Monday, March 5, 2012

Ave Maria files suit against Obama Administration

Below are exceprts from an excellent letter written by Ave Maria University president, Jim Towey, regarding the lawsuit the university has filed in response to the Obama Administrations attack on religious freedom.


"It is a sad day when an American citizen or organization has no choice but to sue its own government in order to exercise religious liberty rights guaranteed by our nation’s Constitution."

"Let me be clear: a woman’s right to contraception is not an issue in this case, nor is it at Ave Maria. Employees at Ave Maria and elsewhere are free to decide on their own whether to use birth control. Never before has the federal government bullied groups like ours into doctrinal conformance on an issue with such religious and moral gravity."

"Allowing a U.S. president of any political party or religious affiliation to force conformance to his or her religious or secular orthodoxy through executive action, is a perilous precedent..."
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