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1. Mike

   1 year ago

   AussieJoe, the fact that some Catholics oppose the Church's teaching on contraceptives does not mean that the Church should violate it's conscience and provide for their sinful behavior. The Constitution is supposed to protect that. Also, the so called "outdated" teachings of the Church is a token response of a non-believer. These teachings are Truths that come from God and are never "in or outdated" as Truth from God transcends time. If truth changed with the times than it would not be truth; truth doesn't change.
   
   You say, "what the catholics really want is the right to impose their beliefs on non catholic employees." That is absurd. The Catholic Church does not force its beliefs on Catholics or non Catholics. They don't want to have to provide and pay for things they know are intrinsically evil because the government mandates them to, that is unconstitutional.
   
   " Catholics are not fighting for religous freedom, they are fighting for relevancy in a world that has passed them by, morally and intellectually." The world has not passed by the Catholic Church, it is simply reverting back to similar moral ways of the pagan Roman Empire. To say that the world has passed by the Church intellectually is also laughable. It seems to me a Catholic Jesuit priest more than held his own on astrophysics with Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow on Larry King a bit ago. You should check out Fr. Robert Spitzer's website: magisreasonfaith.org Many non-believers think that reason and faith contradict each other, when the Church believes they don't.

2. AussieJoe

   1 year ago

   Mind boggling. You invite "robust discussion", but not that which advocates positions openly oposing the teaching of the catholic church. A bit rich when the majority of catholics opose some of the outdated teachings of the catholic church. The catholics have spoken loud and clear with the rejection of your own presidential candidate Mr Santorum in favour of a mormon.
   As for obamacare, what the catholics really want is the right to impose their beliefs on non catholic employees. Can anyone imagine the outcry if the muslims wanted to run a hospital and demanded that no empolyees, christian or otherwise, would be permitted to wear a cross?.
   Catholics are not fighting for religous freedom, they are fighting for relevancy in a world that has passed them by, morally and intellectually.

3. Charlotte Saucioer

   1 year ago

   The Catholic church with the Christ authority beginning with Peter, the Rock, the first Pope and tells us in scripture. He has the keys to the city and what he binds on earth will bind in heaven, what we loose on earth will be loose in heaven. Thank you to the Catholic Church for standing by God's authority when no one else will.

4. CA

   1 year ago

   But how do you vote for a mormon? We as Catholics have NO CHOICES! We have NONE! Obama, who we all pray against. Or a rich Mormon who believes egregious heresies, a faith rooted blatantly in the Masons. ...?! They both hate us! Santorum caved, Paul is ignored.
   
   We're left only with faith, a few months to flee.
   
   God, please help us all.

5. Juneau Alaska

   1 year ago

   I keep waiting for the lawsuit alleging so-called unconstitutionality. This story has been around for at least six months now. Where is the lawsuit?
   
   All I know is, David Boies is on record stating the religious-liberty tactic is actually just a labor law issue and has zero chance of finding a First Amendment footing.
   
   There will be no Hail Mary pass, as this is merely an accidental political football that won't get past the 20 yard line.
   
   
   
   

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