The furor over the Obama Administration’s oppressive HHS mandate rages on as seven states file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of new contraceptive regulations that will force religious institutions to provide insurance for practices that violate their consciences.
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Harvard Administrator Recommends Jail for Dissenting Bishops
A Harvard administrator, writing on Time Magazine’s Ideas blog, posits that American bishops who disagree with the Obama Administration’s HHS mandate should “do the MLK/Mandela thing” and go to prison.
Poll: 50% of Americans Oppose HHS Mandate
In spite of media claims that a majority of Americans support President Obama’s new HHS mandate “accommodation,” some their own polls show that public sentiment is against the intrusive law.
Priest, Protestors Arrested Outside White House
Father Denis Wilde, OSA, associate director of Priests for Life, was among six people arrested yesterday while peacefully protesting the HHS mandate outside the White House.
Clarification: Catholic Charities Does NOT Endorse HHS Mandate
After being cited by the White House and numerous press outlets as being a supporter of the Obama Administration’s HHS mandate “accommodation,” Catholic Charities USA says they have been mischaracterized by the media and are not in support of the mandate.
Sr. Keehan No Longer Supports HHS Mandate “Accommodation”
Sister Carol Keehan, the infamous head of the Catholic Health Association who came out in support of the president’s HHS mandate “accommodation” has apparently read the fine print and realized Catholic hospitals gained nothing in the “compromise” and is now expressing her “profound disappointment” with it.
War Against HHS Mandate Widens and Intensifies
Fallout from the controversial HHS mandate continues as the president’s job approval plummets among Catholics and an ever widening coalition forms with a variety of public protests planned for across the country.
Bishops, Legal Scholars Denounce Obama’s Phony Mandate Compromise
Even though two major Catholic groups, the Catholic Health Association and Catholic Charities USA have come out in support of President Obama’s HHS mandate “accommodation,” the U.S. Bishops and 38 of the nation’s top Catholic scholars have denounced the compromise as “morally obtuse” and completely unacceptable.
Obama’s HHS Accommodation Riddled with Double-Speak
Anyone who believes President Obama just compromised on the government’s plan to coerce religious employers to provide free contraception to employees is either “naive or gullible” says the Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus.
Obama to Announce Compromise on HHS Mandate Today
In an attempt to placate the uproar from American faithful over the HHS mandate, President Barack Obama is expected to announce some kind of “accommodation” on the mandate at 12:15 today.
