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Title: Obama’s war on religion declared (Catholics riot in DC)
Source: Infowars
URL Source: http://www.infowars.com/obamas-war-on-religion-declared/
Published: Jan 31, 2012
Author: Michael Gerson
Post Date: 2012-01-31 10:12:02 by Hondo68
Keywords: radicalism and maliciousness, transparently anti-Catholic, impose liberal values
Views: 3918
Comments: 9

Obamacare’s contraception crusade plays Catholics for fools, but is really designed to show his Federal govt’s supremacy over religious groups – but it’s a slippery slope for America.

In politics, the timing is often the message. On Jan. 20 — three days before the annual March for Life — the Obama administration announced its final decision that Catholic universities, hospitals and charities will be compelled to pay for health insurance that covers sterilization, contraceptives and abortifacients.

Preparing for the march, Catholic students gathered for Mass at Verizon Center. The faithful held vigil at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Knights of Columbus and bishops arrived to trudge in the cold along the Mall. All came to Washington in time for their mocking.

Catholic leaders are still trying to process the implications of this ambush. The president had every opportunity to back down from confrontation. In the recent ­Hosanna-Tabor ruling, a unanimous Supreme Court reaffirmed a broad religious autonomy right rooted in the Constitution. Obama could have taken the decision as justification for retreat.

And it would have been a minor retreat. The administration was on the verge of mandating nearly universal contraceptive coverage through Obamacare without public notice. There would have been no controversy at all if President Obama had simply exempted religious institutions and ministries. But the administration insisted that the University of Notre Dame and St. Mary’s Hospital be forced to pay for the privilege of violating their convictions.

Obama chose to substantially burden a religious belief, by the most intrusive means, for a less-than-compelling state purpose — a marginal increase in access to contraceptives that are easily available elsewhere. The religious exemption granted by Obamacare is narrower than anywhere else in federal law — essentially covering the delivery of homilies and the distribution of sacraments. Serving the poor and healing the sick are regarded as secular pursuits — a determination that would have surprised Christianity’s founder.

Both radicalism and maliciousness are at work in Obama’s decision — an edict delivered with a sneer. It is the most transparently anti-Catholic maneuver by the federal government since the Blaine Amendment was proposed in 1875 — a measure designed to diminish public tolerance of Romanism, then regarded as foreign, authoritarian and illiberal. Modern liberalism has progressed to the point of adopting the attitudes and methods of 19th-century Republican nativists.

The implications of Obama’s choice will take years to sort through. The immediate impact can be measured on three men:

Consider Catholicism’s most prominent academic leader, the Rev. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame. Jenkins took a serious risk in sponsoring Obama’s 2009 honorary degree and commencement address — which promised a “sensible” approach to the conscience clause. Jenkins now complains, “This is not the kind of ‘sensible’ approach the president had in mind when he spoke here.” Obama has made Jenkins — and other progressive Catholic allies — look easily duped.

Consider Catholicism’s highest-ranking elected official, Vice President Biden. Biden had encouraged engagement with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on conscience rights. Now he will be remembered as the Catholic cover for the violation of Catholic conscience. Betrayal is always an inside job.

Consider Catholicism’s most prominent clerical leader, Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan, head of the Conference of Catholic Bishops. Dolan had pursued a policy of engagement with the administration. In November, he met face to face with Obama, who was earnestly reassuring on conscience protections. On Jan. 20, during a less-cordial phone conversation, Obama informed Dolan that no substantial concession had been made. How can Dolan make the argument for engagement now?

The implications of Obama’s power grab go further than contraception and will provoke opposition beyond Catholicism. Christian colleges and universities of various denominations will resist providing insurance coverage for abortifacients. And the astounding ambition of this federal precedent will soon be apparent to every religious institution. Obama is claiming the executive authority to determine which missions of believers are religious and which are not — and then to aggressively regulate institutions the government declares to be secular. It is a view of religious liberty so narrow and privatized that it barely covers the space between a believer’s ears.

Obama’s decision also reflects a certain view of liberalism. Classical liberalism was concerned with the freedom to hold and practice beliefs at odds with a public consensus. Modern liberalism uses the power of the state to impose liberal values on institutions it regards as backward. It is the difference between pluralism and anti-­clericalism.

The administration’s ultimate motivation is uncertain. Has it adopted a radical secularism out of conviction, or is it cynically appealing to radical secularists? In either case, the war on religion is now formally declared.


Poster Comment:

Consider Catholicism’s highest-ranking elected official, Vice President Biden
Biden should be excommunicated, and then burned at the stake. (1 image)

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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)

I read articles like this and am reminded, to my bemusement, the simplemindedness of people like you.

A church is a relgious group. A hospital is not.

I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...

war  posted on  2012-01-31   10:27:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: war, *Liberal Rehab Staff* (#1)

relgious group. A hospital is not.

It's a private institution outside of federal jurisdiction.


"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.

Hondo68  posted on  2012-01-31   10:48:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: hondo68 (#2)

BUllshit. Hospitals are a) most certainly are federally regulated and b) most certainly ar NOT churches.

I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...

war  posted on  2012-01-31   11:34:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: hondo68 (#2) (Edited)

It's a private institution outside of federal jurisdiction.
It's either a deemed hospital or else it loses half it's income and most doctors wouldn't be caught dead practicing there.

" A deemed facility or hospital is a facility that has been determined to meet Medicare “Conditions Of Participation” (federal regulations and laws) by virtue of their accreditation by an accrediting agency. These accrediting agencies are typically provider organizations such as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (Joint Commission or JCAHO), and American Osteopathic Hospitals (AOH) that have been deemed by CMS to determine their hospital members meet CMS “Conditions Of Participation” through their accreditation process."

Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET

mininggold  posted on  2012-01-31   11:41:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: war (#3)

BUllshit. Hospitals are a) most certainly are federally regulated and b) most certainly ar NOT churches.

Sounds like he's joined up with those Tea Party in Space people.

Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET

mininggold  posted on  2012-01-31   11:46:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: hondo68 (#0)

Serving the poor and healing the sick are regarded as secular pursuits — a determination that would have surprised Christianity’s founder.

Christianity's founder treated healing the sick as a ministry and provided His services free of charge, eliminating the need for insurance and/or tax payer financing.

Post-­Conflict Regime Type: Probability of Being a Democracy Five Years After the Conflict Has Ended; Violent Campaigns - 4%, Nonviolent Campaigns - 46%. Erica Chenoweth, Ph.D., Stanford University,

lucysmom  posted on  2012-01-31   12:07:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: mininggold, *Jack-Booted Thugs*, *Ron Paul for President* (#4) (Edited)

Hospitals are clearly marked, no need for any fed "help". All they need are a couple of Knights of Columbus bouncers at the door to keep the nanny state feds out.


"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.

Hondo68  posted on  2012-01-31   13:08:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: hondo68 (#7)

Hospitals are clearly marked, no need for any fed "help". All they need are a couple of Knights of Columbus bouncers at the door to keep the nanny state feds out.

More made up fantasy BS from the Hondo troll. The Fed holds the reins to most of their income including the research grants they subsist on.

Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET

mininggold  posted on  2012-01-31   14:31:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: hondo68 (#0)

"Biden should be excommunicated, and then burned at the stake."

Looking to get reported to the Secret Service?

Ferret Mike  posted on  2012-01-31   14:38:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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