Religious extortionists

Catholic Bishops To House: Shut Down The Government Unless We Get Our Way On Birth Control (Click on this headline to read more)

One week before House Republicans shut down the government in an effort to force President Obama to enact many of their preferred policies, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote House members requesting that the government be shut down - and potentially that the nation be forced into default - unless religious employers were given a special right to deny birth control coverage to their employees. As Adele Stan reports, a letter signed by Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston and Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore told lawmakers that, "[w]e have already urged you to enact the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (H.R. 940/S. 1204). As Congress considers a Continuing Resolution and debt ceiling bill in the days to come, we reaffirm the vital importance of incorporating the policy of this bill into such 'must-pass' legislation."