43 Catholic Institutions File Suit
by Helen Alvare, JD
Today, Catholic institutions across the country have filed suits in a large and coordinated legal challenge to the HHS contraception mandate. A total of twelve suits were filed for a total of 43 platiffs. Among the plantiffs are the University of Notre Dame, who honored President Obama with an honorary degree in 2009, and the Archdiocese of New York.
“This filing is about the freedom of a religious organization to live its mission, and its significance goes well beyond any debate about contraceptives,” Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Notre Dame’s president, wrote in a message to members of the campus community. “For if we concede that the government can decide which religious organizations are sufficiently religious to be awarded the freedom to follow the principles that define their mission, then we have begun to walk down a path that ultimately leads to the undermining of those institutions.
This is a real show of energy and strength on the part of the Catholic Church in America, and we should be grateful and supportive. Would you please write these insitutions, especially Notre Dame, and thank them for fighting for our religious freedom???
Archbishop Dolan, Archdiocese of New York:
President John Garvey, Catholic University of America:
I will keep you updated on the developments in these cases, both through email and on Facebook.
My best to you,
Helen Alvare, JD
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