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Norfolk, VA—On Friday, March 23 from noon to 1 p.m. concerned citizens will hold a Rally for Religious Freedom at Commercial Park, Downtown Norfolk, 415 East Plume Street to voice public opposition to the Obama administration’s Health and Human Services Mandate. The HHS Mandate forces all employers, even religious institutions such as Roman Catholic hospitals and universities, to offer contraceptives, sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs through their health plans, contrary to their religious beliefs and doctrines.
Norfolk is joining over 140 other cities across the country for the March 23 nationwide Stand Up for Religious Freedom rallies, including New York, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Miami. Find more information at Standupforreligiousfreedom.com
The Norfolk Religious Freedom Rally has been organized by Louantha Kerr and Frances Bouton .
Special guest speakers include include Deacon Keith Fournier, Delegate Bob Marshall, Bishop Anne Gimenez and Bishop E.W. Jackson.
· What: Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally
· When: Friday, March 23, noon to 1 p.m.
· Where: Commercial Park, 415 East Plume Street, Norfolk, VA
· Who: 100’s of Citizens opposed to President Obama’s HHS Mandate
“This rally is intended to draw attention to the injustice of the federal government’s riding rough-shod over the conscience of American citizens as we seek to generate even stronger national opposition to the HHS Mandate—a ruling already opposed by millions of Americans,” said Kerr. “We pledge to work for its ultimate reversal.”
Kerr continued, “The HHS mandate actually seeks to define what constitutes religious ministry in its narrowly crafted so-called exemption. This sort of government intrusion must be opposed. This is not about the issue of contraception—this is about protecting religious liberty as it is enshrined in the United States Constitution.” The nationwide Stand Up for Religious Freedom coalition calls upon all Americans to oppose the mandate for the following reasons:
1. We protest the federal government's definition of what constitutes a religious institution and the mission of religious institutions through the narrowly constructed “exemption” to the HHS Mandate. Not only is this definition false, but the federal government has no authority to make it.
2. We protest that religious institutions (even under Obama’s so-called “accommodation”) are still forced to facilitate contraception, sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs through insurance companies that are mandated to provide them.
3. We protest the Mandate for forcing all businesses -- not just religious institutions -- to provide coverage of contraception, sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs, even if doing so violates the employer’s own moral position on these matters.
4. We protest the HHS Mandate -- requiring contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs to be given free of charge by all health plans -- in general because it treats pregnancy and childbirth as if it were a disease.
For more information please contact Louantha Kerr, 757-966-7950,louantha@gmail.com.
· When: Friday, March 23, noon to 1 p.m.
· Where: Commercial Park, 415 East Plume Street, Norfolk, VA
· Who: 100’s of Citizens opposed to President Obama’s HHS Mandate
“This rally is intended to draw attention to the injustice of the federal government’s riding rough-shod over the conscience of American citizens as we seek to generate even stronger national opposition to the HHS Mandate—a ruling already opposed by millions of Americans,” said Kerr. “We pledge to work for its ultimate reversal.”
Kerr continued, “The HHS mandate actually seeks to define what constitutes religious ministry in its narrowly crafted so-called exemption. This sort of government intrusion must be opposed. This is not about the issue of contraception—this is about protecting religious liberty as it is enshrined in the United States Constitution.” The nationwide Stand Up for Religious Freedom coalition calls upon all Americans to oppose the mandate for the following reasons:
1. We protest the federal government's definition of what constitutes a religious institution and the mission of religious institutions through the narrowly constructed “exemption” to the HHS Mandate. Not only is this definition false, but the federal government has no authority to make it.
2. We protest that religious institutions (even under Obama’s so-called “accommodation”) are still forced to facilitate contraception, sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs through insurance companies that are mandated to provide them.
3. We protest the Mandate for forcing all businesses -- not just religious institutions -- to provide coverage of contraception, sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs, even if doing so violates the employer’s own moral position on these matters.
4. We protest the HHS Mandate -- requiring contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs to be given free of charge by all health plans -- in general because it treats pregnancy and childbirth as if it were a disease.
For more information please contact Louantha Kerr, 757-966-7950,louantha@gmail.com.
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