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the original founders of the constitution have got to be doing 180's in their graves. This was the type of arrogance that caused the exodus from England to here in the 1st place.

unjust is right.....government forcing morality upon the masses.

really?? fail to see how.. appears the church is the one trying to dictate here...

Broglio writes to pastors telling them that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule that requires coverage of sterilization, abortifacients and contraception be included in virtually all health plans is a direct violation of the First Amendment allowing religious liberty.

not in any way... he is free, as well his parishioners, to hold religious services and pray to any God he wishes,... his churches doctrine.. from Rome (isn't that in Italy??) should not be dictating any of the laws of our nation...

many companies already cover contraceptives.. it's nothing new... has been arounda long time... and I couldn't care less what the Catholic Church thinks... imo it's the Catholic Church is trying to force pregnancies on it's female parishioners by demanding they not to use contraceptives... fail to see how the government is anywhere near as bad as that...

I have few issues with the health care law except it's not single payer.... I have huge issues with for profit health insurance providers who have been been deceiving and basically stealing from our citizens for a few decades...

no it is not tyranny. Not having insurance affects the rest of us. Covering contraception is also in the best interest, you'd think more people would be in favor of it as it should lead to fewer abortions.

I guess you'd see forcing companies to not dump toxins in drinking water as tyranny as well.

do you have any understanding what socialism is? This is not government insurance. It is setting some rules for private insurance for minimum coverage.

If you think that this is a totalitarian state, why don't you live in China, or N. Korea for a bit and then get back to me.

Sorry folks, American citizens have every right to voice their opinions even if those words:

speaks too strongly against the commander in chief.

The last I knew our military personnel are still citizens too. Secondarily, Obama has no business telling the Church what it can and can't say to it's own parishioners simply because he doesn't like it. Two Constitutional rights are being trampled: Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion. One would think a Constitutional scholar would know that. In fact, I'm sure he -does- know that. He simply does give a @!$%#.

They are citizens but they are also part of a military unit that relies on unit cohesion. This is not a religious verse that is being limited, this is a letter dealing with a business issue.

No it is a letter telling them what they can and can not say from the pulpit....

Hmm... an imaginary world, where Pres. Obama reverses his stance, Catholic organizations are given freedom (which also means overruling all the state laws which already require this coverage for over 50% of US citizens), Catholic organizations stop covering birth control, Catholic organization employees have to choose between paying out of pocket and taking their chances, birth control useage slips, unwanted pregancies rise, Catholic organization employees are now faced with a choice about whether or not to have an abortion, or whether to give birth and maybe- horror of horrors- have a homosexual couple adopt, or go back to mega families... Or maybe we should look for a true separation of church and state, where churches no longer get any special treatment. Let them pay taxes, provide insurance (even at the church level, not just in their independent non-church businesses, like universities) and otherwise be regulated like the rest of us.

Applies to churches too...lest we forget...Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple.

but using it back on them is not right...and against what our country stands for.

I fail to see how the law is forcing anyone to do anything... Catholics are not forced to take a contraceptive nor use any of the services.. it appears to me the church is the one discriminating against American Citizens..

a government that forces morality upon the people and takes away choice is tyrannical.

seems the Church is the one forcing morality on it's parishioners... not the government... sounds like the church has an issue with it's parishioners not the government..

So you would be in favor of overturning all of the abortion laws the religious right has passed? Ending all gay marriage bans?

No one is being forced to use contraception, but if you run a business and have employees and have to have insurance - you need to include this coverage. I think it sets up another argument for a public option.

or the opposite, private health insurance company ....blackmail, either pay their price for a policy or do without health care...wonder if they learned that from the mafia?

you do know that they are Anti-Trust Exempt right? They made sure that little provision was in place a long time ago.

and then be forced to pay for something that is against my beliefs is a violation of my rights....

I would figure it's part of a package and you can either use the service or not.... but not having it in the package would not change the price..

here's a tidbit.. when I was 45 I had a cataract in one eye, had it removed.. no issues... when I went to purchase private health insurance.. because I had previously had a cataract I was denied coverage if I should have another one... now who's got the racket going.... the cost wasn't any less for not having that service available...

what right are you saying has been violated?

Forcing me to pay higher health care costs because you don't have insurance and your medical bills go unpaid is an infringement on me.

again, I ask that you provide what you think socialism is so I can have some idea of what you are talking about because this is nothing approaching socialism as defined in any dictionary I've read.

You can disagree on the cost all you like. The law has set that insurance companies actually have to use a certain percentage of premiums to actually provide care, this makes that easier on them. Not to mention the millions of more customers they get to have because of the mandate.

no, they have to have a Profit and pay dividends to shareholders and those CEO bonuses not counting those great vacation errr sorry Conference meetings in Hawaii or another vacation spot. All because people get sick.

So you don't know what socialism is.

If you are against insurance as a concept go picket United Health Care.

how in the hell can anyone argue for the government forcing you and me to purchase a good from a private company

It's not that they want the government to force them to do anything, it's that they want the government to force other people to do something. They want their own freedom, they just don't want you to have yours. (That goes for both the Left and the Right, unfortunately.)