Allowing Catholics (and many other religious groups) to practice their religion is not a "special right." It is a right established in the first amendment. Forcing them to participate in a practice that is against their core beliefs is both unnecessary and unconstitutional.
My way -- the constitution way -- accommodates more belief systems and more people than the way of the tyrants within the Obama administration and the Democratic Party. On Feb 7, 2012, at 5:01 PM, M Christol wrote: > Giving special rights to employers citing religious grounds violates the 1st > amendment. > > On 2/7/12 6:58 PM, Francis Drouillard wrote: >> We have freedom of religion in this country (not freedom from religious as >> you big government statists insist). >> >> You can get contraceptives and abortions anywhere. There's no need to >> trample the rights of religious institutions to provide services that are >> contrary to their belief system. >> >> >> On Feb 7, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Brian Lawson wrote: >> >>> On Feb 7, 2012, at 8:23 AM, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Ah, the scare tactics of the left. That's to be expected when the magic >>>> halfrican you blindly supported has f*cked everything up so badly. But >>>> hey, he's forcing those damned Catholics to provide contraception and >>>> abortion services! That will surely fix all that ails our nation. >>> >>> How is telling an employer they must cover the costs of these legal >>> services in any way forcing anyone to obtain or provide those services >>> against their will? I don't recall anything about the Catholic Church >>> having to start setting up abortion clinics or selling contraceptives. On >>> the flip side we have an organization which says, "No, we don't want you to >>> be able to do that because we don't believe in it." That is forcing _their_ >>> agenda upon others. >>> -- >>> Brian >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "StrataList-OT" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "StrataList-OT" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
