Catholic Bishops Say They Will Refuse To Comply With Obamacare Birth Control Mandate…
Showdown.
(LifeNews) — At least three Catholic bishops have said they will not comply with the mandate the Obama administration put in place recently in Obamacare that will force religious employers to pay for birth control, contraception and drugs that may cause abortions in their health care plans.
The Obama Administration issued a statement re-iterating the “contraceptive mandate” requiring all insurance providers cover the full range of FDA-approved drugs and devices would remain intact. This mandate, originally proposed in August, includes drugs that work after conception to destroy life rather than prevent it. The statement included a postponement of one year for religious groups that do not already carry contraceptives and additionally would not be exempted under last year’s narrow definition of “religious employer.”
The mandate not only violates such existing conscience protections on abortion such as the Hyde/Weldon Amendment (in so far as Plan B and Ella are covered), but also violates the principles of the Church Amendments which protects conscience rights for those who object to contraceptives and other services on moral or religious grounds.
Responding to it, Bishop Thomas Olmstead of Phoenix announced that his diocese will not comply with the mandate and Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati and Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay, agreed to refuse to comply.
Posted by ZIP on Monday, January 30, 2012, at 11:13 pm | 
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God bless America.
God Bless these Bishops
Finally. Thank God.
Three??
That’s all?
We Catholics are so screwed.
I’m not exactly a social conservative, but I don’t agree with forcing catholics to go against their conscience.
I don’t like this. and I’m not pro-life, but I believe in freedom of religion, and forcing a religion to go against their beliefs is unconstitutional.
More understanding is needed…
Between the White House and Catholic Bishops,
The prelates should invite the “O” over for a Bacon and Egg breakfast.
Time for everyone to take a stand and quit sitting back for all of this. People came here for religious freedom in the first place.
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it was very scary at mass this week when they read the bishop’s letter.
i kept thinking …. this must have been what it was like in the early days of Germany
I agree with the Catholic bishops for saying this, and for refusing to comply with the mandate.
However, didn’t they also work to help get Obamacare passed in the first place???? They help get this monstrosity shoved on us, and when the serpent turns back around on them, only then do they see the light? That’s kind of depressing.
It takes a lot to get the Catholic bishops riled up, but Obama has managed to do it. I just hope that more bishops and particularly archbishops join the pro-life cause.
Extirpates: LOL
As a lifelong Catholic to say that I’m disappointed with the church is a gross understatement. The church has SUPPORTED socialism for years and I feel less of a connection to it everytime I turn on the news.
God Bless you Bishops…you are going to need Him on your side as you go to battle for life against this murderous regime.
May God be your continuing strength.
I agree that the Catholic Church has always (in my opinion) be as liberal as the day is long. For that very reason, I do not join that church even though my whole family is Catholic ( I am a former Methodist but now call myself a Christian- no affliation)
I have held out because of the Catholics liberal stand on many issues.
Having said that, I have ALWAYS respected the Catholic Churchs stand on Pro-Life.
Unfortunately, some of the bishops and archbishops have not been strong in that area and often join the liberal side on many matters.
Maybe with Obama staring them down, they will finally see the light and realize what this sorry bastard is up to.
Don’t serve communion to open pro choice Catholics either. Take a stand!
Having Obamacare state this, is in my opinion, a foreshadowing of what is to come with regards to the time of the AntiChrist. All things will be under the same ruling.
Since I am not Catholic, I am not well informed on all this if’s, and’s or but’s with the Church. What I can say, however, is that since I have had many co-worker’s over the years from with a Catholic background, I found out many have different viewpoints from one another. For instance, there was quite a debate amongst co-worker’s as to the reality of Hell. Some vehemently opposed that such was a reality. Whilst other Catholics believed it was no such thing. There were other Catholics that firmly believed in values of chastity while others could care less.
From a medical stand point, this Obama Care does not bode well for any hospital that operates as a Catholic Institution, Seventh Day Adventist Institution or whatever ‘faith-based” institution and mission statement accompanies it’s core values. I will absolutely refuse to be employed anywhere that I know performs abortions. Furthermore, to make demands on medical residents to perform abortions when it is not of their core values is beyond the pale. I am hearing of this being implemented in various medical universities. I don’t think it is rightful; especially if it is a private institution.
not meant to type, “from with Catholic”, I meant to say, “over the years from a Catholic…..”
Good for them Tell KING HEROD OBAMA to GO POUND SAND
This is tyranny. Pure and simple.
It’s actually 101 Catholic Bishops who have already spoken out against this monstrosity, and on solid constitutional and moral grounds. That’s over 50% of all Catholic dioceses in the US. Also the US Conference of Catholic Bishops as a whole has repeatedly called Catholic insitutions and the faithful to resistance:
for a (growing) list of Bishops who have spoken to their flock on this:
http://catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?show=papist
for the latest USCCB communique: http://usccb.org/
Just a reminder, make sure you drop a line to Boehner and any House member who agreed, and signed, the continuing resolution which funds the government through the end of fiscal 2012 back in December, and tell them fuck you very much for the “compromise” it contained between House leaders and Obama and the Democrat Senate that allowed Obama the funds to implement this. The CR which, “…expressly denied the administration the funds to carry out some regulatory activities but did not deny it the funds to carry out the sterilization-contraception-abortifacient regulation.
Andy says:
January 30, 2012 at 11:40 pm
“I agree with the Catholic bishops for saying this, and for refusing to comply with the mandate.
However, didn’t they also work to help get Obamacare passed in the first place???? They help get this monstrosity shoved on us, and when the serpent turns back around on them, only then do they see the light? That’s kind of depressing.”
No, the bishops have been pressing for universal health care for decades, and the Church has gone so far to say that basic health care is a human right, but this does not mean that it universally supports universal health insurance. In fact, the bishops were extremely hesitant concerning Obamacare, and lobbied extensively against it at first: their biggest concerns were using public funding for abortion and repealing of conscience clauses: in short, they saw this coming. However, with assurances from some “pro-life” Democrats and the president, those concerns were “taken care of”, and some of the bishops supported it (again, providing those concerns were taken care of).
In all, I’d say the bishops supported the idea and the effort, not necessarily Obamcare.
Took long enough for 3 bishops to grow a pair…
@Hickster:
To be quite frank: it doesn’t matter what individual Catholics believe, but what the Church teaches. The Church has condemned communism and socialism as evil since 1891 in the encyclical Rerum Novarum–as well as extreme capitalism (in which the human person is seen as a means for profit, a tool for material gain). This doesn’t stop some (c)atholics from being socialists.
The Church has always taught the reality of Hell and the grave evil of contraception…this doesn’t mean every self-professed Catholic will agree with it.
GeorgeMasonIV says:
January 31, 2012 at 1:01 am
Took long enough for 3 bishops to grow a pair…
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There are more than three bishops who have been critical of this administration. Archbishop Neinstedt of St. Paul, Archbishop Chaput of Philly, Bishop Olmstead, Bishop Tobin of Rhode Island, retired-Bishop of Scranton Martino, and a host of others (including Cardinal Burke, currently in Rome) have been quite critical concerning this administration and efforts concerning abortion and conscience.
Kudos to those Catholic bishops!.. Finally someone(‘s) takes a stand.. Atleast this is being noticed..
@ironmaiden
Three bishops (although usually only two) can easily take a King and Queen.
I am not Catholic, but I can guarantee you that my church would not go along with that mandate either. This is just another reason we have to get someone in the WH who will repeal Obamacare.
Its about time. Meanwhile they want open borders and govenment charity for all.
Inspiring to see the church step up. Funny how the Legislative and Judicial branches can’t be bothered with religious freedom.
I wonder what country this will be after the Civil War.
Say No to Abortion Say No to Big Brother,Vote the baby killer out in november
obozo & his band of marxist brigands best do some research on Bismarck’s Kulturkampf. Orthodox Jews, many Baptist, Lutheran, E3vangelical, and other denominations theologically oppose abortion. All of these groups need to join up to defeat the edicts of a sinister Sebelius and a vile b. Hussein Ovomit.
I guess we will see who is stronger, God or Obama?
Hey Zip thought you might want to update your readers:
Its not 3 bishops its 101!! (and growing)
•1. Roger Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles, CA (Emeritus)
•2. Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan of New York City, NY
•3. Bishop Joe Vasquez of Austin, TX
•4. Archbishop Robert Carlson of St. Louis, MO
•5. Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix, AZ
•6. Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit, MI
•7. Archbishop John Nienstedt of Saint Paul & Minneapolis, MN
•8. Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay, WI
•9. Bishop Paul Etienne of Cheyenne, WY
•10. Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, CT
•11. Bishop Thomas Doran of Rockford, IL
•12. Cardinal-designate Edwin O’Brien of Baltimore, MD
•13. Bishop Felipe Estevez of Saint Augustine, FL
•14. Bishop James Conley of Denver, CO
•15. Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, IL
•16. Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh, PA
•17. Bishop Walker Nickless of Sioux City, IA
•18. Bishop Paul Loverde of Arlington, VA
•19. Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee, WI
•20. Bishop Kevin Vann of Fort Worth, TX
•21. Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas, TX
•22. Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati, OH
•23. Bishop William Medley of Owensboro, KY
•24. Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta, GA
•25. Bishop Peter Libasci of Manchester, NH
•26. Bishop Frederick Campbell of Columbus, OH
•27. Bishop Richard Malone of Portland, ME
•28. Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock, AR
•29. Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, OK
•30. Bishop Patrick McGrath of San Jose, CA
•31. Bishop Joseph Bambera of Scranton, PA
•32. Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, FL
•33. Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angelas, CA
•34. Daniel Cardinal DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, TX
•35. Bishop Leonard Blair of Toledo, OH
•36. Donald Cardinal Wuerl of Washington, DC
•37. Bishop Patrick Zurek of Amarillo, TX
•38. Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, IN
•39. Bishop William Callahan of La Crosse, WI
•40. Archbishop John Myers of Newark, NJ
•41. Bishop Bernard Hebda of Gaylord, MI (better link needed)
•42. Bishop David O’Connell of Trenton, NJ
•43. Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln, NE
•44. Bishop Michael Mulvey of Corpus Christi, TX
•45. Archbishop Timothy Broglio of Military Services, USA
•46. Sean Cardinal O’Malley of Boston, MA
•47. Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, WI
•48. Bishop Richard Lennon of Cleveland, OH
•49. Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans, LA
•50. Bishop Alexander Sample of Marquette, MI
•51. Bishop Michael Burbidge of Raleigh, NC
•52. Bishop Walter Hurley of Grand Rapids, MI
•53. Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, IL
•54. Bishop Francis Malooly of Wilmington, DE
•55. Bishop Peter Jugis of Charlotte, NC (better link needed)
•56. Bishop Francis DiLorenzo of Richmond, VA
•57. Archbishop Roger Schwietz of Anchorage, AK
•58. Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo, ND
•59. Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tuscon, AZ
•60. Bishop Robert Muench of Baton Rouge, LA
•61. Bishop Sam Jacobs of Houma-Thibodaux, LA
•62. Bishop Michael Jarrell of Lafayette, LA
•63. Bishop Ronald Herzog of Alexandria, LA
•64. Bishop Glen Provost of Lake Charles, LA
•65. Bishop Michael Duca of Shreveport, LA
•66. Bishop Dale Melczek of Gary, IN
•67. Bishop Michael Jackels of Wichita, KS
•68. Bishop Peter Christensen of Superior, WI
•69. Bishop John Noonan of Orlando, FL
•70. Bishop Gregory Hartmayer of Savannah, GA
•71. Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento, CA
•72. Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, PA
•73. Bishop Michael Driscoll of Boise, ID
•74. Bishop Robert Cunningham of Syracuse, NY (better link needed)
•75. Bishop David Kagan of Bismarck, ND
•76. Bishop Paul Bradley of Kalamazoo, MI
•77. Bishop Placido Rodriguez of Lubbock, TX
•78. Archbishop John Vlazny of Portland, OR
•79. Bishop Joseph McFadden of Harrisburg, PA
•80. Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Center, NY
•81. Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs, CO
•82. Bishop Timothy McDonnell of Springfield, MA
•83. Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg, FL
•84. Archbishop Henry Mansell of Hartford, CT
•85. Archbishop Michael Sheehan of Santa Fe, NM
•86. Bishop Robert Gruss of Rapid City, SD (better link needed)
•87. Bishop Gerald Barbarito of Palm Beach, FL
•88. Bishop Michael Cote of Norwich, CT
•89. Bishop Edward Kmiec of Buffalo, NY (better link needed)
•90. Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, KS
•91. Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, KY (better link needed)
•92. Bishop Roger Foys of Covington, KY (better link needed)
•93. Bishop John LeVoir of New Ulm, MN (better link needed)
•94. Bishop Gerald Barnes of San Bernadino, CA (better link needed)
•95. Bishop Terry LaValley of Ogdensburg, NY
•96. Bishop Salvatore Matano of Burlington, VT
•97. Archbishop Peter Sartain of Seattle, WA
•98. Bishop Martin Amos of Davenport, IA (better link needed)
•99. Archbishop George Lucas of Omaha, NE
•100. Bishop Edward Burns of Juneau, AK (better link needed)
•101. Bishop John Quinn on Winona, MN
There are 195 dioceses in the U.S. So over 50% of U.S. Bishops who are the head of a diocese have spoken out so far.
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I suspect Rabi’s will join in on this too.
Good for them.
Three whole bishops??? That’s it?!?!
Hickester ~ There will be people of every Christian stripe that deny hell and deny sin. That’s how they try and justify their own lives. And there will always be very, very Liberal people in every Christian crowd: the devil knows to strike right at the heart of the flock.
I’m a Catholic but I don’t allow “cafeteria Catholics” to invalidate the Faith.
“Its not 3 bishops its 101!! (and growing)”
Oh!! Good to hear!!
I’m not Catholic but I think we all need to stand together against Obama and his leftist armys war against Christianity & Judaism.
Or, they could all switch to ISLAM and receive a full waiver from Obamacare….
But where is the unindicted coconspirator cair? Don’t they want the moose-limb slaves to be free from abortion?
….( crickets )…
Time for the Catholic Church to announce they will close everything except their churches in States that vote for Obama. If they are going to get political, they need to go all the way.
they’re never going to vote GOP, and the Roman Catholic parishoners wlil be provided a slate-all Democrat with Obama at the top.
Roman Catholics are never going to vote GOP. Look how cleverly they have limited all their protests to HHS and the vague “Obamacare name” and never mention Obama himself. CYA for bishops, stage play for everyones else.
Don’t these bishops realize there is but one God and his name is Barack Obama?
These militant statist atheists want a battle with people of faith. Hope someone brings it to them.
A vote for a Democrat is a vote for the Culture of Death and the end of the America God shed His grace on.
The only religion (i say that losely the) the Obama acknowledges is Islam. It is past time that someone draws a line in the sand against the constant attack on personal freedoms, and rights from this administration.
I didn’t see the Bishop of Beaumont on the list. But then my eyesight is bad.
Remember now, that Muslims are exempted from Obamacare.
Assuming that there is a Muslim Hospital (probably in Dearbornistan), you can bet that they don’t have to comply with Barry’s Death Control Mandate.
Not that I’m all that much for the Catholic Church(recovering Catholic and all)but Obama has pitted his Muslim/Black Liberation/Socialist roots against the liberty that faith offers and does so at his peril.
The bishops who thought they were “compromising” with and “working together” with this administration over Obamacare (before it was passed) were nothing but useful idiots to Obama. He knew it, they didn’t. This was never about healthcare…something many faithful Catholics could see a mile away. It was, and is, only about one thing and one thing only….ushering in Socialism. One small piece at a time. I thought bishops were suppose to be smart? Not so much!
Jesus loves us. Yep, he loves us all no matter our political affiliation. No matter our skin color. No matter our employment status.
By all means, continue making controversy when none exists.
Alternate reality is so conforting for you, continue on!
Jesus loves us all. goper or Dem or even libtard.
Gawd will allow PRESIDENT Obama to be reelected too. So if you are angy about another 4 years of his leadership, blame gawd.
Ushering in soshulism? My gosh people here are vapid beyond belief. PRESIDENT Obama governs from the center or right of center.
Begin buying ammo, tents, canned foods and water. We will find you. Off to the reeducation camp! Its coming and you are in our sights. You will be reeducated or you will be imprisoned.
And the world is governed by 3 Jews living in NYC. And chemtrails are weather changing acts performed by the gummit. And we are coming for your guns. Run!
The Catholic Church got JFK elected. Should have enough sway yet to get Obama unelected in Nov.
Catholics rock.
Like the expression “when Jesus was an altar boy,” I remember our Bishop back when he was that age LOL.
Obama’s next move? Ban or further limit the church’s religious activities of course.
“When the government tampers with a freedom so fundamental to the life of our nation, one shudders to think what lies ahead.”
Archbishop Dolan was not prophetic but unwittingly professing what should have been prophesied 39 years ago.
We are now at the point that was ahead!
The fundamental freedom was life itself and government tampered with it diabolically!
What did the shepherds of the “church” expect after the slaughter of defenseless millions of Unborn Americans by the Deadly Abortionist/Democrat Alliance?
No “church” voices were heard condemning the Alliance and those (in the pews) who brought them to power.
They are now the “militant state” in America, a force that will not be denied. They are close to achieving their goal and the condition of “timid church” in America will not prevent them.
Too little too late from the shepherds to save America and true freedom for the sheep.
Frank K. Porter Jr.
“and I’m not pro-life”. Then you are pro-death.
@Minuteman26 says:
January 31, 2012 at 8:28 am
The Catholic Church got JFK elected. Should have enough sway yet to get Obama unelected in Nov.
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From your lips…
Beck had a good show last night on GBTV with a mixed panel (Catholic, evangelical, Jew) and this is unifying Christian sects (conservative and liberals) and Jews. Beck also sees it as more than just an issue of forced health procedures. It looks to be an underlying effort to push out religion and replace it.
There are enough pro-life Americans (not just Catholics) that if they all truly voted their consciences, there’d be no way Obama could win.
@ Big L
If they didn’t want to vote GOP, they could stay home.
They really could throw a monkey wrench into the works!
Too little too late.
As a Catholic, I am still reeling from the lack of opposition to allowing Obama to speak at Notre Dame. Anybody else remember that mess?
You reap what you sow.
“Roman Catholics are never going to vote GOP.”
Really? NEVER?!
Might want to wipe the ignorance from your eyes. As an example, the Cincinnati area is 26% Catholic and Republican through-and-through.
And the muzz will continue to use the muzz card to be free of all the onerous rules, regs and constraints of 0-hole’s Hell Care.
Stunning how the rest of us have to fight claw, tooth and nail just to practice some of our religious beliefs that conflict with Hell Care.
Churches should ignore this shit. Laugh in o-hole’s face and ignore it.
First they came for the Pro-Life Catholics,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Pro-Life Catholic.
Then they came for the Pro-Life Protestants,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Pro-Life Protestant,
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the Republicans,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Republican.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
(Revised from Martin Niemöller’s famous speech, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came)
“Texmom says:
January 30, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Time for everyone to take a stand and quit sitting back for all of this. People came here for religious freedom in the first place.”
@woz
And remember when he spoke at Georgetown, they had to cover up the IHS either on the podium or on the wall behind him?
Militant atheism at work. The reason they are presently aligned with muzz is because they are useful in tearing down Christian solidarity. Reject social justice and liberation theology or you are doomed.
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Congradultions Zip I’m sure there a sainthood in it for you.
A battle is brewing, hope this will be the death knell for he11care.
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/catholic-church-rejects-surrender-terms-from-obama/
GOOD. God Bless Them.
Botox nan must have been asleep in church when this was read.
We all need the courage to stand against tyranny – I pray for myself in this regard. God bless all those that do it!
God bless America, our troops, Israel, and decent fellow humans everywhere.
God when is someone in Washington going to get this evil man child under control. He is operating outside of his authority. He is truely a deciple of the anti-christ and clearly NO GOOD for America.
@Boomerette
“And remember when he spoke at Georgetown, they had to cover up the IHS either on the podium or on the wall behind him?”
You bet I do!
Why does the “Catholic Establishment” keep looking the other way when OUR religion is being relentlessly attacked?
BTW – this is an area where Gingrich needs to get attention and traction, as the attacks are purposeful and continuing.
Honestly, gopers, isn’t it the left who’se always telling us that we must fear the eeeeeeeeevil Zionists, who are oppressing those poor, pitiful, baby-killing Palestinians?
You know, just shouting insults and abuse might work with your family, and the people who have to put up with you in school, or the workplace; they given in, and you get your way.
Doesn’t work in the real world, however.
To “MrteacherSir” and “MichelleTherese” thanks for informing me.
@Boomerette:
“There are enough pro-life Americans (not just Catholics) that if they all truly voted their consciences, there’d be no way Obama could win.”
What do we do, though, since Hellary & Obama have purchased several of the voting firms? What then do we make of it all?