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hedgehog

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10. Once the bishops remove the authorization for the chapel,

Reply to jwirr (Reply #7)

Tue May 22, 2012, 12:39 PM

May 2012

they have no control. I expect a lot of hospitals, most of them under the control of the Sisters, to be offering birth control to their patients by the end of the Summer! This will depend on the level of support from the local Catholic laity. Soem areas are more conservative than others.

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Be ready for mass Catholic Hospital shutdowns if the Bishops lose lawsuit. That's [View all] CK_John May 2012 OP

How about some links? Sam1 May 2012 #1

All the bishops can do is remove the Eucharist (reserved consecrated communion wafers) hedgehog May 2012 #2

My daughter works for a Catholic hospital and they have birth control coverage in their insurance jwirr May 2012 #7

Once the bishops remove the authorization for the chapel, hedgehog May 2012 #10

Good riddance. I imagine they'll be replaced by hospitals run by non-bigots. qb May 2012 #3

Sing it! We have a state imposed tsuki May 2012 #8

No great loss, imo. I've never seen a good one. n/t Peregrine Took May 2012 #4

Lack of funding? zbdent May 2012 #5

They're already selling out to for-profit hospital groups. Fawke Em May 2012 #6

Mark my word, the bishops will not lose the lawsuit meow2u3 May 2012 #9

Opus Dei is far scarier than shown in hte DaVinci Code - Opus Dei hedgehog May 2012 #11