate
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