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[quote=Anonymous]I was all ready to get mad about this.  But I can't.  Here's why.

The Administration went out of its way to exempt abortion procedures from the bill, and then the bishops went around telling people that the plan covered abortions.  You can't throw the President under the bus after he takes a political risk, then expect to be treated kindly.

Second, the bill exempts plans that primarily cover people of your organization's religion.  So your catholic parish or school does not need to cover contraceptives.  But if you run a Sisters of Mercy hospital system, employing thousands of people of many faiths, you do.

Third, covering birth control pills is not a huge moral dilemma.  It's not like being forced to perform abortions.  Really it's not, and if you believe it then you should empty the pews at your parish of all the hypocrites.  We are talking about whether corporations that cover 25,000 employees can pay for pills.  And it's not church parishioners' religious donations, these are nonprofit corporations, getting paid for their services by individuals, private corporations, and the government.

For the record, I'm a lifelong Catholic and my mother worked her entire career at a Catholic hospital.  This is a  matter of principle for the bishops, but little else.[/quote]

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