President should uphold laws, not own agenda
Dear Mr. President,
With all due respect, what are you thinking? How can a person who has sworn to uphold the Constitution of these United States show such blatant disregard for the religious liberty of its citizens? With the rules your administration if proposing for the mandatory inclusion of sterilization and contraception in the health care laws, you have not only told the millions of Catholics in this country - a full 24 percent of the people you are sworn to defend - that their beliefs don't warrant respect or consideration under the Constitution of the United States, you have offended every person, of any, or no religion, who deems human life to be a precious gift, not a disease to be "prevented."
What is next? Who is next? Are we to wear yellow stars on our sleeves? Is mandating that the citizens of this country purchase a product that violates their conscience in this matter only a precursor to something else? Again, read the Bill of Rights.
Sir, our nation is ruled according to laws, and those laws, according to our founding fathers, were given to man by their creator. It is pretty obvious from your lack of religious observance that your creator means very little to you, but he means a great deal to the majority of the people in this country. Perhaps we need a leader who more fully understands that he has sworn to uphold the laws of this country, not his own agenda.
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1 Comment for "President should uphold laws, not own agenda "
Any time you hear somebody say "sterilization", you know they are just cutting and pasting bile from another website. The HHS rules do not make "sterilization" services mandatory.
Here is the list of preventive services, which must be provided under the HHS rules:
well-woman visits;
screening for gestational diabetes;
human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing for women 30 years and older;
sexually-transmitted infection counseling;
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening and counseling;
FDA-approved contraception methods and contraceptive counseling;
breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling; and
domestic violence screening and counseling
"Contraceptive methods" DO NOT (let me repeat DO NOT) include abortifacient drugs.
I don't see anything on that list that should offend the average person. I don't think it offends most Catholics.
In 1973, a peer-reviewed study found that 66% of practicing-Catholic women used a method of birth control disapproved by the church. The study predicted the percentage would eventually reach 90%. I'd feel comfortable in saying it is at least 90% today.
Maybe the Catholic church should resolve its own conflicts, under its own roof, before it starts throwing stones at the White House.
lastpercentile Feb 08, 2012 8:21 PM