Catholic Bishops Wage War on True Religious Freedom

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Last week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a proclamation that called for every priest, parish and layperson to participate in a "great national campaign" to "defend religious liberty", which they said is "under attack, both at home and abroad." In fact, there are more than 100 upcoming “religious freedom” rallies scheduled nationwide.

True religious freedom is the ability to practice your religion and hold your religious beliefs, as long as those beliefs and practices do not infringe upon the religious freedom others, break the laws of the country we live in, or expect special government privileging. The secular character of our government is the best guarantee of the freedom for people of all religions to protect this right—whether they are Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, or any other religion —or non-religion.

The truth is that religious liberty does not mean that the government should excuse any person or organization from following the law based on their religion, nor does it mean that the government should fund any religious group that uses the funding to further its religious agenda. Religious institutions are not above the law, nor are they entitled to special treatment or funding.

To push its massive attack on true religious liberty, the USCCB is pushing a false definition of religious freedom—and it will be massive.

http://secular.org/blogs/lauren-youngblood/catholic-bishops-wage-war-true-religious-freedom

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1. the most exclusionary and oppressive religious institution on earth is protesting. boo hoo nt

[Dawson Leery]

2. One of the world's most oppressive and exclusionary institutions

is trying to restore it's horrible self to it's former "glory".

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3. The Catholic bishops aren't the only ones making this claim

Republican congress critters across the country are playing the religious freedom card to justify all sorts of silly legislation.