Jul 18, 2012
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The president of Louisiana College said his school’s lawsuit against ObamaCare will go forward and vowed to defy the law even if the courts rule in favor of the Obama administration.
“If the government continues to say that we have to do this, we will not do it,” President Joe Aguillard told Fox News. “There’s going to be, in my opinion, a constitutional crisis. We’re not going to do it.”
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Louisiana College, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, filed suit against the federal government in February. They believe the administration’s mandate that religious employers provide abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization and contraception is unconstitutional.
Joe Aguillard
“People of faith shouldn’t be punished by the government for following their beliefs when making decisions for themselves or their organizations,” said Kevin Theriot, senior counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom.
Aguillard’s comments came one day after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by seven states along with several religious plaintiffs who argued ObamaCare violated the rights of employers who object to the use of contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs.
The ADF is representing Louisiana College in their lawsuit. They claim ObamaCare violates the Religious Restoration Act as well as the First and Fifth amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
“We believe the sixth commandment says thou shall not murder,” Aguillard said. “The government is imposing their religion of murder on us and I think it’s time for the people of our country to wake up and stand together.”
Aguillard said even if the courts rule against the college, there is no way they will comply with the law.
“I guess President Obama will have to come down to Louisiana College with whatever means they want to stop us,” he said. “We are going to have, as we say in French, a tete-a-tete.”
Aguillard said the battle with the federal government has united the 106-year-old college.
“They can’t imprison all of us,” he said. “They can’t fight all of us. We are greater than the Dept. of Justice.”
On Wednesday Wheaton College, an evangelical school based in Illinois, joined The Catholic University of American in filing suit against the Obama administration.
“In this case, we recognize we have common cause with the Catholic University of America and other Catholic institutions in defending religious liberty,” Wheaton College President Philip Graham Ryken said on a conference call. “We’re very clear on the sanctity of life, and this insurance mandate goes against our conscience,” Ryken said. He said the fact that Catholic groups are teaming up with an evangelical college in this lawsuit should signal that “something really significant in terms of religious liberty is at stake.”
In May, dozens of Catholic groups filed a dozen separate but related federal lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the requirement. Among the organizations were the University of Notre Dame, the Archdiocese of New York and The Catholic University of America.
Aguillard told Fox News they are basing their fight on “almighty God.”
“We’re going to see where the Constitution stands with regard to religious freedom,” he said.
With reporting from FoxNews.com
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The supreme court made their ruling on 'obamacare".
A common misconception is that "obamacare" is forcing people to go against their religion. No its not. Don't like birth control? Don't' take it. Don't like abortion? Don't have one. You have that freedom. But if you are an employer providing insurance, the rules apply to everyone. You cannot deny people medical care because you don't like the care. You cannot impose your religious beliefs on your employees. No amount of guidance from your imaginary friend will change that. These guys are in the wrong and are going against a law that has now been upheld by all 3 branches of government. Good luck with that.
These organizations should just get out of the middle of the doctor-patient relationship and quit trying to micro-manage everything. Health care decisions are best left between doctor and patient. If a school has to provide health care, then provide it and stay out of the specific medical decisions.
Edwards, these organizations have been thrown into the middle of the doctor-patient relationship because now the government is saying they have to pay for services/drugs the doctor offers the patient. How can a reasonable person conclude then that they don't have a say in the matter if they have to pay for it??? Worse yet, they are being asked to pay for something they believe is morally evil and violates their religious beliefs! Since when does a woman's desire for birth control trump religious freedom to avoid participation in what one believes is an evil act? Women do not have a right to birth control. Americans are not obligated to pay for birth control for others. If women want it, let them pay for it themselves.
Jean: Having to provide health care for employees does NOT mean that an organization gets a say in what type of procedures a patient gets from a medical provider. That's between doctor and patient. If employers don't want to provide health care, maybe they shouldn't have any employees.
i could never figure why employers had to pay for their employees health insurance anyway.
Whatever happened to personal responsibility? Or is it simply the biggest bullys aka medical providers just force the others to give them money for negligable services seeing as dr's are the leading cause of death by far.
Paula: Mostly because the US departed from other countries about 50 yrs ago and decided to make health care a private, for-profit business rather than a benefit to the national well being. Most other nations in the post WWII era chose it as a national good to have a healthy population. That has allowed employers in Europe, for example, to pay employees less of a salary and be more competitive. As such, their citizens typically carry much less debt. It's very uncommon to go bankrupt over medical expenses in any European nation. Not so in the US. Choices and consequences.
Edward, people like youi are the problem with America. Obama and the Democrats are taking our freedoms away one step at a time. Religious Freedom is in the Constitution. But peop[e like you will one day see how YOUR freedoms are gone and wonder what happened.
Stephen: Your comment translates roughly to: "Waaaa!"
Employee/employer health care coverage started in private business during WW II, because of the wage and price controls mandated by the Roosevelt Administration, employers who were looking for qualified employees had to offer them something because because they couldn't offer increased wages, they offered health insurance, which at the time mostly covered catastrophic illness. At least that's my understanding.
Paula, can we expect that you will decline to ever receive Medicare?
After all, I'm sure you wouldn't want to shirk your 'personal responsibility'….
Howard Aubrey The Federal Government completely skews the market with their regulations making healthcare unaffordable, Paula pays for Medicare for 50 years, and now you think she is a hypocrit for using the only avenue left to a citizen of normal means? You socialists are total ass hats.
Howard Aubrey The Federal Government completely skews the market with their regulations making healthcare unaffordable, Paula pays for Medicare for 50 years, and now you think she is a hypocrit for using the only avenue left to a citizen of normal means? You socialists are total ass hats.
Steven, the day Paula, yourself and anyone else starts taking out more from Medicare than they have paid in, they are basically on welfare… For most people that's within the first 3 – 4 years….
Like most hypocritical tea-baggers, your mantra is 'entitlements are evil, except for mine'….
You know it hurts me to see our country so divided. Both sides are making some really good points. Is it possible at all to see our common ground and common interests?
Howard Aubrey I doubt that I will ever tap one penny of it despite having paid into it for all of my life with interest accruing every day. You see I don't eat at McDonalds, or GMO food or anything that destroys my health. The biggest smoke screen here is the medical interests that are bankrupting people while at the same time killing more people than any other cause. Look up the public data on CDC in Atlanta to see I am telling the truth.
Paula: Common ground? Common interests? That kind of socialist talk might get you banned here.
The greatest common ground/interest we all share in America is basic health. That is a foundation from which all other things come. If you don't have your health then it's pretty difficult to do anything else. Many other nations realize this and have universal healthcare. It's not free, they pay for it with their taxes. Eventually, and despite certain business interests, we might get there.
Edwards Greg , No, if an employer doesn't want to provide contraceptive and abortion services to employees, it should have the right to purchase an insurance plan that does not include them. Communist nations tell private citizens what to do, democratic republics founded on freedom do not.
So, when we had the draft we were a communist nation? Getting innoculations? Attending school? Paying taxes? Cutting your grass?
Interesting…..
Jean: Clearly you do not understand the concept of democracy vs. communism. Both can mandate that citizens do something. The difference is that in a democracy citizens have more input into the decision made by the government. But that doesn't mean you always get your way. And medical decisions are best left between patient and doctor, not with an employer in the middle.
Yawn…..
awesome keep it up and don't back down for nothing.
If ever there was a time when GOD was needed in our Nation, it's now. We as christians have stood back and let this happen.. they have taken God out of everything this country was based on.
God is dead. Thank god.
MY GOD IS VERY MUCH ALIVE!!!! And I will pray for your soul Sir!
No. She's dead. Science killed her.
Jay Shepherd
One day you will be dead, Thank Gaia or was ever the hell you believe.
Have you been drinking?
Jay Shepherd
I don't drink. Quit sniffing your own biological product.
You should get your chemical imbalance checked out.
Jay Shepherd
Concentrate getting yourself some help. Sniffing and getting high off of your own biological product is no way to live.
While to non Christians, this may seem minor because it's not a challenge to them personally. But tyranny doesn't happen overnight. Your liberties are taken in little baby steps until one day it is gone. You may brush this aside, but you can be sure they will get you personally eventually.
Boy, ain't you right, Tim. Like the tyranny of taking away reproductive rights. LIke the tyranny of forbidding the marriage between two loving people. Yes indeed. "Baby steps"….
Good, Good. The more defiance against this damned Obamacare the better. Defiance against McKenyan is patriotic.
I'm guessing you are one of the 20% of hispanics who will vote for Romney. Welcome aboard brother.
I'm guessing you are one of the 20% of hispanics who will vote for Romney. Welcome aboard brother.
Steven Prestridge
Thank you. Yeah,those of us who think for ourselves are in the minority of minorities but as the cheese eatin surrender monkeys like to say, "se la vi".
Are you one of those idiots that believe Obama was born in Kenya?
Just yes or no will do. But I feel sure you'll feel the need to rant.
Jay Shephard
I don't give a damn in hell where McKenyan was born. His policies are un-American enough. As far as I'm concerned he was squeezed out of his mommas womb. End of discussion.
I'll take that as a YES.
Jay Shepherd
And Ill take it as a YES that your're one of those grand idiots that believes he's doing a great job. Run with that dillusion if it keeps your sanity intact.
Jay Shepherd
And Ill take it as a YES that your're one of those grand idiots that believes he's doing a great job. Run with that delusion if it keeps your sanity intact.
Thanks for confirming your lunacy.
Jay Shepherd
Thanks for reiterating yours and selling yourself as a lost cause.
I do not think that Rivera is American name, Mcmexico, at least you are closer to America.
Ada bin Eben – Hey McIdiot, Survey says XXX.
22 New hidden taxes and the ability of the IRS to shut down all your checking and assetts.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only way to win is to fight. The more people that fight will encourage even more to get into the fray.
Thank you LC for putting into action what you teach your students. If we stand united in faith, God will prevail and lives will be saved. May God be your light to victory.
Obamacare literally was approved by each branch. Only a moron would think its unconstitutional, it clearly is idiots!
Clearly is not! Damn you autocorrect!
Lisa Passuello:
If you mean to say it is clearly Constitutional, you are right.
Lisa Passuello
Only a moron would expect healthcare to be government run. Only a moron would blindly support a socialist act. Only a moron would consider constitutional what a great number of Americans would consider a travesty by this monster called government.
You are definitely a moron.
Jay Shepherd
Say that in front of the mirror 100 times until its ingrained in you jackhole. It takes sophistication in being the kind of moron who would vote for a moron expecting the nation to buy into these half-assed moronic policies.
Joel Rivera I think you are one of the monster, Obamacare is right for all American . Go Obama. God bless you
So as Christians, they are opposed to caring for the sick?
Todd Starnes is to christianity what the 9/11 hijackers were to islam….
Being pregnant is not a sickness. As Christians they are opposed to aborting a child. You are not the brightest bulb on the Christmas Tree of Humanity are you.
Being pregnant is not a sickness. As Christians they are opposed to aborting a child. You are not the brightest bulb on the Christmas Tree of Humanity are you.
Christians have killed more people in the name of their 'god' than the entire rest of the world combined…
Incidentally, being gay isn't a sickness either…. and an embryo or fetus is not a 'child'….
Steven Birth control prevents the pregnancy, and the prospect for a possible abortion down the line. People are sexually active, that is a fact that will not change, no matter what. Catholics and Christians can be all self-righteous about proper moral behavior, but Catholics and Christians have sex for fun too, including many unmarried ones. Would you rather they do it responsibly or be reckless, have an unwanted pregnancy, and go for that abortion instead? Men can get their birth control over the counter – women don't have that option. Either figure out a way to get female over the counter birth control, or cover it with health care.
Please source your quote about Christians killing more than everyone in the world combined. Don't bother using the inquisition because less than 10,000 were killed over a 200 year term. Are you not aware of all the killing the Mayans, Aztecs, Egyptians (pre-christian), Romans, Goths, Visigoths, Huns, Mongels, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai's, Japanese, Muslims, and lets not forget the Atheists (Hitler, Stalin, Mao, KMeer Rouge etc). Are you intentionally ignorant or are you lacking in knowledge?
It is you belief that it isn't a child. Many different cultures believe it is and many believe it is not. It is not your belief that matters because you aren't the one being forced to do something against something you believe in so your response is mute.
Steven Prestridge Talk about "ignorant". Hitler wasn't an atheist. HE started out as a Christian and in NUMEROUS instances and speeches cited both "God", "Christ", and "Providence". And atheists don't kill "for Atheism". Atheism is simply a NON-BELIEF in God. It doesn't have an agenda, nor does it "hate". It's simply "NO BELIEF". You don't kill for a "non"-belief! Hitler, Mao, and Stalin killed for Political reasons–and in Hitler's case, it was definitely RELIGIOUSLY UNDERWRITTEN as well! The Einsatzgruppen who dragged the Jews to the pits and the crematoria had "Gott Mit Uns" (God with us) stamped on their belt buckles.
And RIGHT NOW and in the past decade, there are "Christians" slaughtering each other and other religious peoples all over the world in countries like Africa, East Timor, India and Bosnia. But hey–what are "numbers", right?
The Rwanda genocide was mainly an ethnic conflict between the Hutu majority and the Tutsi minority. The religious split in the country (75% Christian, mostly Roman Catholic, and 25% indigenous) appears to not have been a significant factor. On the order of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were murdered, mostly by being hacked to death.
The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina was among three faith groups, (Muslim, Roman Catholic, and Serbian Orthodox). The Serbian Orthodox Christian attacks on Muslims was elevated to the level of genocide.
The horrendous civil war in Sudan has a significant religious component among Muslims, Christians and Animists. But inter-tribal warfare, racial and language conflicts are also involved.
More power to them. It is encouraging to see the church schools stand on their principles and give the government an ultimatum.
If these religious weirdos want to be involved in our government process they need to start paying taxes….
The US Gov does not have authority to tax them. The power to tax is the power to destroy. Our constitution is pretty firm about the freedom of religion.
More power to them. It is encouraging to see the church schools stand on their principles and give the government an ultimatum.
It's SAD to see Christians try to excuse their bigotry by blaming it on religion. What a convenient way to wipe a dirty conscience clean!
Jesus cure the sick for free. Americans cannot allow the poor to have health care insurance. In other countriesl Americans are heros but in thier own country they do not care for the helpless. What a shame. You called yourself a christain, plaese tell me what does it mean to be a chiratian?
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