FREEDOM FROM TYRANNY IS YOUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT!

 From the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference:


Take Action: Protect Religious Freedom

Thank you for your advocacy on the religious liberty-violating HHS mandate that requires employers to provide contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-causing drugs free of charge in their health insurance plans.  You have continued to put the rights of religious Americans and religious institutions before our elected officials, and your help is needed again.

The Obama Administration has opened another comment period – even if you’ve sent messages before, you need to do so again! The fundamental legal and moral concerns about government intrusion into religious ministries have not been addressed. Under the regulations as they currently stand, religious institutions that serve the common good (including charities, universities and hospitals) will be unable – even forbidden - to provide their own employees or students with health coverage consistent with their values. 

Your voice is needed today – click on the link below to submit comments to HHS and our elected officials. Please forward this email to your friends and family too! Imagine all of the 3 million Catholics in Pennsylvania speaking with a united voice in support of our first amendment rights.

 Since January there has been much attention given to the very troubling Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) coercive mandate requiring almost all private health plans to cover contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs.  For the first time in our nation’s history, the federal government will force religious institutions to facilitate drugs and procedures contrary to our moral teaching.  And it will purport to define which religious institutions are “religious enough” to merit an exemption.

 

The HHS mandate is a serious conflict, and it is not the only threat to our most cherished freedom. In their recent statement, Our First, Most Cherished Liberty, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) discuss current concerns and urge all Catholics to join the effort to end this unprecedented government coercion of conscience and intrusion in religious affairs.

Religious liberty is more than freedom of worship. It is not only about our ability to go to Mass on Sunday or pray the Rosary at home. It is about whether we can make our contribution to the common good of all Americans.

As Catholics and Americans we have a solemn duty to be staunch defenders of religious liberty. Pray for our country and take a stand today by sending a message to our leaders with an urgent appeal to support this God-given right. 

Click below to demand respect for the First Amendment from our moral and intellectual superiors.

Take Action: Protect Religious Freedom