Christians leaders aren’t backing down on their pleas for the Obama
administration to further expand religious exemptions surrounding the
controversial contraceptive mandate.
The ongoing debate about religious freedom has been raging since the mandate was first announced in January, causing a massive rift between Obama and a plethora of religious leaders and congregants. In a June 11 letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, 149 faith leaders made their views on the matter known.
The letter, which can be read in full here,
was assembled by Stanley Carlson-Thies who helped setup George W.
Bush’s faith-based office. While numerous protestants were included in
the pool of individuals signing on, no Catholic bishops joined in. As
stated, the Catholic Church is pursuing its own lawsuits to help rectify
the wrongs it sees inherent in the
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