Freedom of Religion

موضوع: Freedom of Religion السبت يونيو 15, 2013 11:19 am

Abortion and same-sex marriage will get ample airtime during the campaign. But add to the agenda the notion that religious freedom is under attack.

Conservative Catholics and evangelicals are driving the topic, which Rick Santorum and Rick Perry pressed during the primaries with their suggestion that the Obama administration has declared war on religion. Most Republicans agree. Sixty percent of Republicans think religious freedoms are in jeopardy, according to a March poll by the Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Service. The poll found 69 percent of Democrats don't consider religious liberties under attack.

Both sides have a point -- and each is missing something important.

Let's start with the Obama administration requirement that employers provide birth control through health plans. The mandate illustrates where some liberals fail to recognize an issue of religious liberty.

Yes, the administration exempted houses of worship. But Catholic leaders claimed the move violated their teachings about contraception. They were right, especially in how far government can go in forcing a faith to compromise its identity.

The administration scrambled to compromise, proposing that insurers be required to fund the contraceptive coverage of workers in religiously affiliated organizations.

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