As we have reported here in the pages of the Register, on Feb. 9, EWTN filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary Kathleen Sebelius over their unjust and immoral contraceptive mandate.
In the days since we made the announcement of our lawsuit, I have been overwhelmed by messages of encouragement and support for EWTN’s decision.
EWTN really had no choice but to take action to defend our mission from this government intrusion. We did so, not for the network alone, but also for the many other religious institutions impacted by this, as well as to give a voice to the countless individual business owners and other people of faith affected by this government mandate.
We also took this action to stop the government from forcing EWTN to use our donors’ funds to provide services that are contrary to Church teaching and our donors’ values.
Despite the announcement by the president that his administration was making “accommodations” for religious groups opposed to the mandate, nothing changed.
That very afternoon, the government published the exact rules that were originally proposed on Jan. 20. We remain in exactly the same situation after the president’s announcement as we did before it. So, nothing has changed for EWTN; we will continue our legal fight against this unacceptable mandate.
For 30 years, our EWTN family has supported Mother Angelica and the mission of EWTN through prayers, sacrifices and generous financial support. Without that support, EWTN would not exist.
Please continue to keep EWTN and this matter in your prayers. We need to remain united in our fight against this injustice. Please also continue to keep up your financial support of our mission.
Now, perhaps more than ever, the mission of EWTN and the Register is crucial to making the Church’s voice heard.
May God bless you, and may St. Michael the Archangel defend us in this battle.
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I am horrified that the “Christian” Church is supposedly opposed to this bill considering the thousands of people tortured and slaughtered in the name of God. This bill is only requiring that the offer contraceptive cervices to their employees not making it mandatory that their employees use them. Gee, I wonder why I’ve always had such a problem with organized religions. Idiots!
Forked tongue words.
We must learn that words have lost their meanings, and are being used to make us comfortable, except a closer scrutiny of the actual process reveals that we are being deceived.
In the name of equality, we have many “half-truths” such as in the area of dealing with child abuse. The model was, (Ontario 1989) “men who abuse, women and children victims” Notice the polarization of the family unit and no mention of children who abuse other children, an in some cases themselves.
In the area of ‘spousal abuse’ we have seen models such as ‘stop violence against women’ that while being a truth, is not the reality, not the whole Truth of the matter.
The devil lies in the details, especialy the missing details, that renders truths as in the forms of half-truths a lie.
(based on the book, THE JESUS CHRIST CODE )
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