"The Catholic Church's U.S. hierarchy warned Tuesday that without quick action by Congress, it will sue the Obama administration for mandating that insurance plans provide birth control to women without a co-pay.Talk about sore losers. The bishops had their chance to weigh in on the Obama administration's new policy to require health insurers to cover birth control without co-pays. The Obama administration generously carved out a boatload of exemptions for them to address their "concerns." The bishops even got their puppets in Congress to introduce bills on their behalf -- which the American people overwhelmingly opposed. They even got themselves invited to the boys-only congressional hearing on birth control -- because who understands birth control better than a bunch of supposedly celibate men?..."
"[F]orcing individual and institutional stakeholders to sponsor and subsidize an otherwise widely available product over their religious and moral objections serves no legitimate, let alone compelling, government interest," lawyers for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote in a letter to federal regulators.
..."At the end of
the day, though, they lost. They made their case that basic health care for
women violates their "religious liberty" and makes Jesus sad -- and they lost.
They launched a charm offensive to "set the record straight," arguing that the Catholic Church
totally loves women's health care and has been "the most effective
private provider of such care anywhere around," and people better stop saying
mean stuff about them or they won't be able "to live out the imperatives of our
faith to serve, teach, heal, feed, and care for others." And no one bought
it..."
not cover someone who opens a Taco Bell and thinks
his employees should not be allowed to use birth control because of Jesus 'n
stuff. Yeah, he's a real legal eagle, that one.
Given that
one federal
court has already ruled against the bishops' absurd argument
that their definition of religious liberty trumps all else, any future lawsuits
are most likely destined for the same fate. But since stopping women from having
access to affordable health care has now become the Most Importantest Issue
Evah!, little things -- like being completely wrong -- probably won't stop the
bishops from continuing to stamp their feet like petulant two-year-olds who
don't want to take a nap."Because that is
totally what Jesus would do."
But since stopping women from having access to affordable health care has now become the Most Importantest Issue Evah!, little things -- like being completely wrong -- probably won't stop the bishops from continuing to stamp their feet like petulant two-year-olds who don't want to take a nap."Because that is totally what Jesus would do."
ReplyDeleteBecause, Jesus like totally wants you gals to be able to, like you know, have abortions and stuff. Like, totally.
Where does Jesus talk about "abortions and stuff"? I must have missed it.
ReplyDeleteThe Authentic Ventriloquists of Faith and Morals are the ones who decide what Jesus never said.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, they alone are endowed with the insignia of ^penile authority.
Like, ^totally.