The press was eager to jump on initial remarks by U.S. bishops that President Obama's announcement yesterday of what the Wall Street Journal aptly described in an editorial this morning as the "Immaculate Contraception" -- namely, the idea that insurance companies would somehow pay out of their own pockets for costs relating to "contraceptive services" to which the bishops objected to having Catholic institutions pay for directly was "a good first step." I heard this description several times in brief radio news summaries yesterday. Later yesterday afternoon, the bishops' position was reported as "reserving judgment."
In an official statement carried at Vatican Radio's web site ("The Voice of the Pope and the Church in dialogue with the world") this morning, the bishops have rejected Obama's self-described "sensible approach." Especially pertinent, in light of my post earlier this morning, is the fact that the mandate and its revision appear to apply to employers who self-insure -- an option religious institutions have been forced to use to avoid attempts by several U.S. states to mandate what ObamaCare wants to impose on the entire nation
TONY DIGIROLAMO- MAY THIS STORY HAVE LEGS TROTTING ALL THE WAY TO NOVEMBER.
The over reaching tentacles of the Obama-Alinskey administration will go on. This is not over, I can tell you that.
There are other areas of the culture where the church is a hindrance to "fundamentally transforming America" and its agenda in abortion, homosexuality, stem cell research and the cleansing of everything God in the public square, will move into high gear.
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