Do you really think a Catholic owned drug store wouldn't carry condoms? Although un-natural contraception is against Catholic beliefs, they don't force their doctrine on others. So, I don't think this is a big deal to them.
Jim
It's a "Big deal" . Arch diocese's from across the country are weighing in.
"I have to say, there's a sense of personal disappointment," - Archbishop Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Dolan indicated that his preference is to keep the lines of communication with the administration open. But Dolan is already facing pressure from other bishops to take a more confrontational stance toward the White House. Dolan was scheduled to leave Wednesday for a nine-day spiritual pilgrimage to Israel; after a brief return to New York, he will head to Rome where he will be formally elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI.
(and what do you think topic of conversation at Vatican will be?)
From Maine to Phoenix to southern Louisiana, Catholic churches across the USA this weekend echoed with scorn for a new federal rule requiring faith-based employers to include birth control and other reproductive services in their health care coverage.
“We cannot — we will not — comply with this unjust law,” - Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr
"We can’t just lie down and die and let religious freedom go,” said Sister Mary Ann Walsh, a spokeswoman for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
"For Catholics, being ordered to endorse and pay for contraceptives stands in the way of God's grace" "That means that our salvation is at stake" - Bishop Robert Morlino Madison Wisconsin
"We feel like the government is asking us to violate our consciences, to do something that we believe is morally wrong." -David Hains, spokesman for the Charlotte Catholic Diocese.
Catholics ‘will not comply’ with Obama birth control mandate - Arizona Bishop Thomas Olmsted
The administration’s rule has now run headlong into a dispute over values as Republican presidential contenders compete for the most conservative voters. In an election season that features Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, who have stressed their Catholic faith, scientific thinking on the medical benefits of birth control has clashed with deeply held religious and cultural beliefs.
This will certainly affect the voting base.
