[Apologetics] Cardinal Newman Society: Obama Admin vs. Catholics

Fri Jan 20 16:18:43 EST 2012

--- On Fri, 1/20/12, Cardinal Newman Society <info at cardinalnewmansociety.org> wrote:

From: Cardinal Newman Society <info at cardinalnewmansociety.org>
Subject: Breaking: Obama Admin vs. Catholics
To: arthurkelly at yahoo.com
Date: Friday, January 20, 2012, 3:05 PM

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HHS Rejects Compromise, Embraces Abortion Lobby

Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS), today issued an announcement indicating that HHS would ignore the concerns of religious employers regarding HHS rules mandating health insurance coverage for sterilizations and contraception, including some that cause abortion, except to allow religious groups a year to comply with the law.

"It is the greatest irony, that by worshiping the cult of 'choice' the Obama Administration has determined that religious organizations lack the freedom to act in fidelity to their beliefs,'" said Patrick J. Reilly, President of The Cardinal Newman Society.  "The White House has sold the First Amendment for a few pennies of political support from the ACLU and the abortion lobby."

"If the Obama Administration cannot respect the First Amendment of the Constitution, then we must take this fight to the courts and win," Reilly continues.  "The Cardinal Newman Society will do everything within our power and resources to help faithful Catholic colleges and other organizations in this fight to defend religious liberty.  Already a faithful Catholic college has led the charge in federal court, and other Catholic colleges have stood strong with us against the HHS rule, without compromise."

Over the past few years, The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) has been heavily engaged in promoting and defending the religious liberties of Catholic colleges and universities.  Last month CNS opposed a compromise to the HHS rules recommended by the University of Notre Dame and the Catholic Health Association.  CNS commissioned a legal analysis of the Obama Administration's health insurance mandate for sterilization and contraceptives and organized 18 Catholic colleges and universities to join in an appeal to the Department of Health and Human Services against the mandate.  CNS has also defended The Catholic University of America's single-sex dorm policy and published materials to help Catholic colleges and universities protect their religious liberty.

Tools for the defense of religious liberty published by CNS this year include a step-by-step plan for Catholic colleges to protect religious freedoms by enhancing Catholic identity; a comprehensive legal backgrounder describing assaults from the NLRB; and a handbook for Catholic college leaders helping them conform to the Church's vision for Catholic higher education.

For an overview of the work of CNS to defend religious liberty, click here.

Click for the Sebelius statement and to continue reading...

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