Atlanta archdiocese cites high stakes in challenge to HHS mandate
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Adding to the dozens of lawsuits against the HHS mandate, the Archdiocese of Atlanta and three other Catholic institutions have filed a legal challenge to the federal rule.
“We are undertaking this action because the stakes are so incredibly high,” Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta said Oct. 10. “The unchallenged results of the HHS mandate would require that we compromise or violate our religious faith and ethical beliefs.”
The archbishop, a past president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, said the mandate affects the religious liberty of the archdiocese, of Catholics, and people of other beliefs throughout the country.
“We become one more voice that must be heard by the courts as they consider the legality of this action,” he said.
The Atlanta archdiocese is joined in the lawsuit by the Catholic Diocese of Savannah, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta and Christ the King Catholic School in Atlanta.
Over 100 plaintiffs have filed 33 other lawsuits against the federal government challenging the Department of Health and Human Services mandate. [More]
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Believers in religious freedom will rally against the HHS mandate all around the country this Saturday, October 20.
http://standupforreligiousfreedom.com/locations/
Now’s the time to make our voices heard.
From the numerous filings it appears that the plaintiffs are alleging that their INSTITUTIONAL “religious freedom” is being violated by the mandate. Thus far, no individual appears to have claimed a violation of INDIVIDUAL religious freedom. This disparity could create problems as the cases proceed through the courts, possibly resulting in many dismissals.
Lets hop that President Obama gives Catholic and religious instructions an accommondation.
President Obama gave an accommodation to churches, but not other Catholic institutions or employers.
The bigger problem is that ObamaCare gives the U.S. government the power to impose this requirement to begin with.
ObamaCare has to be repealed.
Thank goodness the Church’s leaders are challenging this grave threat to the liberty of all Americans.