The Catholic Church Vs The Obama Administration

[piece-itpete]

Interesting that 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ...'

Pete

[BlueStreak]

This says it all.................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWWAC5ZMKeM

".......I can simply slip a con-dom on my John Thomas......"

[mezz]

This has now blown up because Archbishop Timothy Dolan had meetings with Obama a year ago and in those meetings was personally assured by Obama that the provision to require catholic universities and charities to provide free (covered) birth control would "go away". Then he went and announced recently that the provisions would indeed be enforced but the institutions in question would have a year to comply (this was Obama's supposed bone throw to the church on this). So now Archbishop Dolan (who is slated to soon become a Cardinal) is claiming that Obama told him a bald faced lie.

At last count 41 catholic institutions have filed lawsuits.

Sleaziest president ever.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Interesting that 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ...'

Pete

I agree. The government should be ever vigilant to prohibit the intertwining of church and state.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by mezz

This has now blown up because Archbishop Timothy Dolan had meetings with Obama a year ago and in those meetings was personally assured by Obama that the provision to require catholic universities and charities to provide free (covered) birth control would "go away". Then he went and announced recently that the provisions would indeed be enforced but the institutions in question would have a year to comply (this was Obama's supposed bone throw to the church on this). So now Archbishop Dolan (who is slated to soon become a Cardinal) is claiming that Obama told him a bald faced lie.

At last count 41 catholic institutions have filed lawsuits.

Sleaziest president ever.

I would have lied to the silly pointy hat man too. Actually, no I wouldn't have. I would have been honest to a fault----I would have told him straight up, that the opinion of a fairytale salesman means nothing to me.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Interesting thing about the Catholic church - one is not required to join it, and one is not required to work for it.

Pete

Or once in are not required to stay, and given their behaviour precisely why my wife said goodbye.

Between the nuns and child molestation she had more than enough.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by mezz

This has now blown up because Archbishop Timothy Dolan had meetings with Obama a year ago and in those meetings was personally assured by Obama that the provision to require catholic universities and charities to provide free (covered) birth control would "go away". Then he went and announced recently that the provisions would indeed be enforced but the institutions in question would have a year to comply (this was Obama's supposed bone throw to the church on this). So now Archbishop Dolan (who is slated to soon become a Cardinal) is claiming that Obama told him a bald faced lie.

At last count 41 catholic institutions have filed lawsuits.

Sleaziest president ever.

Even if Dolan told me that it was raining outside (and it is) I would still have to look for myself. Hey if the Vatican wants to blow a fortune on silly lawsuits how come tthey can't pay up to all those guys who were molested as children? It is not as if they do not have enough in the vault.

[icenine]

Are not some of these Catholic instituitons taking federal funding?

[mezz]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Even if Dolan told me that it was raining outside (and it is) I would still have to look for myself.

Not sure of the basis for that, but you've indeed described the way much of the country feels about Obama (and they have pretty good reason for doing so).

[mezz]

Originally Posted by icenine

Are not some of these Catholic instituitons taking federal funding?

They've also been providing a lot of free health care forever.