Its War!
Catholic leaders upped the ante Monday, threatening to challenge the
Obama administration over a provision of the new health care law that
would require all employers, including religious institutions, to pay
for birth control.
As CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer reports, it could affect the presidential elections.
Catholic leaders are furious and determined to harness the voting
power of the nation’s 70 million Catholic voters to stop a provision of
President Barack Obama’s new heath car reform bill that
will force Catholic schools, hospitals and charities to buy birth
control pills, abortion-producing drugs and sterilization coverage for
their employees.
“Never before, unprecedented in American history, for the federal
government to line up against the Roman Catholic Church,” said Catholic
League head Bill Donohue.
Already Archbishop Timothy Dolan has spoken out against the law and
priests around the country have mobilized, reading letters from the
pulpit. Donohue said Catholic officials will stop at nothing to put a
stop to it.
“This is going to be fought out with lawsuits, with court decisions,
and, dare I say it, maybe even in the streets,” Donohue said.
No comments:
Post a Comment