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Tag Archives: Obamacare
A Bitter Pill?
This piece is from the Guardian and it comes with some of the paper’s usual irritating baggage, but it is still worth reading as an examination of the factual background to the Little Sisters HHS case: The ACA has a … Continue reading
Santorum, Again
Politico: As condolences and reflections followed the passing of Nelson Mandela, Rick Santorum linked the injustices the former South African president fought and Obamacare. “He was fighting against some great injustice, and I would make the argument that we have … Continue reading
For Thee, But Not For Me (Again)
Fox News: Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said Sunday the Catholic church remains opposed to ObamaCare in large part because it requires businesses to offer health-insurance plans that include no-cost contraception. Dolan, the former president of the … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, politics
Tagged Cardinal Dolan, contraception, First Amendment, Obamacare, Religious Privilege
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‘Religious Freedom’ (Again)
The fact that the current clutch of campaigners for ‘religious freedom’ (brought together by their opposition to Obamacare’s contraception mandate) has adopted Thomas More, a less than admirable proto-Dzerzhinsky, as a symbol of freedom of conscience, a principle for which … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged Obamacare, religious accommodation law, Religious Freedom, Thomas More
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Own Goal
Whatever you think about the rights or wrongs of this move, its politics will do the GOP no favors: Washington (CNN) – House Republicans have added a measure aimed at limiting contraceptive coverage to the spending bill coming up for … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Uncategorized
Tagged contraception, Obamacare, religious accommodation law, Religious Freedom, Republican Party
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About That First Amendment Thing
CBS Pittsburgh: PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Students at Carnegie Mellon say it’s freedom of expression, but the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh calls it inappropriate and disrespectful. At an annual art school parade, a female student dressed up as the pope, and … Continue reading
Posted in culture
Tagged blasphemy and defamation of religion, contraception, David Zubik, First Amendment, Obamacare
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Liberty, Not So Much
We’ve heard a lot from the Roman Catholic church of late about how its “religious liberty” is supposedly infringed by the Obamacare “contraception mandate”. It’s a dodgy and unconvincing argument for any number of reasons (and hypocritical too, given the … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged Bobby Jindal, contraception, Obamacare, Roman Catholicism
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Biter Bit
Anthony Davies and Kristina Antolin, writing in the WSJ: The bishops dance with the devil when they invite government to use its coercive power on their behalf, and there’s no clearer example than the Affordable Care Act. They happily joined … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged abortion, contraception, Obamacare, Religious Left, Roman Catholicism
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John Fisher: Biter Bit
Writing in the (British) Catholic Herald, Francis Phillips claims that she “feels a shiver when I see the parallels between our world and that of St John Fisher”. The context, inevitably, is of officialdom’s supposed attack on religious freedom in … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged "Conscience", Cardinal Dolan, Conscientous Objection, contraception, John Fisher, Obamacare, Religious Freedom, Thomas Hitton, Thomas More, UK
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Kelly, No Hero
Via CBS: Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., an ardent opponent of the contraception mandate that went into effect Wednesday, is comparing the beginning of the mandate to the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the September 11 terrorist attacks. “I know in … Continue reading