John Boehner: Obama Administration's 'Attack on Religious Freedom Will Not Stand' (Video)

Sorry John as long as women do not all have the same rights to health care because some religion is apposed to providing care that they may want then you are wrong and so is that religion........

If this is as "unambiguous an attack on religious freedom" as the Speaker claims, then surely the federal courts would agree and come down in favor of institutions challenging the rule in court. No legislative action required. So, either it's not as "unambiguous" as the Speaker would like us to think (and he knows it), or he's just using the issue as a convenient political cudgel, or both. As if we didn't already know.

Boner, start working on JOB creation will ya??? That was your big election stand last time you got all the Tpubs, now where to h--- are they????????? Oh yeah, you're all busy telling the rest of us what and how to practice religion. STAY OUT OF THE BEDROOM will you?? I hope the voters hand you all your @$$ this Nov. Bye!

As I said on another seed...

If these people don't want to offer comprehensive health care to include family planning to their employees who are not of their religion then:

1. They need to hire ONLY true believers of their religion
2. They need to hire ONLY men (because apparently, having a uterus is a "pre existing condition")
3. They need to quite taking any and ALL federally money



Many people recognize that the Catholic church does a lot of outreach to the community, giving aid and assistance to people of all faiths and persuasions. In the spirit of Christianity, nothing should necessarily be expected in return for giving and helping others.

In the case of large institutions such as hospitals in particular, the reach can be far and wide in such way that it can be considered that government bodies may be able to set certain parameters. Take Corporations, for example: No one can just go out there and form a corporation, if I understand correctly. A government body issues a charter. Should any private entity such as a church have the right to construct an institution that delivers emergency services without having to operate under certain standards and guidelines. Afterall, once a hospital is established in an area or region, that institution becomes point of service for all people in the community. Once a hospital is established, why should people have to make life or death decisions based on the fact that the closest medical facility may not delivered care that is legal and medically accepted. That does not just speak to abortion services, that may emcompass care governed by advance directives or even the refusal of certain types of care and services.

Would a large Catholic institution such as a hospital or University have to restrict employment to Catholics only in order to make job-relted health benefits to conform to religious beliefs? I think that is what it would have to come to - restricted access to employment.

I say to Catholics who are entitled to the right to practice their religion without interference from the government: Close your hospitals, Close your institutions and pull back from the community at large into the confines of your places of worship

Political and religious bullies have to be put on alert...again. It's never ending.

Traditional family values according to sanctimonious, Bible-beating, chest-thumping conservative pundits and politicians: unplanned pregnancies by unwed teenaged girls.

This is what I don't understand. If Catholics don't want to use these services, no one is forcing them to use them. If Catholics are such "perfect Catholics", why would they even want to get contraceptives or sterilization? If Catholics think that contraceptives and abortion are so terrible, is the Catholic Church willing to take in all unwanted children that are born as a result of banning contraception and abortion? It is obvious that the answer to that question is NO.

What I find tellling is that 98% of sexually active Catholic women have used contraception... but let's not let them have access to it.... Or any one else...