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appal_jack

(3,813 posts)
48. Plus, prevent 'faith-based' charity $$$
Sat Feb 11, 2012, 12:52 PM
Feb 2012

If the churches are so concerned about the government interfering with their health insurance $, then they will surely take the high road and declne such $ as the gov't offers in other contexts...

-app

Fine, PREVENT them from offering insurance if they don't have the coverage. Thor_MN Feb 2012 #1
Plus, prevent 'faith-based' charity $$$ appal_jack Feb 2012 #48
The "labor market" takes what it can get right now. PassingFair Feb 2012 #55
mystics aren't your enemy. The Catholic Church has burned mystics at the stake! CTyankee Feb 2012 #79
The Catholic Church has burned competing mythologists at the stake, yes Thor_MN Feb 2012 #86
well, not to be crabby about it, but I put mystics in a different category than what you CTyankee Feb 2012 #94
I apparently used a word for you have feeings about, substitue faith based whackadoos for mystics Thor_MN Feb 2012 #95
I did a bit of study in a mysticism course in grad school. CTyankee Feb 2012 #97
Oh, they're not mythologists, though. sofa king Feb 2012 #96
A fantasy, but a good one. caseymoz Feb 2012 #65
Tax them! Dawson Leery Feb 2012 #2
Amen! Bozita Feb 2012 #13
Pimps, Ma'am, Have More Moral Stature Than Catholic Bishops By Now The Magistrate Feb 2012 #3
Cardinal Law is in the Vatican - to avoid going to jail in the US Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #17
Law committed no Crime, According to the Massachusetts Attorney General. happyslug Feb 2012 #41
You Leave Out Quite A Bit, Sir The Magistrate Feb 2012 #46
So, let's apply the rules of the Bible: JDPriestly Feb 2012 #53
Maybe not "illegal" but ann--- Feb 2012 #61
I'M STEALING! you hit it on the head. :-D secondwind Feb 2012 #23
Well put, Magistrate! I doff my cap... CTyankee Feb 2012 #80
Fug 'em. Lugnut Feb 2012 #4
funny thing about celibacy crunch60 Feb 2012 #98
This will only hurt them. Oh well... Firebrand Gary Feb 2012 #5
They Will Never Back Down TheMastersNemesis Feb 2012 #6
Even though their whole fixation on sexuality, abortion, is not traditional Catholicism at all Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #18
Nice blog-flogging. Welcome to DU! nt msanthrope Feb 2012 #33
'Traditional' is whatever they have been in most recent memory. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #45
In the Middle Ages LibertyLover Feb 2012 #54
Cool, thanks. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #70
No problem LibertyLover Feb 2012 #76
Wow... you're a fount! The Doctor. Feb 2012 #84
True CatholicEdHead Feb 2012 #58
American Ayatollahs RoninNY Feb 2012 #67
Traditionalists dragging the church backward JoyN62 Feb 2012 #75
They didn't want to pay for it, so they don't have to ... and they're still not happy! BattyDem Feb 2012 #7
No surprise at their reaction. Lasher Feb 2012 #8
Sounds To Me As If KKKarl Rove Wrote Their Statement........nt global1 Feb 2012 #9
They are not institutions of religion. They are institutions of education and hospitals. IndyJones Feb 2012 #10
The USCCB can kiss my Irish-Catholic ass. Drunken Irishman Feb 2012 #11
The Catholic Church has little room to talk.... Grassy Knoll Feb 2012 #12
The bishops are making themselves irrelevant. silverweb Feb 2012 #14
Exactly. I can't believe they want to take this on. sybylla Feb 2012 #30
All too true. silverweb Feb 2012 #81
They're also making a very good argument for universal healthcare. tanyev Feb 2012 #32
I noticed!! silverweb Feb 2012 #82
Are they just trying to make us forget about the pedophiles among them? nt nanabugg Feb 2012 #88
Here is a link to the FULL statement the Bishops released Friday evening, below Tx4obama Feb 2012 #15
Wish the Bishops and GOP HDPaulG Feb 2012 #16
So? No compromise with the Bishops. Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #19
My Protestant church allows abortions. Aren't the bishops attacking my religion? Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #20
The Catholic Church has very little usrname Feb 2012 #21
Do not forget the premise of this stance by the catholic church. truthisfreedom Feb 2012 #22
you can`t bargain with evil... madrchsod Feb 2012 #24
St. John Chrysostom quote safeinOhio Feb 2012 #25
I gotta look that guy up! aquart Feb 2012 #26
Who cares ? bowens43 Feb 2012 #27
I left the Catholic church when I found out the bishops were hiding men who diddled little children fasttense Feb 2012 #28
You cannot compromise with right wingers and religious extremists. Period. CanonRay Feb 2012 #29
Catholic Taliban? JJW Feb 2012 #31
And no one wants the Catholic Church Greywing Feb 2012 #35
It's almost as bad as government inserting itself in faith. 24601 Feb 2012 #39
Big difference.... ann--- Feb 2012 #59
I said I'd take a Volvo - give me a break. 24601 Feb 2012 #78
Sure, whatever. Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #62
No one want the Catholic Church HockeyMom Feb 2012 #99
Screw the Catholic Church Joey Liberal Feb 2012 #34
Me, too ann--- Feb 2012 #57
They won't like anything that reduces their supply of little boys. JoePhilly Feb 2012 #36
Catholic bishops denounce contraception compromise tigntaz Feb 2012 #37
"Influencing legislation" is legally in fact, the big no-no: that violates Non Profit status Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #44
Is anyone really surprised at this? AngryOldDem Feb 2012 #38
What can you expect for this pack of nasty bastards that covered up sexual abuse of children? olegramps Feb 2012 #40
If there were altar girls instead of altar boys.... things might go differently. nt Former_DU_Member Feb 2012 #42
If altar boys could get pregnant, birth control would be required. alfredo Feb 2012 #64
I wuz gonna say it like that.... but didn't want to rock the boat too much.... but you are probably Former_DU_Member Feb 2012 #66
I am a vocal critic of organized religion. I don't care what the church thinks. alfredo Feb 2012 #73
Catholic bishops--hatin' women and lovin' pedophiles ncteechur Feb 2012 #43
Showing their true colors. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #47
How about a compromise that includes the Vatican selling its art collection Vinca Feb 2012 #49
The Catholic Church davidthegnome Feb 2012 #50
I'm so sick & tired of witch doctors and their bullcrap tabasco Feb 2012 #51
8,000 new instances of child sexual abuse alleged in Milwaukee Archdiocese unhappycamper Feb 2012 #52
Yeah, it's a shame ann--- Feb 2012 #56
But Sister Keehan from the Catholic Health Association is "very pleased" with it muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #60
The Church's arguments sulphurdunn Feb 2012 #63
The Catholic church has been a force for evil in the world pscot Feb 2012 #68
+1 Dawson Leery Feb 2012 #71
This is no surprise. Herlong Feb 2012 #69
So Obama "compromised" (caved) for nothing. Deep13 Feb 2012 #72
GET OFF the Holier than thou Soap Boxes!!!! benld74 Feb 2012 #74
They are desperate politicasista Feb 2012 #77
and what about Giordano Bruno and Marguerite de Porete? They were burned alive for CTyankee Feb 2012 #83
"Every Sperm Is Sacred" needs to go Susan G. Komen style viral NAO Feb 2012 #85
If they just refuse to accept anymore Fed funding or subsidies, I'm fine with that. nanabugg Feb 2012 #87
'...the proposal raises "serious moral concerns,"...' unkachuck Feb 2012 #89
At the same time in Milwaukee datadiva Feb 2012 #90
Ha ha! This issue is going to kill Santorum's chances. I love it! McCamy Taylor Feb 2012 #91
Clueless Bishops..... WcoastO Feb 2012 #92
The Catholic heirarchy hasn't caught on to the fact caseymoz Feb 2012 #93
They have "serious moral concerns"....Really? When did that start? truebrit71 Feb 2012 #100
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