Proposed federal rules compulsory funding of contraceptives violates 1st Amendment Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Obamacares latest mandate tramples the 1st Amendments Freedom of Religion and compels people of faith to act contrary to their convictions" said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott after Texas and several states challenged the constitutionality of the federal governments rule that compels religious organizations to provide health coverage that conflicts with their moral and religious beliefs:
The Presidents so called accommodation was nothing but a shell game: the mandate still requires religious organizations to subsidize and authorize conduct that conflicts with their religious principles. The very first amendment to our Constitution was intended to protect against this sort of government intrusion into our religious convictions."
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States legal challenge to Obamacare mandate
States legal challenges to the federal rule:
- The rule conflicts with the First Amendments basic elements of the freedoms of religion speech and association.
- The rule violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act by requiring the federal government to troll through an organizations religious beliefs to
determine whether the organization is religious enough to be exempt from the rules mandates.
- The rules practical effect will force religious employers and organizations to drop health insurance coverage which will effect increased enrollment in state Medicaid programs and state-subsidized hospitals and medical centers.
The state coalition includes:
- Florida
- Michigan
- Nebraska
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina and
- Texas.
- The co-plaintiffs are Pius X Catholic High School
- The Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America
- Catholic Social Services
- Stacy Molai
- and Sister Mary Catherine CK.
