Monday, March 26, 2012

Unfair, Incomplete Exemptions of the Birth Control Legislation (i.e. The Amish)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sister-mary-ann-walsh/amish-ok-catholics-no_b_1334773.html

The issue of the birth control administration has been discussed on our blogs before, but this article has an interesting angle: the Amish are exempt from such legalization, yet the Catholics are not. Another group that is exempt are members of Medi-Share, a program of Christian Care Ministry. How is the reconcilable with the first amendment of the constitution, the right to one's beliefs?

Sister Mary Ann Walsh writes, "The Amish do not believe in insurance, and the government understands. Christian Care Ministry believes people should form a religious community and pay medical bills for one another, and the government says OK. Yet when the Catholic Church opposes being forced to pay for services that violate its beliefs, the Administration says 'tough.'"

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