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Mixed messages over contraception mandate?

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    Father Jonathan Morris weighs in

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Is the time now the White House offering a compromise on its federal mandate regarding contraception.

We had to ensure that women have access to preventive services like contraception.

And that the policy also respects religious beliefs.

The those guidelines those criteria have been followed by.

The department in promulgating this rule this proposed rule.

Dabble in the applied to private sector firms with religious objections.

It's -- what does that change really mean for faith based institutions let's ask.

Fox News religion contributor Father Jonathan Morris who's -- to weigh in on this course controversial in this news came out on Friday afternoon maybe when they were hoping not a lot of people are paying attention to -- Super Bowl weekend a Friday afternoon.

What do you make of this fun.

Well first -- they have made it so confusing there's over seven.

No explanation of something that's been very simple for example from Amish and I don't believe in going to war.

With the government needs seventy pages to explain to the country what.

Amish groups do have -- some shouldn't don't have the exception exemption.

They have made -- unbelievably.

Complicated full of accounting gimmicks as well and in the bishops of the United States the Catholic missions for example.

Looking at it said we're gonna wait and try to figure out what this all means we don't understand it they are going to extreme.

Extreme levels to make sure that they are satisfying.

The Planned Parenthood lobby and others who wouldn't and it services.

This is what they're gonna get.

We want to go ahead and mention some of -- the details shirt and cut through a bit of the cluttered for that nonprofit religious employers will be able to opt out of the obamacare mandate -- insurers will be required to provide average which includes.

Both standard birth control and items.

Like the morning after pill so those that organizations are still going to be.

On the line -- have to be part of the problem.

Right so we know for sure that those for profit.

Companies who have many employees.

Who don't feel -- that and backwards -- conscience they can be paying for these things they are not exempt.

At all.

-- so we say okay churches are exempt and some -- -- -- know how many now summits and sickening trees number of nonprofit.

Organizations religious organizations are exempt certainly no private sector.

Organizations are exempt but you know -- here's the point.

The United States of America has always held sacrosanct.

And -- your conscience if you say I don't feel comfortable doing this.

-- -- it an extremely compelling reason for the state.

Because for example someone's gonna.

You know someone is dying and they says the state says -- you actually have to give them some health services they're dying but to come in and say.

This is such a compelling motivation for our our country to make sure that there is no co pay.

-- court -- -- the day after -- got I don't hobby lobby means so against this morally ethically just does not want to do this.

What's gonna happen -- he has to pay 100 dollars a day for every single employee that's correct 100 dollar a -- funny.

Why is that why is the government -- a million dollars of -- Why is the government so interested in making sure that only a few people only some people only -- -- It's out.

Sufficiently religious.

You get an exemption right and why we should it be after the government to let you know who is sufficiently really good news in my opinion is in my opinion.

It's good news but it's fact that eleven.

Out of fifteen cases that -- brought before federal in the pure appeal courts.

Against obamacare.

Have been approved for about 1511 out of dancing father John grace and -- CD on -- Sunday enjoy simple simple and one more thing.

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Thank you father --

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