There has become a genuine fear placed in the hearts of
American citizens because of recent policies implemented by
the present Administration . Rick Santorium sudden rise in the
polls is an indication of it , and as of yet the mainstream media
has not addressed it . In NYC public schools attempted to
exclude churches that had been paying rent to use empty school
buildings on Sunday mornings in the inner city . The School
Board refused to allow it any longer , yet still allowed other
groups the same access . A liberal court upheld it . Fortunately
the NY legislature set in right by making it illegal to
discriminate based on religion , but the concern is why the court
allowed it ? Also it was not widely reported upon except through
religious and conservative media .
The Gay marriage issue in this state has seen the media report
upon the bigotry homosexuals deal
with , and of course reported the issue through a
lens that has avoided many of issues also . Many have also seen
those use bigotry while supporting Gay marriage to
further their attempts to hinder religious freedom . In
many public institutions it has become not only socially
unacceptable to show a strong belief in God , but it has become
acceptable to express a view that religion is evil and
intellectually dishonest .
Now Catholic Institutions across this country have come under
attack , Catholic services offer help to people from health care to
inner city schools . The Obama Administration attempts to
force Catholic Charities conform to their policies that
support abortions and other issues that go against their religious
teachings has caused a back lash among all religious groups . Might
as well tell people who to pray for .
If we ever
forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation
gone under.
Ronald
Reagan
We’re All Catholics Now
By David French
February 6, 2012 3:43 P.M.
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I’m not the first to comment on the Obama administration’s
breathtaking assault on religious liberty, I won’t be the last, and
I’m certainly not the most eloquent. I am, however, a lawyer
prepared to do something about it. At issue are two competing
visions of religion in American public life. For the Obama
administration — beginning with its stance that federal employment
laws trumped even a religious organization’s selection of its own
ministers and now extending to dictating that religious employers
must violate their deepest beliefs as a precondition for
maintaining their core religious mission — has decided that
religion is nothing special, really. It’s nothing more than perhaps
just one competing business philosophy — some businesses read Good
to Great, others read the Bible, and some read both. In any case,
all are subject to the benevolent embrace of the all-encompassing
state.
The opposing view looks back to the Mayflower and to a past
immeasurably enriched by the most robust, tolerant, and vibrant
religious expression in the developed world and realizes the
essential importance of our nation’s “first liberty” — religious
freedom. We are who we are in large part because of our respective
denominations and faiths. Indeed, “the better angels of our nature”
(to borrow from Lincoln) have again and again sprung from our faith
communities — from the indispensable role churches played in the
Revolution, to the abolitionist movement, to our struggle against
fascism, to the fight for civil rights, and to the present,
world-leading philanthropy of American citizens.
If our courts — and our citizens at the ballot box — choose
the Obama administration’s view, then the Europeanization of
America may well become irresistible. As the Obama administration
assaults our nation’s great Catholic institutions, it’s time for
the church universal — the holy catholic church — to unite. Do we
not all value our liberties? Do we believe that the state can love
its citizens better than Christ operating through His followers?
And for our nation’s Protestants, are we so wedded to our
distinctions from our Catholic brothers and sisters that we’ll fail
to rally to their aid much less closely examine our own apparent
willingness to quietly cover and fund abortifacients?
It is times like this when the words of our creeds matter. We
are, in fact, part of the “holy catholic church.” We are one Body.
The Obama administration should and must face a completely and
firmly united American Christian community. As far as the Obama
administration is concerned, we’re all Catholics now.
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