Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies during a Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 15, 2012. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) |
Secretary Sebelius was grilled by Orin Hatch, at a Senate
finance subcommittee hearing as to whether anyone bothered to confer with the
Catholic Church before making the announced decision, on Friday, to order God to change His mind on contraception (that is the effect of Obama's command).
You will remember
that the Friday decision (Feb 10th) was an order from Obama to the Catholic Church to
change its doctrine in such a way as to accommodate the distribution of
free contraceptives. Until Friday, people of conscience functioned under an accepted "conscience clause" that
has stood the test of time, for more than 200 years and has given conscientious dissenters the necessary freedoms needed to guarantee their liberty under the Constitution.
He thinks we all have forgotten his order to the Lutheran Church and other religious institutions, to hire anyone who applies for a church position, whether a believer or an atheist. I am sure he made the same claim then - "if it wasn't Constitutional, I wouldn't have made my decision." Turns out the Supremes voted that bit on nonsense down, 9 to 0 . Even the most liberal of jurists could not go along with this anti-Constitutional legislative opinion (cf. HOSANNA-TABOR CHURCH v. EEOC, ET AL.)
There is no doubt in my mind that Friday's command "from on high" will be overturned, as well.
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