Midknight Review -- new and revised: 14 days of civil disobedience begins June 21. It has to do with religious freedom - something the Obama Administration opposes.

“We don’t need another political fight about ending a woman’s right to choose, or getting rid of Planned Parenthood or taking away affordable birth control. We don’t need that. I want women to control their own health choices, just like I want my daughters to have the same economic opportunities as my sons. We’re not turning back the clock. We’re not going back there.” -- Barack Obama

Context for the coming battle

Those who favor abortion are more unpopular that ever before. Planned Parenthood has been exposed as favoring gender-based abortions. Obama voted to allow late term abortions as a state Senator in Illinois. And, no one in government is attempting to take away “affordable birth control,” nobody.

Rather, the coming fight has to do with Obama’s notion that he and the Federal Government can order a religious institution to abandon its doctrine and accept federal mandates in its place. Understand that many observers, including this editor, believe that Obama is a practicing atheist. I have documented my reasons for this on several occasions. Bill Mahar, voiced the same opinion, in January of this year, when he said, “I think in the second term, when he's got nothing to lose you're going to see the real Obama come out, including his admission that he's an atheist too. "

The battle against the Administration defined

At any rate, with the above comments, you have a glimpse of the reasons for the coming battle between the Catholic Church and people of faith and the Obama Administration.

On April 12, the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a document, "Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,” outlining the bishops’ concerns over threats to religious freedom, both at home and abroad. The bishops called for a “Fortnight for Freedom,” a 14-day period of prayer, education and action in support of religious freedom, from June 21-July 4 (see their announcement, here).

Officials within the Catholic Church have made it clear that they will neither obey this mandate nor pay the fines levied because of this act of disobedience. 46 Catholic entities have joined to file lawsuits in 12 Federal courts, challenging the constitutionality of this unnecessary mandate. Understand that Obama has already tried to force churches to hire “unbelievers” and was soundly defeated in this effort (Hosanna Tabor Lutheran versus the EEOC ) in an unanimous Supreme Court decision. The Supreme Court said “No !!” to Obama in a 9 – 0 decision. Obama’s own appointees, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, both voted against this effort. The current mandated demand is just as unconstitutional and will, no doubt, meet with the same High Court ruling.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

2 comments:

AnonymousJune 4, 2012 at 7:54 PM
The GOP claims ownership of Jesus...yet they try to elect a Momon cultist who believes in the prophet Joe Smith who lives with God on the planet Kolob, and whose grandfather fled to Mexico to practice polygamy.
John SmithsonJune 4, 2012 at 10:26 PM
Yes, and how many women did your grand dad sleep with? And what is your opinion of the virgin birth. Are Catholics saved? How about Universalists? How about atheists? What is your position on the murderous cult of the Muslim Jihadist? What does it mean to speak of an "indwelling God?" Who came up that idea? You make fun of "Planet Kolob." What about "Planet Untopiomerica?" Which qualifies Obama most, his white upbringing or those 22 years he sat in the audience listening to Jeremiah Wright? Talk about a cultist !!! Maybe you forgot about old Jeremiah. You think that clown is right???