Religious Liberty Is Not The Issue

[BarbaraJane]

This is not about Religious Liberty. This is about law. 

If the Catholic Church would have preached their own teachings all this time, there would be no problem.

I personally do not agree with artificial birth control.  If it is not our place to END a life, then neither is it our right to PREVENT a life.  I get that.

HOWEVER, for years now, a Catholic woman could go to six different priests and ask for counseling about birth control and all six of those priests would give her a different answer.  None of them would tell her outright not to use it.  None of them would risk losing her as a Parishioner.  And if that woman was a large contributor to the church, there would be no retributions at all for this transgression.

So now the law says that all businesses, even churches, must offer birth control in the insurance plan and the church is all up in arms about it.  This would not be a problem if they had stood firm in their teachings.  Just because it is offered does not mean that the employees have to use it. 

This is about the law.  If the church was secure in its position on artificial birth control and if it had solidly backed this position all along, then this would not be an issue at all.  This is just a case of civil law superseding church law.  A good practicing Catholic will follow church law despite the opportunity afforded by civil law.

It is not about Religious Liberty.  It is about the law. 

[Lb128f]

Feb. 9, 2012 at 11:43 AM

Interesting...I had no idea!