Oh get real, this is utter nonsense. 1st off it targets ALL health plans offered buy all company’s NOT just those of religious companys/corporations/backgrounds/ownership.

If we look at it another way, because if worked for a Catholic faith owned business this means “their” beliefs mandate what my insurance covers or not, How is that any different.
What this bill is about is offering EVERYONE regardless of their faith the same options.

The louder someone screams this is an attack on Catholics, I see their protesting of this as a forcing their beliefs on me and the nation and I invoke the constitution and MY freedom of religion to NOT allow them to control what health insurance covers or not.
All men/women are created equal and are due the same rights, as is their insurance coverage should be equal across the nation. An individual should decide if they exercise the option in their insurance or not an employer or religious faith.

MainSt.....it has to do with force. If you do not like the coverage at your place of employment....leave....you are free to do so as a free American. Like wise if you do not want to, or feel comfortable working for, a Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, or Martian company....don't it is your choice. On the other hand.....a law which violates the Constitution allows no choice or recource for those who do not wish to endorse/fund/provide funding for abotions. To be clear Catholics are not trying to force anything on others....only trying to follow their beliefs.....would you be so offended if the outcry came from a Muslim church....I kinda doubt it. And in regards to the Constitution.....with a capital C.....insurance is not a right. I find it funny how you are OK with the government forcing something upon someone, while talking of freedom of religion, but not a church when it's members are members by choice.

Now you understand...yes, they can quit.....afterall you said it best, "The people should have a choice."

Your logic follows the same path as those who declare a Republican War on Women. Sorry, but this a a lie spun by liberals inorder to garnish votes. No one is trying to stop a woman's access to bithcontrol or woman's services....it is simply Un-Constitutional to have others pay for it. If you want to go to town and go to town....by all means....just not on my dime.

my way or the highway eh, so August 1st, McDonalds, Walmart corp, and 98% of the Fortune 500 convert to Christian Science. that'll save billions now wont it.
All those heathens can go find new jobs

Not at all....they can stay and stay on the insurance, they can stay and get their own insurance, or they can leave. This is an example of choice which is not present in obama's health care law. BTW....your logic games....while amusing....are not founded in reality....in much the same way as liberal policies are not.

BTW....."my way or they highway".....isn't that what obama and pelosi said when passing the law. Choose a side, love and follow the Constitution or move to Cuba, be for freedom or against it, either way I don't care....just choose a point of view and stick with it.

SCOTUS is probably going to render much, if not all, of this conversation moot in a few months.

I'm sure Romney's camp is already preparing to blast Obama on no wins in domestic policy during his term. You can argue the bailout of the auto industry was a win. But the economy as a whole? same, at best.

If SCOTUS strikes down health care, Obama's major win becomes OBL. And he's already played that card in commercials.

Pray for moot.

This is ridiculous. Contraceptives are widely accepted and used by Catholics. The healthcare mandate was already amended so that religious employers who chose to do not have to foot the costs.

Where's the exception to the MANDATE for those of us citizens who do not want to participate in socialism, pay for some elses abotion, pay for another's obesity, another's bith control, another's.......

@PREDATOR
Just because the insurance will cover something doesnt mean you have to use it, its there as an option for those that wish to.. The my way or the highway attitude of if they dont like the offerings they can quit is borderline redneck mentality. equal insurance coverage across the board is a must.

MainSt.....so the highway is bad if it's in reference to your opinion, but it's good if in reference to forcing a group to kill unborn children. It's also good if obama and pelosi are directing the show. OK....now I understand where you are comming from. And please....continue your cowardly attempts at name calling....I would prefer you came right out and said what you implied.....however I know you are not man/woman enough.....only tough enough to slur people based on their beliefs and slaughter unborn children. Bravo.....

Hannah....you are also correct....I have used condoms....however, and here is the point you are missing, I did not ask my neighbor to pay for them. You are also correct in abortions are not being forced.....however, once again citizens are being forced to pay for them for other people. These are of course the same people who asked their neighbors to pay for condoms and were rejected. You can debate what a fetus is all day long as far as I am concerned, it is not germane to this issue of government intrusion and big government. I do suppose that these abortions will keep roving gangs of teenagers from wandering off the ball field though. "once the fields open it will be filled with teenagers who could potentially cross into the neighborhood and vandalize and do who knows what"- Hannah Abbott

Those comments are completely unrelated and you have now mentioned them in both conversations. I do not support abortion; I support the ability for women to make choices. Our opinions clearly differ on both topics but that shouldn't give rise to you making flagrantly false and immature remarks and I would appreciate it if you stopped, "PREDATOR"

They are your comments....perhaps you should stop if you don't like it. Gotta love liberals.....smart and tough....right up until they aren't. Please read the progression of comments as you'll find for yourself who is immature....

PREDATOR, I am really impressed by your use of ellipses - they really add to your statements. None of my comments mention supporting abortions, yet yours draw upon the false idea that I believe abortions to be an effective tool in eliminating "roving gangs of teenagers." I'm not the one making up lies and pulling other discussions into this one.

Really...in response to the thread overall "this is ridiculous".....and then...." No one is forcing anyone to have abortions, and your definition of "unborn children" is highly debated." Yes....I can see clearly who the liar is.

First and foremost, the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States is NOT intended to be freedom of religion. Rather it is to establish and codify our freedom FROM religion. The United States of America is not, and was never intended to be, a Christian nation. Believe what you like, you do not have the right to impose your superstitions on the rest of us.

Bob....thank you for agreeing with and helping me make my point. The Constitution is there to prevent things being imposed on citizens be it religion, anti- religion, or intusive government regulation. This includes social justice, healthcare, gia green garbage, athiesm, Christianity, Islam, etc. Therefore the government has no place taxing for, dispersing funds for, or requiring insurance coverage for abortions.

Not to mention someone else's birth control.