The Federal Government Has no Business in Meddling With the Church

Cardinal-Designate Timothy Dolan: President Barack Obama Needs To Stop 'Intruding Into Internal Life Of Church' « CBS New York

Archbishop Timothy Dolan

On Wednesday there was a sharp rebuke from Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan to the president.  President Obama has been insisting that Catholic institutions provide free birth control to their employees.  Dolan said to CBS 2's Marcia Kramer, "The federal government should do what it's traditionally done since July 4, 1776, namely back out of intruding intruding into the internal life of a Church."  Archbishop Dolan is exactly right.

Regardless what one may believe concerning the Catholic Church's position on birth control, the government has no right to dictate the church's religious policies--right or wrong.  The government has no perogative to force Catholic institutions or any type of religious institution to provide free birth control to their employees.  President Obama's meddling with the Catholic Church's religious beliefs is a violation of the First Amendment where it says that Congress is not to establish nor prohibit the free exercise of religion.  The government needs to stay out of the business of the church.  I'm not a Catholic nor do I agree with most of their doctrine, but they have the right to teach and propagate their doctrine to their followers in America.  They have the right to propagate their own doctrine even when it goes contrary to political correctness.  President Obama and his Democrat minions are dead wrong in interfering with the policies of religious institutions.  The government has no right to force the Catholic church or any church to abide by the government's policies. 

I believe in the last days before Christ comes back we're going to see the government more and more meddle in the affairs of the church, with the above example that Catholic institutions offer free birth control to their employees.  Religious freedom is coming under attack America.  This issue is just one example.  We'll continue seeing the government trying to usurp authority over the church as time passes.  To read the full story, click on the link above.