Yesterday, I raged
at the nerve of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for placing a
full page ad in major newspapers the day before elections, ranting about how
Obamacare is mandating contraception coverage in all health insurance packages
which they feel is attacking their freedom to practice their religion as they
see fit.
In essence, the
bishops were supporting Mitt Romney for president and that is illegal for
institutions that get tax free status from the government.
Today, the day after
the elections and an Obama victory, another full page ad appeared from the
bishops basically ranting about the same ole’ shit BUT this time making it very
clear that they are talking to BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS so they are not
endorsing either…get it?
The law clearly
states that religious organizations cannot support any specific candidate by
urging their followers to vote for that specific candidate or even party.
Did the bishops get
a little scared by criticism from people like me which they think may get them
in trouble with the IRS?
Or are they now
trying to get Catholics and religious conservatives of each party to see that
compelling businesses to add contraceptive coverage to their health insurance
policies is somehow an attack on religious freedom?
Its hard to see what
their motivation is but whatever it is, it is a position that needs to be
challenged by people like me that realize their (the bishop’s) position against
contraception is an unnatural position and against the demands of humanity (as
in being human) and therefore against our human rights as citizens of a human
society which we all belong to as opposed to a limited Catholic society.
Catholics have every
right not to use contraceptives but if they are employers, they have no right
to keep contraception coverage from people that want it covered by the
employer’s health insurance.
The bishops are
trying to say that Catholic employers have a duty and a freedom to practice
what their religious conscience dictates and again I say that they as
individuals can practice whatever their conscience commands them to do but they
cannot impose the will of their own individual conscience on others.
The irony in all of
this is that the bishops are calling for protection of their religious freedom
but yet negate and trample on the freedoms of their employees whether they are
religious, secular or humanistic.
It is time the
bishops started behaving like citizens of the United States and not some
idiotic Vatican goons trying to impose their views on fellow Americans…Catholic
businesses are the same as other businesses, they need to follow federal law as
to health insurance coverage and keep their personal preferences to themselves.
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