tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post5448783682459901225..comments2023-10-26T03:39:34.927-04:00Comments on USCCB Blog: Amish, Ok. Catholics, No.Matt Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831806518934060560noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-23931895518952152422012-03-21T17:48:59.545-04:002012-03-21T17:48:59.545-04:00There is no consitutional right to have someone pr...There is no consitutional right to have someone provide you with birth control, or even insurance. But there is a constitutional right to freedom of religious expression. These regs would seem to be unconstitutional on their face, but whether that will matter to an increasingly brazen government remains to be seen.<br /><br />I think that the USCCB should create an alternative insurance program J.O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10430170059469668082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-56283858247632046282012-03-16T17:59:47.117-04:002012-03-16T17:59:47.117-04:00First, I will note that I am completely in favor o...First, I will note that I am completely in favor of the Church's stance on this issue. However, the Church has another problem that I believe underlies the HHS mandate issue. <br /><br />This problem is the concept of "universal" health care and the Church’s stated support for it. The use of this term implies support for “Obamacare” in all aspects except that which the Church does Svobodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774351344964855105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-34153840147699710962012-03-15T19:05:55.852-04:002012-03-15T19:05:55.852-04:00I'm sorry, but the bishops and Liberal Catholi...I'm sorry, but the bishops and Liberal Catholics got us into this mess to begin with.<br /><br />No discipline for wild, disobedient faithless politicians calling themselves Catholic? No adequate catechesis in the parishes? No preaching for the pulpit on hard issues?<br /><br />Y'all got us here, y'all need to start taking some personal responsibility for our shackeling.Miki Odendahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07008164566353692818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-55805856824579283282012-03-13T06:24:53.105-04:002012-03-13T06:24:53.105-04:00Please give it up already. You keep repeating the ...Please give it up already. You keep repeating the error that the institution, whether it is religious or not, is providing the contraception. Health care benefits are a form of remuneration -- thus the money that pays for insurance belongs to the employee, not the institution. <br /><br />Furthermore the employer as the plan fiduciary must act for the exclusive benefit of plan participants. If a muscularshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331866552322738018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-58373518104169816042012-03-10T21:07:09.582-05:002012-03-10T21:07:09.582-05:00The issue here is power and control. It is not ab...The issue here is power and control. It is not about providing the best care or helping people. Since the Catholic Church has a large number of people who subscribe to its tenants and the Catholic Church provides many services to the community it infringes upon governmental control. If an organization as large as the Catholic Church and all of its ministries can stand up to the government and tjtaolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550003384093327993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-72731795216961390412012-03-10T00:15:10.917-05:002012-03-10T00:15:10.917-05:00The Health and Human Service's mandate requiri...The Health and Human Service's mandate requiring all employers with a couple exceptions to provide insurance coverage that includes abortifacients, sterilization, and contraceptives must presume that the First Amendment includes the language "separation of church and state." In fact, no such language exists in the First Amendment or anywhere else in the U.S. Constitution. Rather, Stric Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14142055660427909354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-32011978201739786082012-03-09T19:08:22.941-05:002012-03-09T19:08:22.941-05:00I'm trying to wrap my head around this whole m...I'm trying to wrap my head around this whole mandate. It's maddening. <br /><br />I know President Obama has an agenda; I just can't decide if it's motivated by evil or by stupidity. I don't mean that to sound flippant -- I'm sincerely baffled.Leslie Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06605611004902380343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-26962875956619768582012-03-09T18:18:11.710-05:002012-03-09T18:18:11.710-05:00I support what you and the bishops say concerning ...I support what you and the bishops say concerning the HHS Mandate, and I'm very concerned about what might happen if the government doesn't budge and the courts don't rule in our favor.<br /><br />Is it possible to quit believing in insurance, like the Amish? Or might we go the way of the Christian Care Ministry? Perhaps it's too late for either of those. <br /><br />I <i>do</iRuth Ann Pilneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14444361367208483037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-85473539702545680482012-03-09T16:41:40.115-05:002012-03-09T16:41:40.115-05:00I'm having a hard time following the logic of ...I'm having a hard time following the logic of this argument. Two religious groups, comprised solely of their members, both of which have a religious basis for forgoing any kind of "insurance" (as the modern world defines it), have been granted an exemption from providing something they've never provided in the first place. How does this relate to the Catholic church? Neither theTom Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884835179612133961noreply@blogger.com