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ANCHORAGE - Dozens of protestors were at Town Square Saturday to speak out for what they call standing up for their religious freedoms. The group of ralliers were joined by doctors and several speakers from religious affiliations around Anchorage yesterday afternoon. Their message is to protest the Department of Health and Human Services mandate in President Obama's health care plan. The “HHS mandate” requires employers to cover contraception on their employee's insurance plans. The mostly Catholic crowd said they were against the plan because they say it forces companies and organizations with religious affiliations to go against their beliefs. The rally brought out people like Catherine Neumayr, the principal of Holy Rosary Academy. She says the HHS mandate is something President Obama and the federal government is trying to levee on institutions who might have moral differences with birth control, contraception, and sterilization. The rally was one of 140 such demonstrations taking place across the country. Last month the president offered a compromise following uproar among some Christians over the new health care bill's provision for contraceptives by shifting the cost to health insurance companies, if charities or other organizations with religious ties object to contraception. |
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Alaskan Girl said on Sunday, Mar 25 at 6:59 PM
I am confused as to what this has to do with christians or religious freedom. This is between the employer and the employees called insurance. If employers offer health insurance, then contraceptives should be part of the program; it's part of life'd decisions that are made on a daily basis that shouldn't be anyone else's business. I think the insurance is behind this charade because they are looking for ways to get out of spending any more money than they need to. Next we'll be hearing about protests about whether the insurance should be paying for cloning because it's against one's religious beliefs
85567734Christopher Jensen said on Monday, Mar 26 at 1:31 PM
I want to know if these organizations take Federal money. If they do, they either have to give up the money or quit complaining.
85636053ak_girl said on Tuesday, Mar 27 at 5:27 AM
this is a violation of our tenth amendment I agree, but i dont see where its a violation against Christians or religious freedom, can anyone explain how that is? The amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered. There is nothing in the history of its adoption to suggest that it was more than declaratory of the relationship between the national and state governments as it had been established by the Constitution before the amendment or that its purpose was other than to allay fears that the new national government might seek to exercise powers not granted, and that the states might not be able to exercise fully their reserved powers.....
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