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In reply to the discussion: why pick a fight with Catholics right now? [View all]Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)23. If that were the case then ...
organizations/businesses operated by Jehovah's Witnesses would be asking that insurance companies not allow for blood transfusions.
Etc,
I'm sure there are even more examples out there that show that how employee insurance benefits could be taken away due to religious nitpicking.
Saying that employees can go work somewhere else if they don't like the position of the Church would be like, in my opinion, like saying that African-Americans that weren't allowed to eat at restaurant lunch counters should go find somewhere else to eat.
Civil rights should be the same for everyone.
Access for birth control via an insurance policy should be the same for all workers.
Churches have right to believe what they want to believe and preach whatever it is they wish to preach,
but when an organization/business is employing workers then there are laws and rules that come into play.
p.s. Like you said, we can agree to disagree
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If they want to be in the business of health care, they need to provide the best care available.
HuckleB
Feb 2012
#4
As a catholic I would want it covered and as a catholic I wouldn't go to their hospital to have my
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2012
#9
Which other regulations and laws should religious institutions be allowed to opt out of?
Warren Stupidity
Feb 2012
#10
Because 98% of Catholic women have used some form of "banned" birth control.
PA Democrat
Feb 2012
#15
Because WOMENS RIGHTS should be protected at 'all times', this is an INSURANCE issue ...
Tx4obama
Feb 2012
#18
When you are an 'employer' you should have to play by the same rules as everyone else.
Tx4obama
Feb 2012
#21
I was raised Catholic- my mom and grandparents were good Italian Catholics...
w8liftinglady
Feb 2012
#28
Some Catholics are pro-choice, but some are not. The position of the Church...
Honeycombe8
Feb 2012
#32
They're still talking about this on Morning Joe. It's a fight POTUS cant win imo
GusFring
Feb 2012
#34
Rachel Maddow talked about it on the far more widely-viewed "Today Show" this morning.
GoCubsGo
Feb 2012
#40