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    Radical Feminists at NOW Call Catholic Nuns ‘DIRTY’

    July 7, 2014 By Jennifer Burke

    The organization NOW claims to be for women’s rights and often speak out when they feel a woman has been wronged. However, their silence when that woman is a conservative, especially one named Sarah Palin, is deafening. As Barack Obama continues to spread his lie-based propaganda related to what he sees to be a woman’s right to all contraception that he believes she should be able to get for free, a right not listed anywhere in the Constitution, NOW has decided to open their collective mouths to speak out on the subject, attacking one women’s group in particular that will leave many people scratching their heads.

    The Little Sisters of the Poor is a group of Catholic nuns who work, as their mission statement states, http://littlesistersofthepoor.org/ to serve the elderly poor in over 30 countries. Yes, the Sisters employ non-religious in their non-profit. Yes, they have provided health insurance to employees. But, they object to the forcible mandate to provide contraception to their employees on the basis that it violates their Roman Catholic belief system. Their case is a separate case from Hobby Lobby and has yet to be decided.

    As they await the decision, NOW has deemed it appropriate to put these nuns who have devoted their lives to making life better for the elderly poor on their DIRTY 100 list. http://now.org/resource/the-dirty-10...he-litigation/ That’s right. These selfless nuns are ‘dirty’ in the eyes of NOW because they refuse to pay for contraception for their employees. Never mind that there is not an employee on record that has even vocalized an anger towards this decision or desire for free contraception. What the Left and Obama says should be done is what should be done.

    NOW accuses the nuns, a group of women, of using religion to discriminate against women. Following Obama’s lead to spread propaganda based upon lies in a classic ‘ends justifies the means’ tactic, NOW also had this to say about the Catholic church as a whole. http://www.tpnn.com/2014/07/07/king-...ion-with-lies/

    (We note that Catholic doctrine considers vasectomy a sin, but the Catholic bishops have not been walking up and down the halls of Congress, or orchestrating federal lawsuits, to demand the government create special rules blocking men’s access to that procedure.)
    No one is trying to block access to any form of contraception. They are attempting to equate ‘free’ with ‘access.’ But, they have determined that lies such as those gets their rabid base more riled up than simply stating that women would still have access, but will have to pay for desired contraception themselves at a cost of $4 to $30 a month, depending on their selection. Heck, many are available at the Left’s beloved institution Planned Parenthood for free!

    But, the truth doesn’t sound as good as a lie, so NOW will just throw the truth under the bus while attacking Catholic nuns as DIRTY for not providing what the Left has decided is a ‘right.’

    http://www.tpnn.com/2014/07/07/radic...ic-nuns-dirty/




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    This is a war that the good guys are losing with the low-information voter. Neither this case or the Hobby Lobby decision limits someone's access to any treatment, medication, or procedure. Period. Full Stop.

    If there is a treatment, medication or procedure that someone's insurance plan does not cover, the "companies" mentioned before will not fire someone for paying for it themselves. I've wondered for YEARS why most company's who have vision insurance do not cover the LASIC surgery. Best money I ever spent out of my own pocket, and it saved the vision insurance companies involved a few thousand dollars in NOT buying new glasses every year for a decade and a half. You think you need a chiropractor instead of an orthopedic specialist, go on and get it for yourself. Personally I think I need a prescription for a hot tub in my back yard. I've had both medical doctors and chiropractors extoll the virtue. Am i pissed that the insurance company won't pay for it? No, and I think it's funny that the left thinks that their every indulgent whim should be catered to by the rest of society.

    Is someone going to lose their very life if they don't get a morning after pill for free rather than spending their own $40? No, I don't think so.

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    my wish list = can obamacare/medicare/medicaid pay for:
    daily massage to take away any stress would could lead to high blood pressure?
    physical trainer to keep me in shape so my heart does not have to overwork?
    private chef to cook only healthy food as recommended by michelle obama?
    botox treatment to make me look younger so i do not need a psychologist?
    liposuction to make my body look and feel better to improve my ability to get a better paying job?
    a chauffeur to drive me where i want to go in order to avoid road anxiety?
    a nanny to raise my children so that I can march with NOW and call some religious do gooders bad names...................................



    the members of NOW seem to have lost the focus of their cause or else have nothing better to do............

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    Harry Reid’s latest racist gaffe has people asking him ‪#‎AmIBlackEnough‬

    It’s no secret that Senator Harry Reid is losing (has lost?) his mind, but this week’s departure from reality is truly something to behold.



    Yes you heard that correctly.


    “The one thing we are going to do during this work period, sooner rather than later, is to ensure that women’s lives are not determined by virtue of five white men.”
    Hello?



    Maybe Reid was just confused by Justice Clarence Thomas’ lack of “negro dialect” or something. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/wash...ack-obama.html

    The gaffe has a lot of people asking if they are “black enough” for Harry Reid.

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    isn't that a racist declaration? or perhaps that wasn't a gaffe that he is anti white and anti male?

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    Quote Originally Posted by boopster View Post
    how would they react if the company closed and all the employees lost their jobs? suppose hobby lobby made them all part timers and gave out no benefits? no one forces anyone to work there.
    Guess What Hobby Lobby is Forcing on Their Workers Now…
    Amanda Shea 07/02/2014

    Leftists sure have a lot to say about the horrors of Hobby Lobby not paying for their emergency contraception, but in all the shouting one thing they aren’t talking about is the raised wages the arts and crafts store pays their employees. Odd, since minimum wage woes is another hot button issue on the liberal agenda.

    The evil folks at Hobby Lobby pay their full-time employees a minimum of $14 an hour. That is nearly double the national average for minimum wage. The hourly wage for part-time employees is also $9.50, according to Young Conservatives.

    “We are very fortunate to be able to increase hourly wages for our employees, because we know our company would not be successful without the great work they do each day in our stores across the nation,” said the store’s CEO and founder David Green.
    In addition to a healthy wage, the store’s success has allowed them to open more than 30 new stores across the U.S. last year, creating over 1,000 additional jobs.

    To be clear, liberals are upset about a company that still offers 16 different types of birth control and pays their employees a minimum wage of $14 an hour. At the wage they are paid, Hobby Lobby workers can still purchase their own emergency contraception if they choose to. that is not covered by their employer’s plan, and still be financially better off than working for a business that does cover them.

    As much as some may want to demonize the company for refusing to pay for what it views as abortion, many of those very same people should be happy to hear about Hobby Lobby’s commitment to pay its employees fair, realistic and livable wages that liberals fight for when they aren’t waging war on a company that does just that.

    It’s difficult for the left to unearth the truth under the mounds of falsehoods about company and the ruling they’ve dumped over the last two days.

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    Obama Admin Finds Way Around Hobby Lobby Birth Control Decision
    July 10, 2015

    The Obama administration on Friday issued its final rules for employers who morally object to covering birth control in their health insurance plans.

    by Laura Bassett for Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_7771004.html
    The accommodation ensures that all employed women, unless they work for a place of worship, will still have their birth control covered at no cost to them, even if their employers refuse to cover it.

    Under the new rule, a closely held for-profit company that objects to covering contraception in its health plan can write a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services stating its objection. HHS will then notify a third-party insurer of the company’s objection, and the insurer will provide birth control coverage to the company’s female employees at no additional cost to the company.

    “Women across the country should have access to preventive services, including contraception,” HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell said in a statement. “At the same time, we recognize the deeply held views on these issues, and we are committed to securing women’s access to important preventive services at no additional cost under the Affordable Care Act, while respecting religious beliefs.”
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    so who is going to pay for it if the employers and employees don't?

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    Quote Originally Posted by boopster View Post
    so who is going to pay for it if the employers and employees don't?
    taxpayers.
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    Wheaton College ends coverage amid fight against birth control mandate
    Chicago Tribune - Manya Brachear Pashman - 4 hrs ago

    Taking a firm stand against Obamacare's controversial contraception mandate, Wheaton College on Friday will stop providing any health insurance for students.

    The decision, announced to students July 10, will halt health care coverage for about a quarter of the college's 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students, forcing them to shop for other plans just weeks before their coverage ends.

    Health care insurance for faculty and staff is not affected.

    One of the most hotly debated elements of the Affordable Care Act has been the requirement for insurance plans to include base coverage for birth control. Wheaton College was among dozens of Christian nonprofits, as well as businesses such as Hobby Lobby, that argued the mandate was an assault on religious freedom. The college appears to be one of the first to move its protracted legal battle from the courtroom to campus.

    During an information session for students last week that was streamed live online, Paul Chelsen, Wheaton's vice president of student development, said he regretted the last-minute decision and the hardship it brings.

    "What has brought us here is about student health insurance, but it's bigger than student health insurance," Chelsen said, according to a recording of the session obtained by the Tribune. "What really breaks my heart is that there are real people that are affected by our decision. But if we don't win this case, the implications down the road in terms of what the government will tell us what we can and cannot do will be potentially more significant.

    "I acknowledge that students have been hurt by this decision and I regret that," he added.

    Officials at the west suburban evangelical school said a compromise provision that would require them to notify the government of their religious objections would prompt the school's insurance carrier to provide the coverage directly to students. Pulling the trigger on that action, and providing the health care plan in the first place, would force Wheaton to violate its religious beliefs, officials said.

    "When you order somebody to provide something for the beneficiaries of my plan, you are using my plan," said Mark Rienzi, a lawyer for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a Washington-based law firm representing Wheaton. "For the government to do that is to effectively change the terms of the plan."

    Rienzi said it was not enough that the carrier would provide the emergency contraception and that it would be made clear that Wheaton did not condone the services.

    "That's moral analysis, and Wheaton College doesn't feel that way," he said. "It's very reasonable not to feel that way. The government insists it's not creating new insurance policies. It's riding on existing insurance policies."

    While the Roman Catholic Church objects to all forms of contraception, many Protestant institutions do not mind covering several forms of birth control, including pills and sterilization procedures.

    But methods such as intrauterine devices and FDA-approved morning-after pills that prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus would violate Wheaton's religious principles because some evangelical Christians equate those processes to abortion.

    Some religious groups and schools have accepted the government's compromise plan. Wheaton filed a federal lawsuit in 2012. Since then, it has postponed complying with the order, most recently with a temporary stay granted by the U.S. Supreme Court.

    Chelsen said the college was on the verge of canceling insurance last year before the high court's ruling July 3, 2014.

    The injunction came the day after justices ruled in Hobby Lobby's favor that a family-owned corporation could not be forced to offer contraception coverage for its employees.

    When the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Wheaton's request earlier this month for a preliminary injunction while its lawsuit is pending, it hastened the college's decision to drop the students' health care coverage.

    "When Wheaton College tells us that it is being 'forced' to allow 'use' of its health plans to cover emergency contraceptives, it is wrong," Judge Richard Posner wrote in the opinion. Posner wrote that he didn't see any reason why Wheaton couldn't abide by the compromise plan while the case moved through the court system. "This is hardly a burdensome requirement," Posner wrote.

    In the presentation to students, Chelsen explained that the college must be consistent and that the students' hardship serves a greater purpose.

    "We are attempting to protect the larger lawsuit the college has against the Department of Health and Human Services," Chelsen said. "The reason protecting that case is so important is because basically what has happened is the government is telling us we have to offer something that we find morally objectionable."

    Student health insurance is a relatively recent addition to Wheaton's enrollment package.

    Even though the federal government does not require higher education institutions to provide health insurance, Wheaton added a requirement in 2010 that students enroll or provide proof of comparable insurance every year. Before 2010, students enrolled only in accidental or illness coverage that could protect them in emergencies. Most college students are covered under their parents' health plans.

    The minimum annual cost for last year's package was $2,700; this year's plan would have been similar. But the college already had notified students that it would no longer cover spouses and dependents.

    Chelsen said some families believed the burden of proof was a headache.

    "Some of our families are actually saying, 'Thank you' because they did not like the current system we had in place," Chelsen said.

    But some students and alumni object to the college's decision.

    Rising senior Chris Prescher, 22, said he is unaffected by the change. He understands the moral objection, but disagrees with the college's action. "I fear the administration is putting petty politics above caring for students."

    The Rev. Katherine Kallis, 74, who graduated in 1962, also disagrees. "I just feel it is a very sad thing. Nobody is forcing anybody to go against their religious convictions. ... Wheaton is really overstepping its bounds."

    Meanwhile, the college is trying to ease the burden for those who took advantage of the student insurance, especially international students. Chelsen said the college will set aside money to help students who might struggle to pay for an increase in the cost of insurance. A page on the Wheaton College website walks students through the process of finding a private health insurance plan or one on the federal public health insurance exchange, HealthCare.gov. Though as of 1 p.m. Wednesday, the college's website had been down for hours.

    Chelsen said the insurance decision doesn't affect access to the campus health clinic.

    It also doesn't affect Chelsen or other faculty and staff. The Affordable Care Act requires that businesses with more than 50 employees provide insurance. A spokeswoman for the college said it's "committed to doing everything it can to provide high-quality health care in accordance with its religious convictions" to employees, but declined to provide further details.

    Chelsen said the college is investigating the possibility of a self-insured plan for students in the future.

    "I understand this is a tumultuous, unexpected decision, but we're hoping it's not long term," Chelsen told students last week. "I can't make any promises. I don't want to raise expectations for something we can't provide. But we're going to give it our best shot."

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/whe...d=ansTribune11
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