John Boehner:
On January 20, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced that under President Obama’s health care law, religiously-affiliated institutions in the United States will be required to cover contraceptive benefits in all insurance policies, regardless of whether the provision of such benefits violates their religious beliefs. I believe that with this action, the Obama administration has violated the religious freedoms of faith-based institutions across America.
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this mandate is not about whether or not we as citizens agree with the teachings of the Catholic Church. Instead it is about insisting our government stay within our Constitutional boundaries.
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The rule put forth by the Department of Health & Human Services must not stand. The Obama Administration must re-evaluate this decision and reverse it. If it does not, I believe the United States Congress, acting on behalf of the American people, will.
"The rule put forth by the Department of Health & Human Services must not stand."
Our House Leader is out in front. Team Obama has picked the wrong issue at the wrong time to impose his will upon US. This liberal arrogance, by itself, is reason enough to vote GOP in 2012.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhat's Boehner going to do? Huff and puff and blow Obama's house down? This guy is weak and needs to be replaced with someone who actually takes action.
Entire Republican leadership needs to go.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAs bad as this mandate is, what I don't understand is why politicians don't connect this action with the even larger issue of the government dictating medical coverage requirements of any kind to anyone, especially when they're mandated to be "free".
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf this issue were actually important to Boehner, he might offer a compromise, you know, participate in the political process. As it stands, nobody in the Obama administration has any reason to react to Boehner on this.
Forcing women to take birth control against their wishes might infringe on religious liberty, just like preventing women from having abortions does.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHere's an idea - how about every law passed by Congress be written in its entirety? If our elected legislators do not specify an action in the legislation, then it is not law. No more passing amorphous 2,000 page bills with every single page having five paragraphs stating that such & such "will be determined by the Secretary" or by some "appointed panel" or some czar or other unelected bureaucrat
What's the problem? Too difficult for your average Congress-critter? Would take too long? Tough cookies! You wanted the job - so do it!
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