Oh, forgive me if I am not polite, but, freedom of speech wins out over 'Thou shalt now take the Lord's name in vain."
This crap is nothing but bullshit. The USA is the most protective nation on Earth of the allowance of church doctrine and the right for it to exist in full force among its members. This is a country based on diversity and it is up to the church member to adhere to its doctrines and teaching. This is NOT a legislative issue, it is a political 'hail mary' the GOP is hoping will land in the end zone in November!
And the GOP has no right, no right to even approach the issue of 'sanctity of life,' until they solve the problems surrounding The Death Sentence and the racial divide in this country that lands a higher percent of minorities in prison. Don't even try it!
The USA sovereignty allows for Freedom of Religion but NOT EQUALITY of authority. That concept is the tail waging the dog and is Anti-American. Providing health insurance to all employees of EQUAL STANDING faith is the least any church can do for the freedom and acceptance they find in the USA.
Just because Republicans only see their own immorality in their allegiance to wealth doesn't mean those insuring the faiths will actually demand monies to make up any perceived in fraction in their spotless souls.
Republicans don't have faith in insurance companies to follow the law as written and they also see them getting away with it. Interesting. Very interesting. Because the law requires the services to be paid by the insurance companies, yet, to hear Republicans cry about their ideology one would think there is no justice department that won't look the other way when infractions occur.
Why is that? Why do the ideologues always see ENFORCEMENT of injustice in the USA rather than the rule of law? Now. That would be an even more interesting realization for the elections in November than this ever could be. And what gets more interesting is that Republicans believe health insurance companies are untrustworthy. Well. Over half the country has been saying that for years now. "Death by Lack of Health Insurance Coverage," due to a newly diagnosed disease.The OXYMORON of the GOP. Untrustworthy, but, worthy of financial exploitation of the citizens of the USA. Profits over people and the law that is suppose to protect them. The GOP really needs to search their souls before they rant about their dedication to decency.
Give him points for cleverness.(click title to entry - thank you) President Obama’s birth control “accommodation” was as politically successful as it was morally meaningless. It was nothing but an accounting trick that still forces Catholic (and other religious) institutions to provide medical insurance that guarantees free birth control, tubal ligation and morning-after abortifacients — all of which violate church doctrine on the sanctity of life.
The trick is that these birth control/abortion services will supposedly be provided independently and free of charge by the religious institution’s insurance company. But this changes none of the moral calculus. Holy Cross Hospital, for example, is still required by law to engage an insurance company that is required by law to provide these doctrinally proscribed services to all Holy Cross employees....
