If only their parishioners felt the same way. The lay Catholic apparently don't give a crap what the Catholic church thinks. They
voted 50-48 for Obama.
LINCOLN
– The re-election of President Barack Obama may ignite a showdown with
Catholic leaders over a federal mandate that religiously affiliated
charities, universities and hospitals provide birth control coverage to
their employees.
“The Catholic Church is not going to back down,” said Denver
Auxiliary Bishop James Conley, who will start as the new bishop of the
Lincoln Diocese on Nov. 20. “We are never going to compromise our
principles. We will defy it and face the consequences.”
Roman Catholic officials in Omaha and Des Moines expressed similar
sentiments this week over a plan by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services requiring all employers to provide their employees
contraception coverage without copays.
The so-called HHS mandate for religious organizations, currently the
subject of dozens of legal challenges nationally, is set to take effect
next August.
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