FREEDOM OF RELIGION
The Catholic Church isn‘t backing down in the ongoing stalemate it
has reached with the Obama administration over the government’s birth
control mandate. Last week, The Blaze told you about the “Fortnight for Freedom,”
a two-week campaign that is part of the Church’s massive plan to uphold
religious freedom. The initiative will continue through July 4, with
events being led by faith leaders across America.
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CatholicVote.org, a non-profit group that works to organize Catholic voters, recently produced a video
that encourages believers to stand up against the government’s
new-found regulation, while warning of the consequences that inaction
could breed. In it, Catholics and non-Catholics, alike, are encouraged
to “stop the mandate.”
“President Obama has managed to
do something the Church has struggled to do on its own. His attack on
religious freedom has awakened the consciences of millions of Catholics
and united them in demanding the freedom to spread the Gospel in every
corner of our land,” CatholicVote.org President Brian Burch said in a press release announcing the video.
“We refuse to beg for our Constitutional rights. We’ve gone to
federal court, and now with this video we’re hoping to build greater
momentum with the American people with a simple message: religious
freedom for all,” Burch continued.
In the clip, Cardinal Timothy Dolan is quoted and Catholics are
encouraged to register to vote, study the Bible and pray. “Mr.
President, you’ve awakened a sleeping giant,” part of the video
proclaims.
Watch it, below:
1) "Freedom of Religion" is different than Freedom FROM Religion. There is nothing that say that the governemnt needs to be agnostic. It says that it can not enforce a state religion.
2) "Freedom of Religion" is different than Freedom from GOD. References to God, our Creator, In God We Trust, One nation under God are not specific to a religion. In fact, Christianity is not a religion.
I'm more concerned with the separation of Church and God than I am with the separation of Church and state.