Tag Archives: Catholic Church

Aug 22 2009

Catholics Step Up Fight Against Healthcare Bill

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The immensity of the nation’s Catholic healthcare system could add clout for Catholic bishops as they advance their opposition to healthcare reform as proposed now.

The Catholic Church demonstrated its legislative influence this year when it threatened to close Catholic hospitals if the Freedom of Choice Act passed

The Catholic health network includes 624 hospitals, 499 long-term nursing facilities, and 41 hospices nationwide, including 11 of the nation’s largest healthcare systems, according to the Catholic Health Association, there are.

Almost 13 percent of the nation’s 4,897 community hospitals are Catholic-run
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I will repeat again that Obama better get his head out of the sand and listen to what The American people want in health care. He has lied from the beginning of his campaign to the people in order to gain their vote and now those same people has awaken!

Aug 11 2009

Catholic leadership concerned that Obamacare will lead to federal funding of abortions

America’s Catholic leadership is becoming increasingly concerned that the legislation will lead to federal funding of abortions.
The implications of government-controlled health care would have serious implications for Catholic health institutions. One in eight hospitals in the U.S. are affiliated with the Catholic Church, according to the Wall Street Journal. They employ 750,000 people and care for 16 percent of all hospital admissions.

If government bureaucrats or the courts mandated abortion coverage, it could place the nation’s Catholic hospitals into a difficult situation. Some Catholic leaders have threatened to close their facilities if they were forced to conduct abortion procedures.

If Democratic healthcare reform becomes law, it will engender the “largest largest expansion of abortion in the United States since Roe v. Wade,” said Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz. Read More

Our tax money will fund abortions and I for one do not think I should pay for someone else to have an abortion.

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(1) Overflow crowd at Maryland town hall

Jan 29 2009

Obama’s Fairness Doctrine is threatening Catholic radio

As reported recently in the National Catholic Register new version of the so-called Fairness Doctrine is threatening Catholic radio. Under the new Obama administration, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will begin applying “localism” regulations to radio station licenses. Steve Gajdosik, president of the Catholic Radio Association calls these regulations “the death knell for Catholic radio.”
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Well what did the Catholic Church expect from Barack Obama? They were warn of who Obama was. Now I guess they see for themselvies! Oh well two years will past fast and congress can be changed…then two years afterward Obama can be sent walking. The problem is that all the things he has changed will take many years to reverse!