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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Catholic nuns do not want to provide health insurance that provides birth control. So the government says fine, we will provide it, you just have to fill out a form. Nuns say, no, marking a checkbox on a form is an undue burden on our religious rights *and the court agreed.*

Yes, Catholic nuns are allowed and encouraged to live as their faith leads them to live.

Mark Rienzi, senior counsel for the Becket Fund and law professor at the Catholic University of America, said even filling out the form is problematic for the nuns.

“On the form, the nuns would certify that they object to contraception on religious grounds. The form is sent to the health plan administrator, which is then allowed to provide contraceptives and seek government reimbursement, Rienzi said. That amounts to an indirect endorsement of contraceptives, which violates the Little Sisters’ beliefs, Rienzi said.“

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2013/12/28/catonsville-nuns-group-not-required-to-provide-birth-control-under-obamacare-judge-says-3/

Why does you and your atheist and anti-theist buddies start a group of atheist nuns and provide birth control to women, problem solved. You can be called nones.

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The point there was not necessarily that the nuns should be forced to provide contraception, but rather that Christian Nuns can successfully claim that filling out a form/checking a box informing the government they wouldn't be complying with a law is too much of an imposition on their faith; but the bar is *substantially* higher for non-Christian faiths. [/quote]

How does that impact your life or the lives of any American? Why are you upset and angry because nuns (who live very simply and devote their lives to the care of others) are living by their faith?[/quote]

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