Bishop Zubik: Obama Administration Is Telling American Catholics "To Hell With You"

Roman Catholic Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh says the Obama administration is telling American Catholics: “To Hell with you.” I wonder how Pennsylvania's professional Catholic Senator Bob Casey feels about this? Yes the Senator did vote for Obamacare which is cause of the bishop's ire. Should a cleric in a battleground state talk like that? Mark my word. Write it down. Soon someone will say the bishop's speech violates the principle of "separation of church and state" even thought that principle evolved to protect the bishop and his fold not Barack Obama and the Bob Casey. Last month we learned the Democrats were going to jettison the working class now the President has the temerity to pick a fight with the Catholic Church. It's going to be a cold November!

“This is government by fiat that attacks the rights of everyone--not only Catholics; not only people of all religion,” said the bishop. “At no other time in memory or history has there been such a governmental intrusion on freedom not only with regard to religion, but even across-the-board with all citizens.”

“Last September I asked you to protest those guidelines to Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services, and contact your political leadership in the federal government,” said Bishop Zubik. “I asked that you request that this flawed mandate be withdrawn because of its unprecedented interference in the religious liberty and freedom of conscience of the Catholic community, and our basic democratic process.

“You did,” said the bishop. “And you were joined by Catholics throughout the country (and many others as well) who raised their voices against the mandate, raised their voices against a meaningless religious exemption.

“On January 20, 2012, the Obama administration answered you and me,” said Bishop Zubik. “The response was very simple: ‘To Hell with You.’”

My guess is there are a lot of Democratic politicians hoping the Supreme Court throws out Obamacare in it entirety.Glenn Beck and Bill Donohue of the Catholic League discuss what is shaping up to be bloody fight between Obama and the Catholic Church.

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