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Catholic University Drops Student Health Care Plan Over Contraceptive Mandate

Franciscan University, a Catholic institution in Steubensville, Ohio, is claiming that Obamacare has forced the school to end its student heath insurance program. The massive health care overhaul, the university says, has led to cost increases that no longer make offering the program a viable possibility.

Not surprisingly, President Obama’s controversial contraception mandate is one of the the provisions that caused Franciscan University to make its startling decision. In addition to the mandate, which the school says would force Catholics to violate conscience, another provision in the president’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — one that requires a maximum coverage amount to be increased to $100,000 for policyholders — was cited as the basis for the decision.

Franciscan University Drops its Student Health Care Coverage | Obamacare

In an interview with Fox News, Mike Hernon, the university’s vice president of advancement, claimed that Obamacare would cause the $600 student policy to double in cost next fall. He also said that the same policy would triple in cost the following year.

“This is putting people in a position where they are having to choose between their faith and their morality, and now an unjust cost,” Hernon said. “These sorts of regulations from the government are forcing our hand in a way that’s really wrong.”

Obviously, this will be problematic for the students who rely on the plan for their health care needs. In the fall, it will no longer be an option for these individuals. Despite the planned closure of the student health plan, faculty coverage will continue.

While this is going to be problematic for some students, Obama‘s health care plan now allows young adults to remain on their parents’ insurance until they are 26 years of age. Thus, many students will be able to take advantage of this coverage opportunity.

Franciscan University Drops its Student Health Care Coverage | Obamacare

“We encourage you to decide how you are going to provide for accidents or illnesses requiring visits to physicians, health clinics or the hospital emergency room while you are a student here,” the school proclaims on its web site. Here are some other portions of the statement:

The Obama Administration has mandated that all health insurance plans must cover “women’s health services” including contraception, sterilization, and abortion-causing medications as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Up to this time, Franciscan University has specifically excluded these services and products from its student health insurance policy, and we will not participate in a plan that requires us to violate the consistent teachings of the Catholic Church on the sacredness of human life.

Additionally, the PPACA increased the mandated maximum coverage amount for student policies to $100,000 for the 2012-13 school year, which would effectively double your premium cost for the policy in fall 2012, with the expectation of further increases in the future.

Due to these changes in regulation by the federal government, beginning with the 2012-13 school year, the University 1) will no longer require that all full-time undergraduate students carry health insurance, 2) will no longer offer a student health insurance plan, and 3) will no longer bill those not covered under a parent/guardian plan or personal plan for student health insurance. The current student health insurance plan will expire on August 15, 2012.

This is the latest development in the ongoing standoff between the Obama administration and the Catholic Church. The denomination, which contends that birth control is immoral, issued a 20-page warning on Tuesday to federal regulators. In the letter to officials, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops pledged to sue the federal government if Congress does not intervene to prevent the mandate from going into effect.

Franciscan University Drops its Student Health Care Coverage | Obamacare

“Absent prompt congressional attention to this infringement on fundamental civil liberties, we believe the only remaining recourse … is in the courts,” lawyers for the bishops wrote. ”[Individual employers] can drop out of the health insurance marketplace altogether, or offer or provide the objectionable coverage.”

The Obama administration has made what it deems “accommodations” in light of the controversy surrounding the mandate, but the church argues that individual employers who object to birth control will still be forced to fund it. While most explicitly religious organizations will be exempt, Catholic business owners whose primary purpose isn’t faith-based will not be able to opt out. The bishops deem this unacceptable.

(H/T: Fox News)

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  • The_Cabrito_Goat
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:54am

    It was NOT JUST the forced contraception mandate that led to Franciscan University from dropping their health coverage, it was THE REST OF THE BILL that also achieved this (sought after) end.

    In the 2000+ pages of this bill, not one provision truly helps business, hospitals, doctors, or patients.

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    • JRook
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 1:52pm

      “The massive health care overhaul, the university says, has led to cost increases that no longer make offering the program a viable possibility.” Don’t see how the contraception mandate would increase costs at all if it is indeed a good Catholic University. No chance any of the good Catholic women there would be using contraception and having sex…..is there?

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 3:09pm

      JROOK…
      “Additionally, the PPACA increased the mandated maximum coverage amount for student policies to $100,000 for the 2012-13 school year, which would effectively double your premium cost for the policy in fall 2012, with the expectation of further increases in the future.”.
      Please don’t use the contraceptives as a distraction..just stick to what’s written in front of you..thanks champ.

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    • SLOWBIDEN
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 4:13pm

      Emblazoned over the Speaker of the House in the US Capitol are the words “In God We Trust.”
      The Supreme Court building built in the 1930′s has carvings of Moses and the Ten Commandments.
      God is mentioned in stone all over Washington D.C., on its monuments and buildings.
      As a nation, we have celebrated Christmas to commemorate the Savior’s birth for centuries.
      Oaths in courtrooms have invoked God from the beginning.
      The founding fathers often quoted the Bible in their writings.
      Every president that has given an inaugural address has mentioned God in that speech.
      Prayers have been said at the swearing in of each president.
      Each president was sworn in on the Bible, saying the words, “So help me God.”
      Our national anthem mentions God.
      The liberty bell has a Bible verse engraved on it.
      The original constitution of all 50 states mentions God.
      Chaplains have been in the public payroll from the very beginning.
      Our nations birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence, mentions God four times.
      The Bible was used as a textbook in the schools

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    • mollyspeaks
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 4:55pm

      @jrook —1. the cost to provide services which this university finds incompatible with their conscience are built into the package. they don’t want to pay. 2.there ARE students at FUS who are not catholic, dont embrace catholic moral teaching, and engage in immoral behaviors, the university doesn’t want to pay for that. However, as a resident of steubenville all my life, from a family very involved with the university, i can tell you that these students choose franciscan, by and large, to be educated and supported in an environment that supports their faith and morality, so don’t be so hasty to insinuate immoral behavior on the part of this particular student body.

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  • blackyb
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:40am

    Those in D.C., who not done their jobs of getting to know the man who is now in our White House and by their not making sure the man was good enough to do the job as President before he got on the ticket are responsible for this evil man and Holder being in office. These people having failed in vetting Obama have failed in their stewardships to lead the people of the United States. These people have allowed a breach in the security of the United States. These same people are allowing fringe groups to promote an agenda that is foreign to the American people who are wanting to keep the laws of this land and the Constitution in tact. Obama should never have been allowed near the White House as should not have many people who are shown to be his friends, as many of these are enemies of this country. Obama and his friends have wormed their way into the paths of freedom and are attempting tol block efforts made by the people to keep this country free.

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  • six4life
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:39am

    ENCINOM “The problem is you and other “Christians” that seem intent on destroying this Constitutional Republic, that encourages individual freedoms and replacing it with an evangelical theocracy, where the state dictates to the individual what morality is.”
    First of all…don’t you have anything better to do than showing up here and displaying your lack of knowledge of history AND religion ? Where will YOU be if the so-called ‘religion of peace’ (LOL) otherwise known as the political THEOCRACY of Islam, continues it’s cancer into our society and courts with one goal: conversion of ALL to Allah ? Will you be the first to ‘convert’ ?

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    • encinom
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:50am

      The threat to American Liberty today comes from the Christian Right seeking to replace the secular Constitution with the Bible.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:04am

      Whereas the American left wants to get rid of the constitution entirely.

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    • IDONTTHINKSO
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:19am

      @sickforlife
      You’re an idiot! America has been ran by Christian beliefs since it began, what is destroying America is all of you idiots that want everything for yourselves! If GOD was not part of the US, you would already be on your knees and bowing to the east 5 times a day, disgracing your women and mutilating your daughters. Every time we move closer to destruction, liberals have been in what they call charge. For one I am sick of you idiots that spew hate, bigotry, class warfare, socialism, homosexuality, bestiality and every other perversion a sick mind can think of, it happens every time the left thinks they are in charge! Every time one of you liberal idiots gets in an office you try and push their idiotic rants on the freedom of others! You should think GOD every day for the gift of free thought, free choice and a country that has survived for more than 200 years believing in GOD and not appointing some king or dictator to wave his boney hand about! You are part of a sick and perverted group of haters against American and its freedom. Leave!!

       
    • six4life
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:46am

      @Idontthinkso I was quoting the ‘great philosopher’ troll of this site ENCINOM…. re-read what I wrote !

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    • inblack
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 3:35pm

      So explain all the new laws from the right that have imposed religion liar.

      The left has banned God from schools, from public property. They have driven the catholic church out of adoption in Mass., even though they had been providing 40% of those services.

      They have imposed funding of abortion on christians.

      So tell me, after the left has imposed all these things on the christians, what have the christians imposed on the left? Nothing.

      You people are haters and you lie to yourselves to believe that somehow YOU are under attack?

      Present your evidence to the contrary.

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:25am

    This decision by the university, needs to be applauded. In practical terms though, it means little as the majority of Catholics vote for the baby killing, deviant supporting party of Satan. The majority of Catholics have lost their souls.

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    • SECUREOURBORDERSNOW
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:41am

      Isn’t that the truth? So sad.

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    • by faith
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:13am

      Since the 1960s, the Catholic vote has come to reflect the nation as a whole instead of being predominantly Democratic. In the 60s and early 70s, a number of Catholics and Southern whites abandoned their traditional affiliation with the Democratic Party and began to support the Republican Party. This shift is evidenced by the fact that Nixon received only 33% of the Catholic vote in the 1968 election compared to 52% in 1972. As a group, Catholics represented a quarter of the nation‘s electorate and were now one of the nation’s largest swing groups. Both parties began to aggressively woo both the Catholic voters.
      In his successful 1980 campaign against Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan won about half of the Catholic vote. “Reagan Democrats”, many of them blue-collar Catholics, comprised 25% of the Democrats who voted for Reagan, and formed an important part of his support in 1984 as well. Despite Catholic Geraldine Ferraro‘s presence on the Democratic ticket as Walter Mondale’s vice-presidential running mate that year Reagan won 54 to 61% of the Catholic vote, only slightly different from the overall 59%. Although the majority of Catholics in 1984 remained Democrats, compared to 1980 Catholic votes switched to Reagan at about the same level as most Protestant groups. Reagan’s vice president George H. W. Bush won about the same number of votes as Michael Dukakis, making 1988 the third presidential election in a row in which Catholics failed to support the Democrat

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    • by faith
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:14am

      Although only about one third of Catholics voted for Bush’s reelection in 1992, most Catholic defectors switched to independent Ross Perot, not the successful Democrat Bill Clinton. Unlike previous elections (such as in 1972, when George McGovern’s Catholic support was eight percentage points higher than overall) the Catholic vote was not more Democratic than the overall electorate, but split almost identically to it. The trend away from a Democratic dominance of the Catholic vote continued in 1994, when for the first time in history Democrats did not receive a majority of Catholic votes in elections for the House of Representatives; as with 1992, the Catholic vote split resembled that of the overall electorate. This trend reversed slightly in 1996, when Clinton’s share of Catholics was four percentage points ahead of overall, and they comprised about half of the margin between him and the unsuccessful challenger Bob Dole. The 1990s ended, however, with Catholics as “the largest swing vote in American politics.”
      Their party independence continued into 2000, and Catholics became the large religious grouping that most closely reflected the total electorate, ahead of mainline Protestants. 50% of Catholics voted for Al Gore versus 47% for George W. Bush in the very close 2000 election. 52% of Catholics voted for Bush’s successful reelection compared to 47% for the Catholic John Kerry in 2004, versus 51% to 48% overall.

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    • by faith
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 11:16am

      Barack Obama, who chose the Catholic Joe Biden as his running mate, received 54% of the Catholic vote in 2008 compared to John McCain’s 45%, close to the overall 52% to 46%.
      Support for Obama in 2008
      52% of all voters
      94% Black Protestants
      89% Black Catholic (Vote based more on race than religion)
      75% unaffiliated
      71% Other minority Protestant
      71% Other minority Catholic (Hispanics were not going to vote for McCain)
      52% less-observant white Catholic
      55% less-observant white protestant
      41% observant white catholic
      41% observant white protestant

      Observant refers to voters who report attending religious service at least once a week.

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    • JohnD9207
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 2:13pm

      wow you should write speeches for Obama…you are so good with numbers. Did you poll women as they walked out of church or gleen this spark of brilliance from moveon.org?

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    • inblack
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 3:39pm

      @TED

      Since you are not a Christian, I wonder how you know who has lost their soul?

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    • Deborah
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 4:34pm

      Thank you, TED. I am a student at Franciscan University, and I am studying to become a nurse practitioner. I was counting on being covered by the school’s insurance plan, as I will soon NOT be covered by my husband’s insurance. He is currently dying after an over six year battle from cancer. He is expected to die in a few days. Now I of all persons should be angry about the school’s new policy, but I am not. I applaud them as well. Secularists do not understand that God wins in the end. And when persons are obedient to God, they are richly rewarded. I KNOW THIS IN MY HEART! Franciscan University, in their obedience, will be mightily rewarded as long as they continue to stand their ground against this demonic administration. I predict they will only GAIN more students, NOT lose them. Praise be to God!! And thank you Franciscan University!!

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    • by faith
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 5:39pm

      JohnD
      Why would I write speaches for Obama? I only deal in facts.
      The numbers you are having trouble understanding are from the US Census Bureau

      My post was in response to DrunkTed and SECUREOURBORDERSNOW who are under the delusion that the majority of Catholics vote for Democrats.

      Next time you might want to read before you attack

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  • palmettopalflorida
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:56am

    As a Protestant, Catholic university graduate I applaud their decision. The Catholic Church and their various universities will exist long after this failed, humanistic president is relegated to the “Regions of the damned.” Does this imitation of a human being really think that he can go toe-to-toe with the combined forces of the Catholic Church and their multitude of Christian believers and succeed? Just because he can think it does not mean he can will it.

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    • encinom
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:13am

      As a Catholic, the Catholic leadership needs to stay out of politics. The Church is seeking to enforce its backward beleifs on the students, regardless of whether or not the students are Catholics. Instead of letting the individual make her own choice, the University claiming to know better has made a moral choice for them, that is the Nanny State.

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    • gperky
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:14am

      The problem is that most Christians and conservatives don’t have the “fight” in them to resist evil leaders that impose their will on the people. Look at Hitler, (no, I’m not calling Obama, Hitler. Get over it.). The Jews, Christians, etc.. caved under pressure instead of standing and fighting. It is good to see that the Catholic church has made a stand. For how long will be interesting to see. I see many churches and pastors already making excuses for this man and trying to manipulate their morals so they can align with Obama. Most Christians use the excuse to “turn the other cheek” as a defense for not standing for what is right. Most are just lazy or wimps.

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    • Leopold
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:32am

      @ENC

      Nobody makes these students do anything. They are perfectly free to choose a different university. Then they do not have to put up with someone else’s values and morals which by the way are (the catholic values) far superior to those who do not mind to kill their own children.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:38am

      ENCIDIOT/MOREACNE/SLEAZY HIPPO…this catholic institution isn’t “getting into politics” it’s getting into economics. “Can you read?” The COST that Obamacare imposes on them was a cited factor in their decision to drop the coverage..the contraceptive mandate was an additional irritant.
      But hey…now these students parents can cover them up to 26 years of age so what’s the problem? Oh and speaking of mandates, the individual mandate forces these students to buy their own coverage if the parents don’t want to comply either. What’s the matter? Isn’t this what you wanted?

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    • Tigress1
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:43am

      As Glenn Beck has discussed on his radio show, the Catholic Church has been infiltrated by the Progressives, Socialists and Communists. From the research that I’ve done, it seems to me to be originating from the Lasallians. They are firm believers in Social Justice, and essentially Christian Socialism and even Christian Communism. I could be wrong, however, the Catholic Church is possibly being attacked from various segments within, just like our own government.

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  • blackyb
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:55am

    A good country does not kill babies and encourages morality. Obama does not encourage anything but trouble between people in order to progress some type of aganda that would abolish the freedoms people have to decide things for themselves.This man is evil, selfish and seems to take glee from people being miserable and discontent. This man is sadistic with no proper feelings for the people who have elected him. Obama is allowing fringe groups, to influence policy who are neither moral people or people who want to strengthen this country.

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  • way2confused
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:55am

    Correct me if I’m wrong here, but why would any university offer health care when the students are now covered under their parents policy until they are 26?

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    • gperky
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:15am

      Many parents are out of work, (children on scholarships) or don’t have health care where they are working.

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    • inblack
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 3:42pm

      The Obama plant at Georgetown, Fluke, was 30

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  • blackyb
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:49am

    This President exhibits symptoms of some kind of mental disorder in that he does not appear to have proper understanding of what this country wants and expects from their leaders. This man is a phoney and is taking narcissim to a new level. Get him out of the White House along with all those who have promoted his agenda that will destroy this country.

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    • gperky
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:09am

      This is what happens when you take someone that is not at all qualified for a job and give him power. He has no experience, no history and hides his bckground so people cannot even look at his past to see how he may act in the office. We got what we elected; a moron and community organizer.

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    • encinom
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:18am

      The problem is you and other “Christians” that seem intent on destroying this Constitutional Republic, that encourages individual freedoms and replacing it with an evangelical theocracy, where the state dictates to the individual what morality is.

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    • six4life
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:26am

      Not surprising…he has been appeased and promoted without real merit his entire adult life, thus producing a child-like personality disorder, not an uncommon trait of some of the worlds most twisted dictators…Our Dear Leader: http://youtu.be/xLGGd5qPyWE In psychiatric terms it’s called Narcissistic Personality Disorder-Remember…he sealed his medical records along with ALL other records the day after taking office

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:42am

      That’s right ENCIDIOT/MOREACNE/SLEAZY HIPPO..kind of like the whole homosexual marriage thing right? It’s a “human right” so just deal with it..right?

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  • right
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:49am

    The Chicago way. Destroy the enemy any way you can. The end justifies the means.
    obama wants the govt to control you and everything you do.
    This is a step toward controlling your (lack of choice) of health care. More will follow. He’s taking away your liberties one little piece at a time. Wake up people. Get out and educate your friends. Make sure everyone you know understands what is going on. Now is NOT the time to sit back and observe. Now is the time to act.
    Vote obama OUT in Now.

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    • gperky
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:17am

      This is just a small view into what his second term will produce. Now he is worried about being re-elected. If he does get re-elected, he wont’ have to worry what people think. Just watch the carnage in the next 4 years.

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  • MichiganPatriot
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:39am

    Obama has planned this all along..when are people going to see how evil this POS is.

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  • suedstate
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:32am

    Obummer just met his waterloo, by attacking the Catholic Church I think he has lost the Hispanic vote.
    Since most Hispanics are devout christians they will listen to their priest before listening to the liar in chief.

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  • BobtheMoron
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:30am

    The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again or has it?

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  • lynnissmart
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:22am

    This is exactly what they want…..no coverage – so everyone has to go into one-payer system…..but, Catholic Church, Catholic Universities, etc…..stand for your principles!!!!!……sue!

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    • Tigress1
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:59am

      My thoughts exactly. However, since some (I have no idea how many) Catholics are “Christian Socialists” they might be in on this too. This may all just be a phony act to bring about a single-payer system. That’s just a conspiracy, however.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_socialism

      I don’t know if there is a close connection from the Franciscans to the Lasallians (they Lasallians tend to be Christian Socialists), but Diane Drefenbrock was a Franciscan nun who was the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party U.S.A. in 1980, so the concept is not impossible.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Drufenbrock

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    • soljavsnbppseiu
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:01am

      agree 1000000000%… and next is a firearms ban.. we’re just one incident away ….

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    • inblack
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 3:50pm

      @TIGRESS1

      If this was Georgetown I might agree with you, but Franciscan University in Steubenville (note the spelling Blaze), OH is a very religious and humble catholic university. Note “One of 21 “faithfully Catholic universities” cited by the Cardinal Newman Society”. This CNS is the group that has petitioned against Georgetown for inviting HHS head Sebilius to speak.

      While the catholic church may occasionally mistake welfare for christianity, don’t think that all of them are fooled.

       
  • joshuawoodz
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:16am

    Glad they went with their morals. Seems like Obama is showing how little to none he has the longer he is president.

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  • Vickie Dhaene
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:04am

    I as a Catholic/Christian support the decision. Hopefully more universities and colleges will do the same. Our whole life in Faith is predicated on the decisions we make. Faith vs _________. I choose Faith

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  • Sh3LLz
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:00am

    MORE NONSENSE…

    Just because contraception is an OPTION does not mean you have to USE IT. You can only violate you conscience if you CHOOSE to do so. No one is FORCING catholics to USE birth control. They do it without telling their church anyway…….

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    • hi
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:20am

      Itn’s not just contraception but the morning after pill. life begins when sperm hits the egg before it is implanted. The morning after pill is abortion.

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    • HuskerDave
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:32am

      You are intentionally obfuscating the point. Forcing the Catholic institutions to PAY for the contraception (and make no mistake – funded abortion is right behind), is unconscionable and unconstitutional.

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    • soljavsnbppseiu
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:54am

      your ignorant… the Catholic Church is not simply a buisness or an organization it is an entity… a living body…therefore this mandate is equivilant to making an individual violate thier conscious.

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:03am

      HuskerDave is correct. The issue is the constitutionality of the mandate.

      BTW Dave if you are a Husker. Look at those bug eaters go.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 8:55am

    Thank you Mr. Obama, you took away our health insurance, but you’re fighting to save us $7.00 a month on student loans. Hey, that would only buy 7 condoms a month, Sandra Fluke goes through that many in a day!

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  • Wigidy
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 8:51am

    Just one of many stipulations to force Americans into a single payer system.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:12am

      Spot on, give him four more years and that’s exactly where this is headed.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 10:40am

      Exactly…the next step by this crop of marxists with a (D) after their names was going to be “we didn’t go far enough”.

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    • Truth1776
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 2:02pm

      I believe you are correct.

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  • kentuckypatriot
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 8:47am

    C’mon congress… stand with the Catholics and do your job.

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  • Escapee1
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 8:41am

    Soooo what will the Pretender-In-Chief do about this? Will he order the IRS Insurance Tax Police to fine the university? The Professors? The students? This is just the tip of the ObamaCare iceberg. Wake up America! STOP THE MADNESS of this Madman!

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  • cagnew
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 8:38am

    I went to this university for several and was actually on this insurance program. To be honest, it was a joke of a program. I only needed to go to a doctor once that I can remember, and didn‘t end up going because the policy didn’t cover it and I didn’t have any money (NEVER should have gone to college in the first place, but that’s another story). While I would like to think that they are doing this for the reasons stated, I am skeptical. I suspect it’s a publicity stunt to gain attention and try to re-create their old reputation for being a sound Catholic college with students that are all “holy and orthodox.” Ha! I highly doubt that dropping this program will effect many students. I have other reasons for being skeptical about this, but won’t go into it.

    On a separate note, regardless of why they are doing this, I do find it telling that the cost of the program is set to double and triple! Obamacare is such a disaster…. Ah well. The economy will probably collapse before Obamacare does it’s real damage. Hah! Aren’t I all sunshine and happiness this morning! Better go drink my coffee….

    God bless!

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    • mollyspeaks
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 4:30pm

      shame on you bitter cagnew. I went here, my husband, brother, sister,sister in law, father, aunt, and uncle went here. My father taught adjunct here, and my uncle spent his entire career here. I live in steubenville and know many of the faculty and staff personally. To accuse their intentions of being anything less than an authentic expression of moral fiber is to have very little understanding of this particular university, known and respected throughout the Catholic world (including the Vatican). This is one university which will go down fighting, on their knees with necks extended under the blade if need be.

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  • Free2speakRN
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 8:30am

    Communism.

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  • ginger100
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 8:27am

    The Preezy said he doesn’t have horns

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on May 16, 2012 at 9:17am

      No, he’s got a gay halo, didn’t you see it?

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  • hypnos
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 8:25am

    Just as Obama has planned force though flawed legislation or executive order to elliminate private healthcare plans to get a single payer govenment healthcare plan. Bottom up top down inside out. Again using polarizing techniques to destroy and divide our country.

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on May 16, 2012 at 8:18am

    I am amamazed, but very pleased to see the catholic church get off it’s but and take a real stand. Good for them, it’s been awhile coming. Some of the priests in the US kind of ran amuck and the church acted like wimps for a long time. Glad to see that church start to represent Christ‘s teachings instead of man’s. Great to do social work-but Christ’s teachings come first.

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