ADF comment on revisions to HHS mandate: What’s next forcing Jewish schools to serve pork?

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Doug Napier regarding the Obama administration’s decision to make supposed changes to a rule that would require religious organizations, in violation of their conscience, to pay for contraception, sterilization, and abortifacient drugs:

“The Obama administration’s rule change doesn’t change anything. Employees will still pay for this coverage. Through this sleight of hand, the administration is forcing indirectly what it can’t do directly. It is still forcing people of faith to subsidize practices and treatments that violate their values, their morals, and their religious beliefs. What’s next? Will the administration force Jewish schools to serve pork because it’s ‘good’ for Jewish students? When you take religious liberty from a few, you take religious liberty from all.”

“Innocent lives are a blessing, not a burden. The Obama administration is hiding behind the argument that it is better to eliminate babies before we incur economic ‘cost,’ but it is just another extension of ObamaCare–only now, it’s a ‘death panel at birth.’ Contrary to the administration’s spin, the issue is not about ‘accommodating’ religion; this is about acknowledging a fundamental religious liberty not given by the government, but endowed by our Creator. The administration is trying to take away what it can’t give.”

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