The Direct Attack on Catholics!

The Direct Attack on Catholics!
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegoneblogspot.com – Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012

“Original message from Brian Burch, President CatholicVote.org”

Pres. Obama informed Archbp Dolan today (Jan. 22, 2012) that the proposed mandate requiring all insurance plans to pay for contraception, sterilization and some abortion drugs is official – and Catholics cannot escape. Please read below and remarks from Pope Benedict to our bishops.

Dear Friends,

Get ready to pay. This morning President Obama called New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan to break the news. Secretary of Health and Human Services and pro-abortion Catholic Kathleen Sebelius just announced that the proposed mandate requiring all insurance plans to pay for contraception, sterilization and some abortion drugs is official – and Catholics cannot escape…

Cardinal-designate Timothy M. Dolan responded minutes ago saying: “In effect, the president is saying we have a year to figure out how to violate our consciences.” Beginning August 1, 2012 (less than eight months today), the insurance premiums we pay, including insurance premiums paid by Catholics for employees of churches and schools – will be used to cover drugs and procedures that are in direct conflict with the teachings of our Church.

That’s right. Our government will now force us to pay for insurance coverage for birth control, sterilization and even some abortion drugs.
President Obama ignored the organized efforts of Catholics across the country, including bold statements from the Bishops, university presidents (including Notre Dame’s Rev. Jenkins), and even his Catholic allies like Sr. Carol Keehan.

Instead, President Obama stood with his real friends – Planned Parenthood. Make no mistake; this decision is a direct attack on you, our Church, and the religious liberty of all Americans. Just yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the bishops from the United States who were completing their “Ad Limina” visit in Rome. The Holy Father specifically cited the “grave threats” to the freedom of the Church in America, and urged the Catholic community to respond, especially with “an engaged articulate and well-formed Catholic laity.”

He’s talking to you and me. The Holy Father’s brief address is a must read (link below). Finally, today marks exactly one year from Inauguration Day. In exactly 12 months, America will welcome a new president, or usher in four more years of Barack Obama and his assault on our liberties… We built Catholic Vote into a movement to advance the cause of life, family, and freedom. Today’s decision is an assault on all three. And it MUST be defeated. …

George H. Kubeck, The contempt of the secularists on Christians is like living under a fascist/communist regime. We have a constitutional crisis in the violation of our 1st Amendment religious rights.