(CNSNews.com) - The Archdiocese of New York, headed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., headed by Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the University of Notre Dame, and 40 other Catholic dioceses and organizations around the country announced on Monday that they are suing the Obama administration for violating their freedom of religion, which is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
The dioceses and organizations, in different combinations, are filing 12 different lawsuits filed in federal courts around the country.
The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. has established a special website--preservereligiousfreedom.org--to explain its lawsuit and present news and developments concerning it.
"This lawsuit is about an unprecedented attack by the federal government on one of America’s most cherished freedoms: the freedom to practice one’s religion without government interference," the archdiocese says on the website. "It is not about whether people have access to certain services; it is about whether the government may force religious institutions and individuals to facilitate and fund services which violate their religious beliefs."
Good we need to start standing up to this Dictator In Chief
ReplyDeleteAmen to that.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to see this. I was beginning to wonder when someone in the church would get fed up with this administration.
ReplyDeleteI will most certainly pray for them.
Wonder how many Islamic institutions are being forced to accept Christian practices. Oh thats right, Muslims are a protected class because if you try and make them comply to anything other than the koran they will kill you.
ReplyDeleteHope the goverment sues them for taxs.
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