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Oh good grief, the INSURANCE company is the conduit, not the hospital.

You're just playing semantics anyway..
and you arent?



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Bottom line these hospitals are not primarily religious institutions and so they are not afforded the same protections as a church. For example, they can't discriminate and hire only Catholic doctors/nurses..
not being able to hire only Catholics does not violate Catholic teachings, dogma.

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But certainly Catholic Churches hire only Catholics,.
I doubt it, but even if so, they wouldnt do it because of Biblical law.

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and it's legal because there is an exception in the law. .
Which just proves that it shouldnt pertain to anyone

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Also, one can get a prescription for birth control at these hospitals,.
proof?

or just buy condoms at the gift shop..[/QUOTE]
you are claiming catholic hospitals sell condoms? I would be surprised if they did.

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Hell, they even do emergency abortions to save the mother's life if need be..
Which is an entirely different animal than elective abortions

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This entire argument is bogus. The fact that Obamacare may be (and should be) ruled unconstitutional has NO bearing on whether these hospitals should receive an exemption if the law stands . NONE.
THE church hospitals should not be forced to pay for contraception, its contrary to their teachings. If you cant provide an exception for them, then that just proves that nobody should be required to