The following comes from a Dec. 23 story from the Cardinal Newman Society,
In the week before the HHS contraceptive mandate is scheduled to go into effect, conflicting decisions have descended from courts concerning Catholic colleges seeking relief from the Obama administration’s infringement on religious freedom, according to Catholic Culture.
In recent days, courts have ruled against The Catholic University of America, the University of Notre Dame, the Archdiocese of Washington and Priests for Life, while granting relief to Thomas Aquinas College in California, Cardinal Spellman High School and Monsignor Farrell High School in New York, and Legatus, an organization of Catholic business executives. There have been other mixed rulings on the HHS mandate, and many more are expected prior to January 1, when the mandate goes into effect.
The mixed messages from the courts make it increasingly likely that the U.S. Supreme Court will eventually hear a case on the constitutionality of the mandate being enforced on explicitly religious nonprofit institutions such as Catholic colleges and schools. The court has already agreed to hear challenges from Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties and will decide whether family-owned companies can exercise religion.
The archdiocese of Washington issued a statement on its website calling the ruling by the U.S. District Court for Washington D.C. “an astonishing decision that conflicts with the well-reasoned rulings of many other federal courts around the country.”
The archdiocese has already announced plans to immediately appeal the decision, as has Notre Dame….
To read original story, click here.
No Catholic should ever have believed Obama when he promised to create a “religious exemption”. That was as big a lie as when he said “if you like your insurance, you can keep it”. Going through our liberal courts to obtain relief is a mine field. Slowly they will entangle us in trip wires and pick us to pieces. This evil of Obamacare should have been fought from the beginning. Our bishops embraced it; the Catholic Hospital Association was featured prominently at its enactment. Once you begin to compromise with evil, evil will win in the end. Let us not complain, we gave Obama 60+percent of our Catholic vote.
Obama lied about the religious exemption, lied about keeping your old insurance plan, and lied about not lying. The courts may be “mixed” on Obamacare but the laity has it spot on……it sucks!
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good cause, so it seems that you are now somewhat waking up. Let me warn you, however, unless you choose to start following the Principle of Subsidiarity, as well as the commandment, “Thou shalt not covet….”, you are ripe for being duped again and again and again……..!
It was obvious to me as well as others, as far back when Hilary was on the healthcare bandwagon, that this was always an utopian pipe dream.
Obama has appointed two ultra liberal judges to the Supreme court. We can only pray that they will give some relief to Catholic organizations on the Obamacare disaster. We only need to look back to the 2008 election to see the cause of the present problems, including Obama’s promotion of same-sex “marriage.” How many Catholics, including the clergy, voted for Obama because he promised them free everything? In his campaign speeches, it was clear to that he is a socialist. He sat in his friend, Rev. Wright’s church for twenty years. Remember Rev. Wright saying “Not God bless America, but God damn America”? Remember his close friends, Bill Ayres and Bernadine Dohrn, former members of the Weather Underground, who plotted to kill police officers? Bill Ayres was convicted of the bombing, but got off on a technicality. All this was known before the 2008 election, but his was elected President. When he made it clear that he was a radical socialist, he was re-elected by a comfortable margin in 2012, with the help of Catholics.
Sarah and Anton,
It is highly questionable whether or not Obama really got the Catholic vote and other votes as well. It is really not questionable that there was massive voter fraud!
May God have mercy on an amoral Amerika!
Viva Cristo Rey!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher, Founding Director
Concerned Roman Catholics of America, Inc.
Kenneth: We are aware of the massive voter fraud which gave Obama the winning margin in some states with large urban minority populations. This was on top of 60 pct of the Catholic vote. Especially disappointing was the 70 pct of the Latino vote for Obama. He bought that vote by promising them amnesty.
Let’s be fair. The Republican’s were also trying to court the Hispanic vote, but the Tea Party wing was very strongly anti-illegal immigrant—which forced them back from any amnesty proposal.
At their core, there are also large numbers of both Republican and Democrat politicians who will do almost anything to get elected and grab power. Many of the current power grabs (such as the patriot act) were enacted by Bush.
JonJ, I agree with you that both Republican and Democrat politicians desire power. For the Democrats it is universal, and for the RINO’s it is universal. The Tea Party movement is made up of citizens who are working toward electing Constitutional Conservatives. Ted Cruz is one of them. The RINO’s will not rest until they take he and others like him out of the picture.
And if there had been even the ghost of swastika on any of the evidence at Ayres’ trial, there would be no Columbia professorship and no “friendship” with Obama. You see: only one kind of terrorist is OK with the Left.
The Left is not ultra concerned about Catholic higher education institutes and adult organizations. They are targeting the low income and no income ethnics, especially the Black and Latina women, for continued population control.
Catherine, and may I add, ……as well as their loyal votes!
When judges use their own ideology rather than the actual written law, we must expect false outcomes that harm society.
Obama should be impeached for his ‘Executive Orders’ that also change many laws to his own ideology.
Our system of government is falling apart, having no checks and balances because too many politicians are only concerned about being re-elected.
US Constitutuion – Bill of Rights –
Article I “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ….”