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Olde Tyme Religion
Catholics Sue Obumble
2012-05-21
The archdiocese of New York, headed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archdiocese of Washington, D.C., headed by Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the University of Notre Dame, and 40 other Catholic dioceses and organizations around the country announced on Monday that they are suing the Obama administration for violating their freedom of religion, which is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution.

The dioceses and organizations, in different combinations, are filing 12 different lawsuits filed in federal courts around the country.

The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. has established a special website--preservereligiousfreedom.org--to explain it lawsuit and present news and development concerning it.

"This lawsuit is about an unprecedented attack by the federal government on one of AmericaÂ’s most cherished freedoms: the freedom to practice oneÂ’s religion without government interference," the archdiocese says on the website. "It is not about whether people have access to certain services; it is about whether the government may force religious institutions and individuals to facilitate and fund services which violate their religious beliefs."

The suits filed by the Catholic organizations focus on the regulation that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced last August and finalized in January that requires virtually all health-care plans in the United States to cover sterilizations and all Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptives, including those that can cause abortions.

Posted by:Beavis

#4  There is a reason they filed suit on this day: TodayÂ’s Roman Catholic calendar lists May 21st as the feast day of St. Christopher Magallanes, a martyr killed for celebrating Mass during the Cristero War in Mexico.

That's right, the Federal Government executed him by firing squad for saying Mass without the Mexican government's permission.

Pray that this lawsuit comes out in a full win - or pray that November changes this by throwing out Obama and his pack of crooks. Thats the ballot box and jury box. We have tried the soap box, and Obama and Sebelius are deaf. If those fail the remaining box is the ammunition box.

"Darth", Be careful what you ask for. we will go there when its time. Its not time. Not yet. But as a foretaste look up the struggles in Ireland, and especially Google the Cristada (Christero War) for a recent violent armed repression of Catholics by a federal government in North America. Unlike that war, this one will have a lot of trained, albeit old, soldiers in it, including yours truly if it comes down to it. And that means more violence and much more deadly. Such a civil war is something I would not wish on any nation except an enemy one.
Posted by: OldSpook   2012-05-21 19:58  

#3  Right on DV. That would be my question as well.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2012-05-21 16:50  

#2  When are they going to go from lawyers to bullets?
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-05-21 16:34  

#1  Seems like just about everyone is suing the Feds.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-05-21 15:45  

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