A CONVERSATION ON THE BIG DIVIDE - 3

A Conversation on the Big Divide - 3

In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Monday, July 22, 2013

On the one side besides Sister Carol Keehan, we have:

1) "Grant Gallicho at liberal Commonweal magazine wrote, "I've written a few times before, it seems to me that Catholic employers can comply with the mandate without running afoul of Catholic moral teaching." [ Sadly, I subscribe to this magazine, on and off, to figure out the mentality of these CINO Persons.]

2) "Michael Sean Winters wrote approvingly of Sr. Keehan's comments at the dissenting National Catholic Reporter. He writes that Archbishop William Lori's refusal to say the Obama Care Mandate may force Catholic hospitals [not] to close has harried the health care industry and left Sr. Keehan and company scrambling for relief."

"The law firm litigating the suits against the mandate may be working pro bono, but in so far as they are restricting bishops from reassuring Catholic institutions - to say nothing of Catholic people - that our ministries will not close, they are exacting a price too high to pay," Winters wrote, "I do not discern a widespread assault on religious freedom in this country, nor do most Americans." [What America is this guy living in?]

On the other side we have:

A) "Adam Cassandra, communication manager of Human Life International, told LifeSiteNews.com, "Nothing in the final HHS Mandate rules changes the fact that Catholics in the U.S. will be required to violate their conscientious objection to immoral practices and services in violation of Our First Amendment Rights."

"The so-called accommodation is entirely insufficient in protecting religious employers and organizations, and as the CHA points out, it doesn't cover Catholics in for-profit industries." he continued. "Not one Catholic individual should be forces by the government to violate our religious beliefs, and I would expect any organization that represents Catholics to feel the same way."

B) "Ironically, the National Association of Evangelicals is closer to the Catholic bishops' view than the Catholic Health Association, headed by Sister Keehan.

"The final rule still leaves many religious employers unprotected," said Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), this week. "The government should not compel any of its citizens to violate their consciences."

D) "Eric Rassbach, deputy general counsel of the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty, said, "Our Constitution and laws require them to protect religious exercise, but they [Obama] really don't want to, so they are trying every trick in the book to avoid doing so. But we will keep suing until the courts make HHS comply with its obligations."

George H. Kubeck - ref. http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-health-association - su...