Resolved Question: DONOHUE: CONTRACEPTION MANDATE WILL BE FOUGHT WITH ‘LAWSUITS’ & ‘MAYBE EVEN IN THE STREETS’?

7 February 2012, 2:43 pm

The battle over the Obama administration’s contraception mandate continues to heat up. On Monday, Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, made some bold proclamations regarding just how hard the Catholic Church plans to fight the government’s requirement that religious-affiliated schools and organizations cover contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs. (Related: Glenn Beck: “We Are Battling for the Very Soul of Each of Us and Our Nation”) “Never before, unprecedented in American history, for the federal government to line up against the Roman Catholic Church,” said Donohue. “This is going to be fought out with lawsuits, with court decisions, and, dare I say it, maybe even in the streets.” Here, Donohue is calling for Catholics and supporters of religious freedom to join in peaceful protest against the mandate. Similar action (peaceful marches and events) has been taken in New York City, where religious groups have converged to fight a local ban on the use of public schools for worship. Below, listen to Donohue discuss these issues on Glenn Beck’s radio show this morn... Read More »