{"id":6250,"date":"2014-03-28T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6250"},"modified":"2014-03-27T12:57:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T17:57:15","slug":"does-the-pope-shop-at-hobby-lobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6250","title":{"rendered":"Does the Pope Shop at Hobby Lobby"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, but he does seem to be watching their Supreme Court case.<\/p>\n

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Pope Francis and Vatican officials on Thursday told U.S. President Barack Obama they were concerned about "religious freedom" in the United States, an apparent reference to the contraception mandate in Obama’s health care plan.<\/p>\n

The talks included "discussion on questions of particular relevance for the Church" in the United States, including "the exercise of the rights to religious freedom, life and conscientious objection," a Vatican statement said.<\/p>\n

Obama’s 2010 healthcare law, widely opposed by Republicans, includes a provision that requires employers to cover the cost of contraception in their health insurance plans.<\/p>\n

Catholic and other religious groups say the mandate forces them to support contraception and sterilization in violation of their religious beliefs or face steep fines.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Just wondering if all those Democrats who have been falling all over themselves over the Pope when he seems to be saying something they like (whether or not he’s actually<\/em> saying what they think he’s saying) will take note of this rather obvious political stance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, but he does seem to be watching their Supreme Court case. Pope Francis and Vatican officials on Thursday told U.S. President Barack Obama they were concerned about "religious freedom" in the United States, an apparent reference to the contraception mandate in Obama’s health care plan. The talks included "discussion on questions of particular relevance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,30,27,9,26,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catholicism","category-christianity","category-democrats","category-doug","category-politics","category-religion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t