Archbishop Dolan WSJ op ed on the Obamacare mandate: "one shudders to think what lies ahead"

Sub-titled: "How about some respect for Catholics and others who object to treating pregnancy as a disease?"

The last two paragraphs excerpted below - hit the link for all 11 paragraphs -

The Catholic Church defends religious liberty, including freedom of conscience, for everyone. The Amish do not carry health insurance. The government respects their principles. Christian Scientists want to heal by prayer alone, and the new health-care reform law respects that. Quakers and others object to killing even in wartime, and the government respects that principle for conscientious objectors. By its decision, the Obama administration has failed to show the same respect for the consciences of Catholics and others who object to treating pregnancy as a disease.

This latest erosion of our first freedom should make all Americans pause. When the government tampers with a freedom so fundamental to the life of our nation, one shudders to think what lies ahead.

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[Eileen Peterson]

It is time to engage the parishioners of every Catholic Church in America.