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There are conversations right now to arrange a meeting to talk with folks about how this policy can be nuanced, said Pastor Joel C. Hunter, a Florida megachurch pastor who has grown personally close to Obama and advised his White House on religious issues. This is so fixable, and we just want to get into the conversation.
Hunters comments followed a statement by David Axelrod, a senior adviser to Obamas reelection campaign, who indicated on MSNBCs Morning Joe on Tuesday that the White House might be open to a compromise on the matter. We certainly dont want to abridge anyones religious freedoms, so were going to look for a way to move forward that both provides women with the preventive care that they need and respects the prerogatives of religious institutions, he said.
Despite the assurances, officials with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops say they have not been approached by the White House with any proposed changes. The group has been among the most vocal critics of the rule, calling it an unprecedented abridgement of religious liberty. The guideline was issued Jan. 20 in connection with the implementation of the 2010 health care overhaul. It requires employers, as part of their health plans, to cover contraception as well as the so-called morning after pill and sterilization measures such as vasectomies.
While churches are exempt from the requirement, larger religiously run institutions such as universities and hospitals are not. The administration has offered groups a one-year grace period to figure out how to comply with the rules, but the bishops say they will pursue every legal measure to stop its implementation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-advisors-seek-compromise-on-contraception-rule/2012/02/06/gIQAlUwrwQ_story.html
Oy vey.
msongs
(67,406 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)I double dog dare ya!
niyad
(113,315 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)MINUTES!
niyad
(113,315 posts)Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)I figure it can't hurt.
niyad
(113,315 posts)I really hope Obama doesn't back track on this issue. It's one thing if churches are exempt, but we're talking about hospitals here! Not everyone who works there or goes there for medical care is Catholic. What would they do if a young girl showed up in their e.r. after being raped? What about a woman who is 5 months pregnant and bleeding to death? I guess they just have to die because a bunch of male virgins think b.c., plan b, and abortion are wrong, always, no matter what.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)It looks like people who wouldn't vote Democratic in a million, billion years are all upset and stuff. We MUST curry their favor!
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AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)THat is all they deserve.
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)Should I just pay 1/2 of what I owe given that I am only half a person?
Or would a 3/4 discount be more accurate?
niyad
(113,315 posts)fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)Why do you ignore the separation of Church and State.
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)Are you taking a shot at the OP. The White House? or the Article?
fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)dembotoz
(16,805 posts)woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Every day. Every damned day.