This is one fight the Catholic Church is up for. They have found their voice and are determined to make the Contraception issue their main goal.
The issue – for those who have already moved on to more important things – is a policy that many Republican governors and the last Republican president have maintained over the last decade. It deals with providing contraception to women as part of their insurance coverage without a co-pay. This issue was not a problem for the Church when Republicans brought it up and in some cases demanded the Church pay for the coverage. But now that President Obama is continuing the policy, suddenly, the Bishops are up in arms.
Their argument it seems, states that requiring Religious organizations to provide contraception to their employees without a co-pay is immoral. So to satisfy the Bishops’ concern, the administration removed the requirement that religious organizations must pay for this benefit and placed that requirement on the insurance providers themselves.
But apparently, this move by the administration was not enough as Cardinal Timothy Dolan told CBS’s Face The Nation on Sunday, “we didn’t ask for the fight, but we’re not going to back away from it.”
Meanwhile, Republican Paul Ryan and Congressional Republicans have all agreed on a budget that will strip needed services from the poor and put more money into the pockets of the rich. If Ryan’s budget passes, medicare as we know it along with other services that benefits the poor will end.
So far, these same Bishops and the Catholic Church are silent on the Ryan Budget.
The conclusion: Giving women the right to have contraception – something over 90% of Catholic women already enjoy – is a big no-no and the Church is willing to fight with everything they have to keep the dreaded contraception out of their hands. However, take away life saving benefits from the poor and the Catholic Church is apparently okay with that!
I'm sorry, but I find this article to be irresponsible in trying to allude that the Catholic Church has an issue with President Obama for whatever reason and especially to the notion that the Catholic Church is okay with any oppression directed towards the poor. The Catholic Church is very pro social equality and they are adamantly against racism and never tire with trying to reduce poverty and provide a better life for those who do not have.
I dare you to go to catholiccharitiesusa.org and see all the programs that are provied through the Catholic Church…Liberal-minded programs at that. I also dare you to visit any Catholic Church and just take a peek at their Weekly Bulletin to see the plethora of free programs for issues such as poverty, job development, professional counseling, homelessness, immigration difficulties, education, and the list goes on.
The Catholic spends more money, time, and volunteering towards helping the needy than our own Federal Government or any other religious organization.
The Catholic Church has always maintained an extreme pro-life stance whether it's birth control, condom usage, abortion, etc….but they are very liberal minded in regards to socal equality and providing free and/or affordable healthcare services to many.
This is why many, if not most, Catholics are moderate in their views when it comes to politics. They tend to b a middle-of-the-road group.
The Catholic Church is not perfect, but then again I don't know any church that is….
Religion is a cult.
Aren't this the same Christian Cult ,that potrays Jesus as an Angalo Saxton ? Go figure their logic !