But I feel that we are Catholic today

But I feel that we are all Catholic today
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Sunday, July 29, 2012

Where would America’s pro-life, pro-marriage and pro-family be without the daily reports from Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins’ Washington Update like July 19, 2012? Let’s go on the campaign trail with Mitt Romney in Bowling Green, Ohio on July 18th.

“Religious liberty,” he told a crowd in Ohio, is the “first freedom of those enumerated in the Bill of Rights. And the president and his administration said they are going to usurp your religious freedom by demanding that you provide products to your employees, if you’re the Catholic, that violates your conscience.

“And so whether it is a Catholic businessperson or the Catholic Church itself they are being told what they have to do that violates their religious conscience. That attack on religious freedom is a dangerous and unfortunate precedent.

“And I know that we are not all Catholics in this room. Many presumably are. But I feel that we are all Catholic today in our battle to preserve religious freedom and tolerance and freedom in this country, it is essential for us to push back against that.”

“His comment earned a standing ovation and chants from the crowd to “Say it again!” I will say it again, “Romney replied. “That’s one more good reason to get rid of Obamacare. And I’m going to get that done the first day I’m in office.”

“If Evangelicals and Catholics have a stronger alliance than ever, they have President Obama to thank. If any good has come from the administration’s anti-faith, contraception and abortion pill mandate, it’s a growing partnership between the two major groups. Nowhere is that more evident than the wave of joint lawsuits filed against the policy.

“Wheaton College and Catholic University made the latest splash, joining forces in federal court to battle Health and Human Services (HHS) for the right to exercise their conscience. Together with more than 40 other entities, their institutions are linking arms to fight for religious freedom - a fight that’s quickly becomes one of Gov. Mitt Romney’s top priorities.

George H. Kubeck