Religious right launches fresh assault on US abortion rights

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/30/abortion-healthcare-senate-us-obama


Catholics and evangelicals join forces to put abortion at centre of Senate debate on healthcare reform


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Pro-choice groups have described the attack on proposed health reforms mounted by the religious right – which last month pressured the House of Representatives to effectively block women from using medical insurance to pay for abortions – as one of the most serious threats to abortion rights in recent years.

The campaign has thrust the divisive issue back to the forefront of US politics, pitting the White House and its allies against religious leaders, who have accused Barack Obama's administration of being part of a "culture of death".

Ten days ago more than 150 bishops and other religious leaders issued a declaration denouncing Obama's position on abortion and threatening civil disobedience against new laws affecting that and other social issues, such as gay marriage.

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Sarah Palin joined other prominent rightwingers in rejecting the Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava, because she was pro-choice and supported same-sex marriage. They threw their weight behind a hard right independent candidate who eventually lost to a Democrat after Scozzafava withdrew from the race.

Last month more than 150 Christian leaders and activists,led by conservative evangelicals and Catholics, issued a long declaration denouncing abortion, along with gay marriage and liberal social policies, and threatening to break laws that compromised their beliefs.

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"Through the centuries Christianity has taught that civil disobedience is not only permitted, but sometimes required," the declaration says. "We will fully and ungrudgingly render to Caesar what is Caesar's. But under no circumstances will we render to Caesar what is God's."
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the religiously insane are dangerous. and now they are announcing that they will break laws.

Justice Dept. keep your eyes and ears open and protect us from the insane!

[left coaster]

1. Time for these meddling churches to lose their tax-exempt status..

Kicking them in the collective coin purse, as it were, is the only way to stop these evil idiots from continuing their assault on the rights of women, gays,(insert target group here)!

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[dusmcj]

2. not in my neighborhood. and not in my country. we'll see what happens /nt

[BeFree]

4. Good time for it

The left has never been more divided. They just may be able to widen that crack and win their war.

Thanks, Obama.