Marathon Pundit: McConnell rips anti-Catholic health care edict from White House

Last month the White House informed the Catholic Church that they would have to include "free" contraception, abortion drugs, and sterilization procedures as part of their health care coverage. Which compelled priests all over our nation to read a statement during mass. Here is a portion of it:

The Obama administration has cast aside the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, denying to Catholics our nation's first and most fundamental freedom, that of religious liberty. And as a result, unless the rule is overturned, we Catholics will be compelled to either violate our consciences, or to drop health coverage for our employees (and suffer the penalties for doing so). The Obama administration's sole concession was to give our institutions one year to comply.

We cannot—we will not—comply with this unjust law. People of faith cannot be made second class citizens. We are already joined by our brothers and sisters of all faiths and many others of good will in this important effort to regain our religious freedom.”

Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader, denounced this White House edict on the floor of the Senate today.

"Make no mistake: the Obama administration's decision to force religious hospitals, charities, and schools to comply with a mandate that violates their religious views is abhorrent to the foundational principles of our nation." McConnell said. "No one in the United States of America should ever be compelled by their government to choose between violating their religious beliefs or be penalized for refusing. Yet that's precisely what this mandate would do."

"If the rights of some are not protected," he added later, "the rights of all are in danger."

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