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Cardinal Dolan: Obama Admin Lectured Bishops to Listen to ‘Enlightened’ Voices in Private Mtg.

Cardinal Dolan Pens Letter Alleging Obama Admin Lectured on Church Teaching

Over the past week, the media firestorm surrounding Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke and Rush Limbaugh has eclipsed the larger issue of religious liberty that stands at the forefront of the contraception mandate.

With the distracting debate raging, Fluke has received the majority of the media attention surrounding the subject. New developments in the faith world, unfortunately, have gone unnoticed. Of particular note is a public letter that was penned on March 2 by Cardinal Timothy Dolan (also president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops).

The letter recaps a bizarre conversation U.S. Conference staff recently had with White House officials regarding the mandate. In fact, Dolan seems to allege that government officials lectured Catholic leaders about church teaching, writing:

At a recent meeting between staff of the bishops’ conference and the White House staff, our staff members asked directly whether the broader concerns of religious freedom—that is, revisiting the straight-jacketing mandates, or broadening the maligned exemption—are all off the table. They were informed that they are.  So much for “working out the wrinkles.”  Instead, they advised the bishops’ conference that we should listen to the “enlightened” voices of accommodation, such as the recent, hardly surprising yet terribly unfortunate editorial in America.  The White House seems to think we bishops simply do not know or understand Catholic teaching and so, taking a cue from its own definition of religious freedom, now has nominated its own handpicked official Catholic teachers.
Cardinal Dolan Pens Letter Alleging Obama Admin Lectured on Church Teaching

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Dolan went on to explain that this situation is “hardly partisan” and that church officials will continue to meet with Republicans and Democrats, alike, to address the issue of religious freedom.

“But as we do so, we cannot rely on off the record promises of fixes without deadlines and without assurances of proposals that will concretely address the concerns in a manner that does not conflict with our principles and teaching,” he continued.

In the letter, the archbishop of New York went on to say that opponents have changed the debate to focus on women’s rights rather than religious freedom. “We will not let this deception stand,” he proclaimed. Dolan mentions both Congress and the courts as possible avenues to both protect and restore religious freedom. Despite this “light” that could be at the end of the proverbial tunnel, he warns that Catholics should “prepare for tough times.” He continues:

Brothers, we know so very well that religious freedom is our heritage, our legacy and our firm belief, both as loyal Catholics and Americans. There have been many threats to religious freedom over the decades and years, but these often came from without. This one sadly comes from within. As our ancestors did with previous threats, we will tirelessly defend the timeless and enduring truth of religious freedom.

Dolan concluded the letter by saying that he looks forward to opportunities in the near future to discuss the issue of religious freedom in more detail. You can read his letter in its entirety here.

(H/T: Life Site News)

This story has been updated.

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  • burnteye86
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:41am

    I read Rush Limbaughs name in the first paragraph and that reminded me: Here’s that partial list again:

    Partial list of advertisers who have pulled their ads from Rush Limbaughs Show:

    *QUICKEN LOANS
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    • crazyoz
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:54am

      Also Carbonite. I have dropped them. I suggest we start dropping the others. We can play the liberal game also.

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    • IMCHRISTIAN
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:23am

      Thank you now I know who I will not buy from

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  • mcellu
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:29am

    Catholic Hospitals should simply stop taking Gov’t money. When they refuse Medicare or Medicaid patients and have to lay off employees and shut down whole wings of the hospitals, we’ll see how the feds deal wth the loss of care and how they will ration health care at that point. The Obama administration will not change their stance and I don’t see any Congresspersons or Senators standing up against them.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:41am

      Does Obama Speak In TONGS like they due in DUNE and STAR WARS?

      Is satan speaking in TONGS to the Bishops through Obama. What are those marks on Obama’s head? Obama has never been in any accident that would explain scars on his head? “These are not the Droids we are looking for, move on…” No these are not the Droids.

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    • jujubeebee
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:42am

      Refusing Medicare or Medicaid patients won’t work and is not the answer. I do know that if they force the Catholic Hospitals to cover abortions or force some doctors to commit abortions that the hospitals will shut down completely and some doctors will go into other jobs or ventures. The Catholic hospitals do alot of charity and good for our country. I do think Obama wants this…to force a government takeover of everything and that they will not stop. Obama’s marketing team think they are so clever with wording things to sell them to the public. Hopefully we will make it to the next election and vote Mr. Fundamental Change out of office and all that support him and his policies!

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    • keann
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:51am

      its tongues

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    • Gabbie
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:54am

      I feel that is the plan, the administration wants them to shut done. Nothing would make him happier than to break the Catholic Church. Alinskey Rules for Radicals. Take their religion away and they only have the government to cling to as next will be your guns.The entire Obama Care Bill is geared to breaking down all the systems and going on government health care and they are in control of your life.The American people better start reading the bill. Scary.

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    • scruffycat
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:16am

      It sounds like Obama has gone totally megalomanical. “Enlightened” indeed. He will never know the meaning of the word “enlightened”.

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    • CLG 4
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:27am

      You are right the republicans will not put up a fight cause they want most of what is in the health bill. We need strong leaders that belive in the constitution as written this is more than just a fight about birth control.

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    • VRW Conspirator
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:40am

      @MCELLU

      Catholic Hospitals should just refuse to file the Medicare and Medicaid forms…after all…the Catholic Church is the largest charitable organization in the world..they do more for the poor, infirmed, and down trodden than ANY nation, group, or charity.

      My message to the Catholic Church, Hospitals, and Universities.. RELY ON GOD, TRUST IN CHRIST and stop taking ANY form of government funding. WE the PEOPLE will back you because we are Christians, you are Christians and we just want SOMEONE with a SPINE to stand up…and we will come to their aid.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:54am

      It was the Christians of Northern Europe… who joined the Caesar Constantine… fought the Roman Legions… and made Constantine Emperor. And, in reward, he made Christianity the Religion of the Roman Empire.

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    • cfreedom
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:02am

      This sounds like you don’t get the issues. 1st, in China the Govt is telling the Church Bishops what to say or they end up in Jail. How is this different with Obama and his Admin telling the Catholic Church what to say. 2nd. there are 2 issues here. One is Religious Freedom. Aparently you don’t realize that Glenn is on our side and told everyone to call their Congress person and say “we are all Catholic. the Govt cannot tell a Church or Christian what they have to pay for that is against their religion. 2nd issue, when did the govt get the right to tell a private business what they have to pay for. except for taxes, what a privite business provides for it’s employees is not the Govt business. Health Care is a benefit the employers can chose to provide or not and that includes the Catholic church and Catholic Businesspeople or any business person for that matter. 3rd. the people employed by the church can go find another job if they don’t like the benefits provided by that particular employer. Oh by the way, the only money the Catholic Hospitals take from the Govt is to cover the people who come in and can’t pay, ie. medicade people and others that have no money. You need to investigate this whole issue further.

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    • mdlwoods
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:07am

      Obama simply will not care. This is what he wants. He wants our health care system so collapsed that everyone will have to go to government health care.

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    • happy2behere
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:08am

      Hospitals have a legal obligation to treat patients. Given that mandate, and the fact that many patients do not have the means to pay for services, accepting government payment is not inappropriate nor especially obligatory since the payer made the law to begin with.

      In other words, religious freedom does not end with mandatory governmental behavior.

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    • cuinsong
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:16am

      This is another case of NObama dictating to every one his will and disdain for the constitution and Christianity! More evidence he is a Muslim!
      He should be impeached for not upholding the oath of the office of president!
      Instead of trying to remove this traitor our congress acts like they have no say in what he does!
      If I were a Congressman or Senator I would make so much noise that nothing would get done until he was gone.

      We also need to also remove Harry R. from office and any on both sides of the isle that voted for any bills that support this attempt to destroy our nation!
      This man is just as guilty as NObama and should be tried for treason.
      I can only vent my feelings in song and vote.
      this is how I feel about this story.
      “What’s Wrong With This Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749
      “The Devils Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10789987

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:36am

      ‘enlightened’ voices? and did The One disclose the list of selected “enlightened voices?” or is it a ‘on the fly’ determination? we just look to the wings and he gives a nod?

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    • momsense
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:44am

      Unfortunately, it won’t matter to them. The removal of 500,000,000,000 from the medicare budget should be the red flag. The whole Progressive Agenda runs a surprising parallel to the Agenda 21 of the UN. Get rid of peple to save the boo coo coo coo birds.Rationing and the deaths of thousands would be the eventual agenda and once again the Obozo administration could blame someone else for doing exactly what they’ve been set up to do in the name of the UN and the Progressive Agenda so it looks like Obozo has clean hands.

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    • angelcat
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:51am

      What kind of tongs, metal or wooden toast tongs? Perhaps Obama speaks with forked tongue, though.

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    • RobMac68
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:53am

      Cfreedom….”2nd issue, when did the govt get the right to tell a private business what they have to pay for. except for taxes, what a privite business provides for it’s employees is not the Govt business.” answer, when everyone felt it was ok to force a private business to pay a minimum wage.

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    • RobMac68
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:06am

      BTW….where did the catholic vote lean in the 2008 Presidential election? didn’t the majority of catholics vote for Obama? Obama was well known as an ultra liberal and this is who the Catholics voted for and are now whining about losing religious freedom? Duh!

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    • rodamaa
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:10am

      It would be a dream come true for the Left, if the Church would closedown the Hospitals because I believe he would fill that vacuum with government control hospitals. This is what the Left wants total control.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:10am

      Everybody had better “grow a pair” and contact your senators and congress people on this (and other) issues. If they are not standing up against Obama’s megalamaniacal, egotistical powergrab of everything, they need to be voted OUT of office. That needs to be made clear to these folks who earn 2-4X what the average American earns and makes a career out of politics. Our time window is very, very limited and, of course, this will only work if there is an election (which I still think will be suspended or cancelled due to some ‘event’ that will happen).

      Learn the policies of the left that ARE WORKING! Be in their face, shout them down if necessary, and make them aware that WE THE PEOPLE will fight if need be. While we don’t want to stoop to these tactics, there comes a time when we had better do whatever we can else we may never get another chance!

      WOLVERINES! (and that has NOTHING to do with Michigan!!!)

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    • Doublefacepalm
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:29am

      @teamarcheson
      Tongs? Really??

      Which witch is which? They’re there, with their cats hiding in the bough on the shore near the bow of the boat! Whether the weather be wholly or holy good is the difference between polish and Polish. Try Dictionary.com and note that the little wavy red line under certain words in the text (people will judge you by what/how you write (or is it right?)) is to tell you that you have misspelled. Try right clicking on it and curing it. Doesn’t help much with definition or grammatical use but it is a start.

      Tongs=something to pick up chicken on the BBQ with (amongst other uses.)
      Tongue(s)=a muscular organ behind your teeth.

      When the fail is so strong, one face-palm is not enough.

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    • Publius
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:40am

      MCELLU, that is exactly what Obama and the progressives want.

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    • 003Cyrus
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 12:01pm

      If the hospitals closed down, then the government would just step in and take it over just as they did with GM. Enlightened voices? hahahaha thats just stupid people sitting in a dark room who found a flashlight.

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    • RabidPatriot
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 12:10pm

      They should just refuse to comply. They should self insure every one of their hospitals and just not provide the things they do not want to. Let Obama use force. By the time Obama started using the IRS and other Federal methods to destroy the Catholic Church, a new president could undo all the damage.

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    • POdinWV
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 12:33pm

      This idea is so antithetical to professional healthcare personnel let alone the dedication and mission of the Catholic hospitals. The honest truth is that without gov’t money, there wouldn’t be any hospitals operating! The gov‘t is in everything and there is no way to impress upon the gov’t dogooders (actually control freaks extraordinare) that they are killing healthcare.

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    • BarackStalin
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 12:37pm

      The Catholic Church told all of us Catholics that we should get behind Obamacare and support it last year.

      You reap what you sow.

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    • SnickersLover
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 12:52pm

      That would be playing into their hands as that IS the goal here. They want a single payer system for health care (i.e. the government). If they can force private care and insurance companies out of the market, then they will have gotten what they want…

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    • monkeyoffmyback
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:07pm

      54% of Catholics couldn’t get enough obama. So, THEY elected him——-Now he (obama) tells them “Pound Eucharistic Sand !”

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:06pm

      Let me get this right…Barack Obama is essentially telling the vicar of Christ to listen to the people he believes the papacy should be listening to. And of course…these are people that Obama approves of that push his agenda. Everytime I think I’ve seen the depths of vulgarity and arrogance from Barack Obama, he mines new lows for me to be disgusted with. Obama is a truly distasteful man.

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    • rosie1000
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:07pm

      As an employee at a Catholic hospital I must point out that by stopping services to Medicare patients, it would not be the government that got hurt: it would be the patients. This administration is trying to take down all successful organizations in our society and will stop at nothing to do it. People in the way? Just take away any power they have and put fear into their hearts, that way the FEMA and the TSA and all the other acronyms can just walk in and put us all into subjection. I am not Catholic but for all who love liberty, get ready to defend your religious freedoms! The “separation of church and state” had to do with keeping the government out of our churches, NOT church out of government. The obama administration is trying to take over everything and put us back to being a nation controlled by the government, like the one we we left Britain to seek freedom from. Stand up now and fight for your liberty or you will soon be unable to do so. VOTE!!!! and if that doesn’t work it will be time to dump some “tea”.

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    • Mamma Bear
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:19pm

      They wouldn’t care. That would help paint the church as an even bigger villian in their plot.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:21pm

      ROSIE1000 it’s Alinsky 101 and Obama taught it as a “community organizer”. Overburden the system. Throw so much at it that it stalls or shuts down. This is what Obama’s doing to the church in order to bring it under the government heel. He’d love to see Catholic Hospitals shut down then he (or an ordained successor) would open up democrat allies/surrogates or indeed government hospitals in their place. You think this is conjecture? Section 6001 of Obamacare prohibits any new Physician Owned hospitals from being built or expanded beginning 2011 or they will not be paid Medicare for treatments. Who lobbied for this to be in Obamacare? The AHA..American Hospital Assoc. (read: heavily unionized). They wanted the competition taken out and Reid, Pelosi and Obama happily obliged.
      What a superlative idea! Let’s throw thousands of construction workers out of work and make it harder to access quality medical care at the same time.

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:21pm

      Obama is in the process of putting the health insurance companies out of business so he can complete have a monoply over health care. He will also put Catholic, Jewish, Baptist, and any other private hospitals out of business in his lust for more government power and union takeover. Obama’s lust for power has no limits.

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    • puzzlerman
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 2:28pm

      The issue has never been about taking Government money in fact it has never been money period. The issue is the intrusion of Government into Religious Teachings. It doesn’t even matter that the fight has zeroed in on the Catholic Church, it matters that it has come up at all. Where do you think this kind of action will end? There has been a concerted effort to diminish the Christian Teachings within the United States particularly and around the world in general. Whether this is part of a bigger conspiracy or not is a completely different issue however. I don’t see a conspiracy here; I just see a President and his lackey trying to control something that he has absolutely no right to control. It is a control issue with him, but a religious issue for everybody else. If non-Catholics don’t see this as a problem then they are just as blind as the Jews were before Hitler’s troops came after them. (By the way — that is not calling anybody a Nazi. It is simply pointing out a fact.)

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:01pm

      @mcellu

      Gonzo already covered that idea last week. The Government might just want what you are suggesting so they can take over when the Church shuts them down.This makes more sense than anything else!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:14pm

      “When the Worldly wise, advise, on Spiritual matters; they always suggest a compromise”

      Sri Ramakrishna
      circa 1880′s

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    • AppleAnnie
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:23pm

      The enlightened – the Communist Chinese – The Patriotic Catholic church in China that is run by the Chinese commies. So the commies like 0bama want to have their own version of Catholicism and are more than happy to explain to the US Bishops – it’s our way or the road. Once again I am reminded of certain hierachy (US Bishops) who were supporting 0bama. Including Dolan. They hoped 0bama would be better than the rabid warlord, GWB. Would improve immigration and so on. Now they are stunned, stunned that 0bama is who he is and has been all along. They refused to see him for what he was during the campaign. And here we are. Dolan goes to see 0bama and walks out, shocked! Imagine! Shocked. I was embarrassed for him. I truly admire Cardinal Dolan. I just wish he had the same set cajones in 2008. We might not be here at this point in history.

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    • smitty1007
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:42pm

      Most Democratic Senators don’t have the guts to vote against Harry Reid, even as Obama shreds the constitution!

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    • Mark B.
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 3:57pm

      That is genius! ! The best hospitals in the country would then be gone over the government forcing them to ignore their God. Are you loonie?.

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:07pm

      I am not Catholic, BUT I STAND WITH THEM ARE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND OUR CONSTITUTION.

      What better way to CONTROL AMERICANS THEN THROUGH RELIGION? CONTROL IS THE KEY WORD HERE, FOLKS. Obama and his minions WANT CONTROL. Are you going to give it to him?

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:40pm

      GOD’S ISRAEL…Bingo! The austrian corporal did exactly that in Germany in the 1930′s. He used the church to manipulate the German people that were hesistant to buy into his “Aryan” vision. Exactly…what better way to control those not already in your pocket than subvert their religion to your whims? When we say “your whims” we’re speaking in a broad sense. Certainly it pertains to Barack Obama himself but also to any statist successors that follow him. He grew up marinated in leftist and radical thought. He sought out radicals in high school in college by his own admission. As an adult, the very brief time he practiced law he represented non-profits then became a “community organizer”. A trouble stirrer for leftism. He knows institutions like the church must be subverted to the will of the government in order for the ideology he embraces to gain strength and permanence. This is why Kathleen Sebelius never consulted with legal counsel as to the constitutionality of demanding that religious groups pay for abortions and contraceptives in Obamacare. The constitution is also a barrier to the left’s goals. We’ve seen the left trying very hard to devalue the constitution. Obama has bemoaned it’s constraints on him. Make no mistake, it’s a war on conscience being waged by the left right now and Obama is their point man.

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    • Simple Catholic
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:40pm

      I think that this is Obama’s real purpose: He is fording the Church to shut down their hospitals and abandon the healthcare mission which has long been a part of the Church, and is the oldest in the world, in order that he/the government can take over these institutions.

      But, beyond that, receiving government payments for services rendered is not really ‘accepting government money’, and that certainly does not give the government the right to dictate to the receiving institution.

      We cannot back down on this. Our bishops are finally regaining the spines they lost 40 years ago. I, for one, am willing to fight to the death in defense of my Catholic faith, and for the rights of other faiths which are also at risk. This is an unprecedented attack from the government in our history, and IT MUST NOT STAND!

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    • Jim S
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:31pm

      So my church’s high moral position is that as long as we are exempted..no problem…glad we cleared that up.

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    • thecid100
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:26pm

      Appleannie,

      Well said. As Obama is pro-abortion, the Catholic Church should always have been absolutely against him. Instead, the American bishops chose to dance with the devil. Now they don’t like the tune, but they chose him rather than God. Who can blame Obama for taking the place the bishops granted him?
      If they allow this, they are giving Obama the place of the Pope, and it amounts to a schismatic act. It is the same thing that separates the Chinese Church, and the Anglican Church, who put the leader of their country above the Pope. Hopefully its not too late to correct your error, and act like vicars of Christ and not silly effeminate appeasers.

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    • snooop1e
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:53pm

      The Fed will do what they always do, they will isolate and demonize (Alinsky 101) Right now the Catholic church is being characterized as not caring about womens health for opposing abortion, partial birth abortion and letting babies die when they survive botched abortions. Only the prince of all lies could convince people that a mother spreading her legs and letting someone reach inside her womb and kill her baby while it is safe inside her body is a good thing to do and anyone who tries to prevent it from happening doesn’t care about her or her health. What about her mental and emotional health? What about going to bed that night knowing that her defenseless little baby was brutally murdered inside her body you while she lay there and did nothing to stop it? What about the nightmares that many women have following an abortion because they know that they willingly murdered their own baby when they could have easily given it up for adoption? If I placed a kitten into a plastic bag and then used a reciprocating saw to cut it into little pieces and then sucked the bloody remains into a trash bag and threw it in my trash I would be thrown in jail for torturing and killing an defenseless animal. If I poured water on a terrorists face I would be charged with torture but if I reach into a woman’s womb and saw her baby to pieces and throw it in the trash I care about her health and I can make a very good living doing it. Lord Have Mercy on us……

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    • papakono
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 3:10am

      Simple solution.
      1. On Monday shut down all Catholic schools and send all students to the nearest public school for education.
      2. On Tuesday shut down all Catholic hospitals and send all patients to the nearest hospitals for care.
      3. On Wednesday shut down all Catholis charties and tell those in need to go to their nearest public assistance office.
      4. On Thursday the President says Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
      5. On Friday the country forgives and returns to normal, but will never forget the incredible insult .
      6. In November the devil is sent packing.

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    • EmmJaa
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 4:25am

      Glen is right, “We are all Catholic Now.” Now it is a mandate to a faith group, to stamp out social service outside of the almighty government. What’s next? Public education is teaching homosexuality, promiscuous sex. They are tampering with marriage. I don’t know what is going on in military barracks. Next it will be guns, and Romney is not firm on his convictions. Some things are non-negotiable.
      As stated by Dr. Thomas Sowell, “If we don’t get this election right we can kiss our constitution good bye.” Surely we don’t want our legacy to be, “The generation that sat on the hands while America’s liberty was destroyed.” People are dying all over the world for freedom.
      The question is, do we have the gumption to stand up for our families, our faith and our country and form an army of volunteers to properly equip our nominees? We MUST get a nominees that are strong on “Freedom of Religion/ and Life.” (Santorum/ Gingrich) If we don’t get those two right, we cannot expect our Lord to get behind us. Let’s back them both; let’s pray like the dickens; and may the best man win.
      1. Please contact to your Pastors, Ministers, Rabbis, as well as college and university campus faith Groups this week and get it into the bulletin ASAP. Don’t forget seminaries. Put out URGENT calls to ALL to get involved in the “FREEDOM FIGHTERS 2012 CAMPAIGN.” In WWII, there were 18 people supplying every soldier with what they needed in the fro

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    • cosette
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 3:12pm

      “Any government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take from you everything you have”. Gerald Ford,Aug12, 1974

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    • SF_10th_GRP
      Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:26pm

      They can’t. They are bound by faith to treat all who need it. To nottreat Medicare person i.e. the aged, would hurt them not the Dems. They would just as soon have them die off anyway.

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    • CharlesMartel
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 4:43pm

      Actually, if they throw out the government money, they can throw out the government regulations and run their hospitals more efficiently for a lot less money, so their would be no need to stop treating the poor.

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    • gpallen30
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:46pm

      his is the true agenda! Very scary to watch….
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=AiIBYcrWUTA

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    • tobejoev
      Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:24pm

      As Americans we can’t let Obama abuse his powers to insight trouble between the government and the church. Catholics aren’t the only Christian Church or organization that is going after Obama on this issue. We need stronger Senators and Congressmen that will stand up to Obamas bullying. Obama is exercising the rights of a Dictator and needs to be stopped and stopped right now!! In the end we will win because Obamas stay at the Whitehouse will be short and everything he did will be erased and hopefully he will be prosecuted.

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    • sister.neurotica
      Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:56pm

      The Catholic hospitals won’t do that because they are businesses like any other businesses. The hospitals receive charity but they are not really charities themselves. If they think they can run without government aid, let them try. If they want to go broke, let them. In the end there are a whole lot of other groups both public and private, profit and non-profit that would like to buy those hospitals and educational institutions. Kaplan University could probably run Notre Dame and Georgetown better than the Church does now, make a profit, and pay some taxes. One of the private hospital corporations could do the same for some of the Catholic hospitals. It would be a good thing if it were to happen.

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:26am

    Cardinal Dolan,
    And what did you tell the White House staff to their enlighten faces?
    With the Chicago thugs sir, you and the Clergy will need to be more definitive, blunt and very loud!!
    All real Christian and Jewish clergy .rabbi’s need to tell their flock in their houses of worship to deny the satanic OBAMA!

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    • jujubeebee
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:37am

      Americans will need to speak up loud and clear as well…….not just the clergy!

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:53am

      No One Can Change A Prophecy.

      What is happening today was prophesied in the Bible, Koran, and other scriptures. A prophecy is just a prediction of the future that is identified by something man does. God did not have satan come to power, it was the Evil of mankind that brought him to power. We have been told that when Israel ends, God will return. I think the angels have begun packing God’s luggage and charging up the batteries on their LASER SWORDS and nuclear warheads.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:14am

      @TEA…
      A PROPHECY is the Seeing of GOD, is always TRUE, and cannot be Changed; A PREDICTION is a seeing of a Future, and can be Changed!

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:59am

      He wants to shut down the Catholic Hospitals and such .. Obama wants everything state owned .. INCLUDING YOUR LIFE .. and whether you live or die if you become sick or injured … I wish people would understand that . He wants to bring in Muslim doctors from overseas (he doesn’t care if American doctors stop practicing) .. and their extended families .. remember “we are not a Christian nation”.

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    • dublinthewagons
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:40am

      Unfortunately religious leaders are afraid to stand up and voice the way they feel. That’s the way they run their congregations. Numbers and Dollars. They don’t want to offend anyone.. IT IS TIME TO STOP THE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. We have the same rights the left-progressive-marksist have.
      I for one am tired of being run over by these bullies. You can’t defeat a cause that is right.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:14am

      There are always claims of Intelligence… and these people should Lead… but what actually separates Animals from Humans? It is the same as the people created on the 6th Day… from Adam and those after: SOUL. The SOULless are Animals… and the SOULed recognize, and pray to, GOD. Atheists are the SOULless… who look Human, but who are Animals, and herd into Collectives. So, we have the Ironic when the SOULless attempt to teach the SOULed about Religion.

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  • jujubeebee
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:24am

    Next the government will make atheism the official religion of the country. The fight to retain religious freedom will live on. We will not be silenced or have his marketing team reword things to change the focus. This is not about woman’s health or access to health. This is about religious freedom and we will not be shut up or enlightened to their way of thinking. Keep at them, Cardinal Dolan! We are behind you!

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:01am

      Atheism already is and has been the official government religion for many years. The US Federal Government is now at war with God. As the USSR’s Joe Stalin and the Communist party declared war on God, the USA’s Barrack Obama and the Democrat party have also declared war on God.

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    • mcsledge
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 1:54pm

      Too late, this is already taking place. They have eliminated ‘the free exercize thereof’ (First Amendment right to religion) outside of churches and it would appear that they are taking their dictative ways inside the churches as far as they are allowed.

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    • snooop1e
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:06am

      I think Environmentalism is the new religion and Socialism is the Doctrine that is paving the way to total reliance on the Government (In Government We Trust) Haven’t you noticed that the rhetoric has been overflowing with comparisons to Jesus and what Jesus would do and what is the “Christian” thing to do Never mind that all of the people telling us what Jesus would do are in favor of Abortion. Liberals have re-created God in their own image and reinvented Christianity. To Liberals Human Beings (you and me) are nothing more than carbon emitters that are sucking up natural resources and melting the ice caps. Remember when Obama accused people of clinging to God and Guns? Obama envisions a utopia where everyone clings to the Government and it’s entitlements in exchange for Liberty. Just remember this, if I let you live in my house for free I get to decide what we watch on TV, what we eat for dinner and what time the lights go out, you don’t have a say in anything because you sacrificed your Liberty to live here for free, so quit whining and pass the salt freeloader.

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  • nostromo
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:23am

    Well, good for the Cardinal. Now let’s hope some real grassroots agitation starts within the church and all Christian churches. If the church and its bishops fold on this issue, then they are admitting all that they taught is a lie and that Obama holds the truth instead of them. It is time for those who have been lukewarm to reach the boiling point.

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    • JimL
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:12am

      Love your enemy and vote?

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    • Texas.7
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:19am

      love your enemies, vote, but by all means- stand as one and help awaken others or we are doomed on Earth. Good thing our hope isn’t pinned on man!

      Trust the Lord as much as you trust anything you can see, feel or touch, because God created all those things and us too. We see dimly now, but when all is done, we will understand.

      *The love of John: Beloved of Christ, simply love Him back, and others (because He loves)
      *The faith of Peter: Through faith, we belong to Him- Trust the Lord and the gates of Hell shall not prevail
      *The obedience of James: “The obedient receive blessing” Be fruitful

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  • cactusjoe
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:21am

    The Catholic church gave up the right to Defend themselves when they stopped attacking politicians from the pulpit years ago. They never took on any pro abortion senators or congressman that I can remember. Once in a blue moon you hear of one who wont offer communion to the above mentioned but that is it. When do they decide to act. When it will cost them money with an expanded insurance policy ! Well the time to act and get there followers involved was years ago but they did not do it for fear an involved public would question not only the politicians but the clergy themselves.
    So they thought it best to let a sleeping dog be. Well you reapp what you sew !!

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:31am

      Exactly!
      Senator Casey is a prime example. I wrote to the Harrisbug Diocese Bishop Kevin Rhodes at the time of the Health Care vote… (which Casey voted for) and explained that if I had to keep my conscience clear to be a practicing Catholic, what is his excuse. I was extreemly upset with Casey.
      Now HE MUST GO on November 6.
      PS He voted for the Blunt Amendment BAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAH See Ya Pal!

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    • mcellu
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:32am

      the govt actually prohibits Churchs from political activism – they would lose their non-profit status. Of course, I have heard plenty about voting for “candidates” (not by name) who are pro-life.
      My concern is that the Church didn’t see this coming when they were promoting Obama care in the first place.

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:38am

      MCELLU
      Watch the other hand.

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    • SECUREOURBORDERSNOW
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:35am

      Yes, Casey in PA must go. A practicing Catholic who votes like he does, please. P-loser has got to the worst example when she said the following: “[Those who disagree (with the insurance mandate)] may not like the language,’’ she told The Washington Post, “but the truth is what I said. I’m a devout Catholic and I honor my faith and love it . . . but they have this conscience thing [that puts women at risk.]”. This is a problem within the U. S. Catholic church and for which the Vatican has been warning them about for years.ou want birth control, keep your legs crossed. It’s called will power. But no, it became OK for single women to get pregnant and give birth. So now we have a huge segment of our population who were raised by single women while the males went off and impregnated even more single women. We also have a larger segment of our population hooked on illegal and legal drugs and taking up cell space for which we taxpaying Americans pay dearly for. Anybody but Obama, 2012.

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  • filiusj
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:19am

    Religion deciding health care coverage is dangerous. What if a jehoveh witness buys a company? Are blood transfusions not allowed? How about a Christian scientist? Prayer groups for medical disease? What if that Arab nation would have bought our ports as Bush advocated at the time? Sharia law? Be careful what you support, it could come back to affect yourself and families.

     
    • cactusjoe
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:29am

      It’s called a free country. You should be able to conduct yourselves and your business as you see fit.
      If you choose to offer no insurance or the best in the world that is yourbusinesss and the market will decide which is best. The market being finding and keeping workers in this case.

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    • Rockyspoon
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:30am

      Then don’t buy that coverage–don’t patronize that provider.

      It is as simple as that and your bogus argument is just that–bogus!

      (Or do you think everybody should shop at a state-owned, state-run, state-sponsored, and state-subsidized store so everybody has “equal” opportunity and access there? No–that makes absolutely no sense (and since Communist country after Communist country has tried that and failed miserably, it’s simply a bad, bad idea). The “patrons” in all those cases simply hated it.)

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    • mcellu
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:34am

      What if employers were not the ones to decide health care at all?! THERE’S a novel idea. Consumers cld choose for theselves what they want to pay for and what they want coverage for. Same way we buy anything else. Imagine if instead of “benefits,” we had higher salaries and could use that money as we see fit. THAT would shake up the insurance business in a hurry.

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    • lel2007
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:34am

      Then don’t work or apply for work at one of these institutions, it’s really quite simple.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:42am

      If I CHOOSE to work for a company that does not offer the insurance coverage I want, I am free to purchase supplemental insurance on my own. I am also FREE to find another employer.

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    • PurveyorOfTruth
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:42am

      Government deciding healthcare is far worse. Do Democrats deny Republicans care when in power? Do they deny gun owners care? Whites? Christians?

      No government should ever have the power to tell ANY private organization who or what they have to cover with their insurance policies. If people don’t like that, they don’t have to apply for a job with a private organization they disagree with.

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    • filiusj
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:59am

      To my responders, I have worked for years for a hospital recently purchased by a catholic organization, suddenly BCP’s are no longer covered, even for women with endometriosis, ovarian cysts. Should I have to leave where I have over 20 years invested because our ownership changed? Why is the church allowed to impose their belief system on me? Especially from an organization that hid pedophilia among it’s members for years, and they want to preach morals to me? Besides, I grew up catholic, their members use both control, over 90% of them, so it‘s hypocritical to say it’s against our belief system when their own members don’t follow it. Threaten their tax exempt status since they want to become political, see how quickly they will fold on their deep belief system.

       
    • bigspike
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:46am

      as dangerous as politicians deciding church policy? check your history…

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    • Briggston
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:00am

      Mute point. If a group of people wish to seek spiritual healing rather then medical that is their first amendment right and not the governments (Personal first hand witness that it works I am a living example of it). And who is to say that medical treatment is always better? Should I sight the endless lists of medical malpractice and negligence cases where the medical field has screwed up and no one is saying they were ignorant or non-enlightened. How about Blood letting a proven medical practice until it was shown to be killing the very people it was supposed to help. How about in the 90s when Ritalin was being shoved down every child’s throat (Including my brother) for every type of supposed disorder imaginable only to find it was screwing them up even worse.How many supposed medical studies have turned out to be scams and frauds. How about my mother in law who was prescribed a specific medication that now has a class action lawsuit before the supreme court for the damages it inflicted on the patients up to an including death.How about the medically backed health diets that cause more damage to the body then years of bad habits(Atkins, Carbs etc.) How many surgical mistakes are made in the hospitals that are not reported or pursued in a law suit.How about corruption in the medical field. But I am supposed to put my whole FAITH in this system and not appeal to any spiritual source of medical relief despite the evidence I have seen first hand. Hypocrisy

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    • JQCitizen
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:04am

      Filiusj:

      BooHoo!

      When my husband’s employer changed insurance providers, they quit covering one of my Asthma meds. What was I supposed to do, quit breathing?

      Hopefully, you have been wise enough to leave a margin in your budget for life changes and different situations. That’s what we have done over our life-time, and if you haven’t, you should try it.

      Maybe with that margin in your budget you won’t be able to afford all the baubles, vacations and entertainment of many around you, but your credit is good, and you sleep well at night, knowing you are prepared for anything.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:19am

      filiusj
      Find another job or buy your own birth control like the rest of us do. I have worked for companies that have been bought out and when I found I didn’t like the new owners, I got another job. Hike up your britches, dust off your resume and quit whinning about it.

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    • encinom
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:20am

      That is a logical point, that is not welcomed on the Blaze, this is a place for irrationally anti-Obama statements only.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:35am

      @filiusj
      If the Church was fighting because the government told them they could NOT offer birth control in their insurance packages, would you still think they should lose tax exempt status for being “political”?

      Businesses are bought & sold all the time. New owners can make changes in any area they choose to…including insurance coverage. Each employee makes the decision to continue working under the new ownership or seek employment elsewhere. The only person “forcing” you to leave your job is you. You have the right to quit for any reason at anytime. It doesn’t matter if you’ve worked there for 20 years or 20 days. If you don’t like it, leave. If you want to stay, then stay. It’s as simple as that.

      I don’t see anyone “preaching” morals at you. I don’t see anyone saying “if you work here, you can’t use birth control”. The church is not “imposing their beliefs” on you. They are operating their business as they choose to.

      It really doesn’t matter how many Catholics use birth control. As individuals they have the choice to go against the teachings of their religion. You have the freedom to support or not to support the beliefs, practices, theories & behaviors of anything or anyone you choose…including the Catholic Church. But personal opinions don’t give you or anyone else the right to dictate how someone operates their business.

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    • by faith
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:40am

      filiusj
      You want to use birth control, pay for it yourself.
      A Catholic organization purchased your hospital? They should have let it close, and then you could whine about that too.
      Stop spreading the lies, 90% of Catholic’s use birth control? You can’t be that dense
      “hypocritical to say it’s against our belief system when their own members don’t follow it”
      Really? I guess you also believe prescribed medicine should work even if the patient doesn’t take it.

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    • jeffile
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:18am

      Be careful what you support? Funny, I thought one should be careful of what they don’t support. I believe it is important to support the Constitution.

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    • qzak491
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:23am

      FILIUSJ
      If you are not using these pills for birth control you are not going against the beliefs of the Church, if you have a prescription for them there shouldn’t be a problem.
      If you say your a Catholic then the Church shouldn‘t be forcing it’s beliefs on you, they should be yours already.
      It is not hypocritical to say it’s against the Catholic belief system because the Church members do it, it’s hypocritical to say you are a Catholic and not go by the belief of the Church.
      If you threaten their tax exempt status and their income goes down, they may have to fire you and you won’t have to put up with them anymore.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:37am

      FILIUSJ…what part of “if you don’t like the conditions where you work, you can find another job” is too difficult for you to grasp? So in your backward view, the employee needs to force their employer to do things their way? Furthermore…you get paid. PAY FOR ADDITIONAL INSURANCE if you don’t like the coverage where you are now. I love the city of San Francisco. It‘s a gorgeous city but I refuse to work there because I don’t like the people or conditions there. So when good opportunities have come about for me in San Francisco..I didn’t take them because I acknowledged that it was not an environment for me. Are personal responsibility, forethought and a little integrity alien concepts to liberals like you?

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    • tricia
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:39am

      Contraception prescription and blood transfusions? There is NO moral equivalency. Sounds like you will say anything to win your argument and your bigoted opinion of religions is showing.
      If you need contraception, pay for it! It is still legal in the US to pay for medical care, but not for long, when this WE HAVE NO SAY Obamacare is implemented
      Obamacare wants to ration care, not according to NEED, a moral issue, but by where the limited resources will be best spent. Obamacare is only the beginning of the fascistic society the progressives want for America. Do you really want our politicians and government workers to decide these moral questions? Which God will they use to guide them? The God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob or maybe the humanism god, or the money god …………. It’s time for America to chose, pick a side, it’s time to separate the wheat from the chaff.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:40am

      filiusj

      Jehovah’s Witnesses & Christian Scientists are not going to threaten healthcare. Socialist on the other hand can & will.

      Socialists have executed the disabled who committed no crime simply for existing.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:46am

      National Socialist aka NAZIs were for agrarian reform & central planning of industry. These are key leftist points. They also took the mentally disabled & executed them shortly after coming to power.

      Unification of Greater Germany (Austria + Germany)
      Land + expansion
      Anti-Versailles – abrogation of the Treaty.
      Land and territory – lebensraum.
      Only a “member of the race” can be a citizen.
      Anti-semitism – No Jew can be a member of the race.
      Anti-foreigner – only citizens can live in Germany.
      No immigration – ref. to Jews fleeing pograms.
      Everyone must work.
      Abolition of unearned income – “no rent-slavery”.
      Nationalisation of industry
      Divison of profits
      Extension of old age welfare.
      Land reform
      Death to all criminals
      German law, not Roman law (anti- French Rev.)
      Education to teach “the German Way”
      Education of gifted children
      Protection of mother and child by outlawing child labour.
      Encouraging gymnastics and swimming
      Formation a national army.
      Duty of the state to provide for its volk.
      Duty of individuals to the state

      Western & Northern Europe are considered to be more advanced than the U.S. socially with their healthcare.

      That is why there are reports of euthanasia being coming out of Holland.

      These are examples of what the left brings to the table.

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    • sister.neurotica
      Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:12pm

      I agree with you, FiliusJ. Hospitals are businesses, like other businesses. So are schools. Some are for profits, others are non profits. Some are affiliated with or run by churches or other religious groups, some are run by groups such as the Shriners. Some are run by other private entities. Others are run by public (governmental) entities. There is no one best way to do it. But they are secular institutions in themselves, regardless of who owns them. They should all follow our secular laws.

      Some people say that you should find a different job if you do not like working for a church owned hospital. I would say, if the church refuses to run a hospital (or a school or whatever) according to the laws, it should lose the right to own that hospital and be forced to sell out. I suspect that there were other bidders for your hospital. Or there could have been. The church bought your hospital not out of an act of charity but because it feels it can make money by owning it. Others could make money by owning it. Though I tend to favor non-profits, if HCA bought your hospital, then it would pay some taxes to the local community and probably deliver care more efficiently. Also, it would follow the laws (or at least it would not claim exemption from the laws on insurance coverage–I realize that some for profit hospitals have failed to follow some laws, though they have been punished for that). You should not have to quit. The Church should quit the hospital business.

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  • hogtrashhd
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:19am

    and you know what??? these same people will turn around this November and vote for him again and then whine when he gets elected.. this country is not worthy of freedom any longer… we have a bunch of brain dead citizens much like Iraq, afghanistan and pakistan and all the stans.. i don’t see any difference now-a-days… thoughtful and intelligent conservatives are definitely in the minority.. we are saturated with the gimme something for nothing and my chicks (or dudes) for free…

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  • Ironmaan
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:16am

    The anti-god agenda is alive and well. It is why Glenn is regularly attacked. Stratfor a supposed intelligence service was shown to have attacked Glenn in emails revealed by wikileaks. They were demonstrably wrong as you can see here. http://guerillatics.com

    If you are a god fearing person, the knee jerk reaction by the world will be to condemn you as a lunatic or un-enlightened.

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    • DeannaRae
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:59am

      If this group calls me names, then I am honored. We need to get past our tender and hurt feelings at being called names and stand for the freedom for which men and women DIED. They weren’t concerned about being called a name, they were concerned with freedom.

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  • cmgnp
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:15am

    the bishop should have it spoken in all churches , a call to arms , so to speak …
    any confirmed catholic is a soldier and should vote against obama no matter his or her private feelings …
    as a catholic if I feel I do not want to obey my church on contraception , that is my decision but if left to obama , we will have no religion to obey or disobey as is our choice …

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    • jakartaman
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:16am

      If you choice not to take the word of your church – You ARE NOT A Catholic
      You and others (pelosi) should be excommunicated from the church – period!
      You are making a mockery out of the Eucharist !

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  • blazingaway
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:12am

    deceitful lairs who will say and do anything to retain their political power and destroy any form of authority that does not submit to their will, agenda, and laws

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  • Temporal
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:09am

    The “progressives” in the church have fed this crocodile now its come back for them. Maybe they‘ll come to undertand that big government programs aren’t charitable nor just. Jesus didn’t call on Rome (the big government of his day) to help the poor, he called on individuals to do so from a righteous heart. The nanny state mentality creates the illusion that “it‘s the government’s job” to help others, which is inconsistent with Biblical teachings.

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    • snooop1e
      Posted on March 8, 2012 at 12:12am

      VERY good point TEMPORAL – Standing ovation here……

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  • dissentnow
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:08am

    “enlightened” = “I’m smarter than you” in liberal talk.

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  • HKS
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:01am

    Enlightened by whom? This government seems to spawned by the devil. Someone needs to check Obumer for sixes on his head.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:11am

      Exactly what I thought… Enlightened by whom?
      I can just hear obama telling Catholic Bishops to, “ignore that old guy in the pointy hat,” instead, “listen to my athiest, communist buddies! THEY are ‘ENLIGHTENED’.”

      The ARROGANCE is astounding. The utter disrespect and disregard for The Constitution, is disgusting, and direct violation of his oath of office.

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    • Bluefish49
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:14am

      By the Harvard educated elite of course…..Timothy, just because the Pope made you a Cardinal and gave you a cute little hat really means nothing to the real inlightened people. So just get in step with the “Masters” program and pipe down you silly Irishman.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:34am

      There are things on his head in pictures that cannot be explained. The devil’s mark 666 could be the number but in another language or number system. The number 666 is a base 10 number. In a base 6 number system the 666(base 10) would be 3030(base 6). The number 666((base 10) would be a different number in other bases. What number base system did the Hebrews use? What is 666 in the old Chinese Language?

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  • mikee1
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:01am

    The NEO-SATANIST DUMMYCRAPS will not stop their efforts to destroy the CATHOLIC CHURCH until YOU STOP THE NEO-SATANIST DUMMYCRAPS.

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  • lynnissmart
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:58am

    The smut that is coming out of the pos’ cronies is shameful at best…..making a hero of a “moron” who begs for government assistance is disgusting at least…..I personally stand with the Catholic’s and freedom of religion!!!!!! What’s next, what’s next, what’s next!!

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  • IndyGuy
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:53am

    We are all little kids in Obama’s eyes…we are to be taught what’s what…

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  • proliance
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:51am

    Rush opened his fat mouth and changed the discussion from the important subject of government interference in religion to everyone wanting to know why he is such a jerk.

    We need to get back on track and focus on what’s important. Vote all the people out of office who supported Obamacare, get it repealed and pray that the Supreme Court will find it unconstitutional.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:00am

      I can tell you if they do NOT find Obamacare unconstitutional they will have hell to pay to get me to pay for insurance. I will NEVER pay for Government imposed insurance. They can come and try to get all I own. They can try. They will have to kill me first. No way am I ever laying down for this one. My line will be drawn in the sand…

      What say you Patriots?

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    • thop1960
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:12am

      Why do you think Rush apologized? Because the Catholic Church called him and said “what the h3ll are you doing, your playing right into their game”. We need Rush out there speaking out, he just needs to be smarter in what he says sometimes. The left are crafty and they play the manipulation game at a high level. We need to always bring the conversation back to the Original Argument…your welcome Glenn.

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:16am

      baddoggy…….instead of waiting for them to come get you, when and if the time comes we go get the ones that are responsible…………..

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:24am

      @ Baddoggy, DITTO DITTO and DITTO
      I could not agree more. The line has been drawn in the sand.
      We need to protect our future from “transfoming” into Socialistic Gubberment!
      Remember Nancy Pelosi, March 9, 2010, just two short years ago
      “We have to pass the bill to find out what is in it.”
      We have been screwed sideways. They are about to tighten more screws.
      And we are the “Sons a bitches” that will “go straight to Hell”
      If that is true, then I will be meeting the following at the Gates of Hell…
      Maxine Waters
      Nancy Pelosi
      Rachel Maddow
      Al Sharpton
      Andy Stern
      Richard Turmka
      Harry Reid
      Wasserman-Schultz
      Stephen Lerner
      George Soros
      Bill Ayers,
      Bernardine Dohrn
      Ed Schultz
      Che Guvera
      Adolph Hitler
      Stalin
      Mao
      Barbara Boxer
      Feel free to add your own Hell mates

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  • SLARTIBARTFAST
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:46am

    I am an Israeli. I am a Chritian. I am a Catholic. Cardinal Dolan, we stand with you.

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    • REPUB1
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:49am

      GREAT Anti-christ preaching to anti- Bible catholics how fitting is that…

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    • tamara13
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:28am

      Thank you Slartibartfast:-). I am Catholic and I stand with Israel!

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  • PrimeMover
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:45am

    Bonhoeffer…

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    • DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:13am

      “Silence in the face of evil is evil itself. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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  • Nemo13
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:44am

    What does Obama care? Being a Kenyan muslim he is not concerned with the bishops concerns.

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  • BBReggie
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:42am

    That’s a clear violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment. He (The Government) is prescribing religious beliefs. Where is the ACLU on this one?

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:02am

      Hahahahahaha good one….Where do slimeballs live….that is where you will find them.

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  • AJAYW
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:38am

    Obama needs to be lectured about lieing. Everytime he opens his pie hole lies spews out.

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    • quiltgal
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:09am

      Obama probably thinks the Ten Commandments are old and outdated and need to be revised along with the U.S. Constitution.

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  • DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:37am

    Liberals are evil and legends in their own minds.

    I am a Catholic now!

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    • bigspike
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:56am

      I stand with the Catholic Church on this one; who does this jerk think he is to presume to lecture the Church on their doctrine, policy, and teaching? i‘m prety sure that ’lecture’ falls into the category of attempting to restrict the free exercise of religion

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:35am

    Obama thinks Jim Wallis should be the next Pope.

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    • Rockyspoon
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:26am

      Better yet, Owebama thinks he’s the Pope, the King, and the Commander in Chief of the whole WORLD!

      Never has a bigger ego filled the White House when in reality he’s screwed things up…well…. ROYALLY (So maybe he’s onto something, eh?)

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    • bigspike
      Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:47am

      you spelled that wrong: it’s p-o-o-p…at least, in wallis’ case

      glad to help

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:12am

    If that happens, the revolution will begin. And it will be bloody I assure you.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:16am

    That is not so far fetched. They would definately come up with a prettier name for it but, it would serve that same function.

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  • dissentnow
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:02am

    The sad thing is that i could see that happening. I’m an atheist and proud to be one, as i have no secret desire to be “saved”, but i find Obama’s war on religion to be very disturbing because religious freedom is the foundation of our country. An attack on religious freedom ( any religion ) is an attack on my religious freedoms, as well.

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  • DeannaRae
    Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:49am

    Baddoggy, the revolution HAS begun. I am Catholic now.

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