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[Jackhat1 at aol.com]

Stan, I still don't understand what the State is forcing the Catholic  
Church or Catholics to do. Please say more about this forcing issue. I  think 
Richards's comment is a different issue and one I understand.
 
Jack
 
 
In a message dated 2/12/2012 11:25:59 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
sjziobro at cs.com writes:

I rather  appreciated Richard's remarks vis-a-vis his Quaker faith and the 
U.S.  Government using his tax dollars for purposes to which he is 
fundamentally  opposed.  In fact, I would even say that Richard is in the right  
here.  The government is seeking to force Catholic institutions, which  are 
precisely Catholic and founded on Catholic principles, to operate on  premises 
and mores contrary to the Catholic Faith.  This is a huge  intrusion of the 
State upon the constitutionally guaranteed free exercise of  religion.  As 
such this opens the door to State intrusion in all  religious matters, and 
intruding whether or not they pertain to  Catholics.  This is the point, and 
not whether the Catholic Church holds  positions with which you agree.  How is 
the State here doing anything  differently from what you protest about the 
Catholic Church?  The fact is  that we are not living in 1954 and artificial 
birth control is readily  available to whomever wants to procure  it.