Gripe #9 from the Saturday 02/04/2012 Wisconsin State Journal:
Health Care for non-Catholic workers in the employ of Catholic organizations should be left in the hands of God
From
the "Your Views" Opinion Section (WiSt.J) A piece entitled, "New law
threatens right to freedom of religion" by Dale Lawinger of Mineral
Point. Here is his first paragraph from his excerpt: "Last Sunday
Bishop Morlino had his priest read a letter to all who were at Mass
about what the U.S. Department of Health recently announced: Catholic
employers will be forced to offer their employees he...alth
coverage that includes sterilization, abortion - inducing drugs and
contraception". I'm sure there are plenty of little intricacies here
that my simple mind has just ignored but, I'll give this a shot too.
Yep, you're Catholic. You're a religion that likes to tell people what
to do and force your will upon the world, and at the same time collect
billions upon billions of dollars. I get it. You don't want someone
telling you what to do. After all this is America and the government is
supposed to keep its hands off my faith. Blah, Blah, Blah. That's about
all I can take. I haven't read the government paperwork on this but I
do have this to say. You, yourself, said the words, Mr Lawinger:
"...employers will be forced to offer their employees health
coverage...". "forced to offer", sure doesn't sound like you have to
take them up on it. Sounds like they offer it to you and then like any
good guilt ridden Catholic you decline the "sterilization,
abortion-inducing drugs and contraception". How hard is to say no?
Didn't they teach you that in Catholic school?
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