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Religious Groups Line Up To Support Affordable Care Act

Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:01 PM EST

Article Source: Think Progress

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Earlier this month, the nation was barraged with media coverage of the Catholic Bishops’ opposition to regulations promulgated under the Affordable Care Act protecting working women’s access to contraception. The loudness of the bishops’ complaints, which were echoed by conservative luminaries ranging from Speaker John Boehner to GOP presidential frontrunners Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney, easily could have conveyed the misimpression that churches and other religious groups are at odds with the Affordable Care Act.

On Friday, however, a broad coalition of religious organizations filed an amicus brief supporting the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion that should give the lie to any claim that the faith community opposes the ACA. The brief includes a number of major religious denominations, including the policy arm of the United Methodist Church, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church. Additionally, the brief’s signatories include a wide range of Catholic groups...

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SuperSaiyan

Benedictine Sisters, Boerne, Texas; Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Texas; Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary, New York; Dominican Sisters of Hope; Justice and Peace Committee of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, Massachusetts; Marianist Province of the United States; Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth Leadership Team, New Jersey; Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul of New York; Sisters of the Holy Cross Congregation Justice Committee; Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Corpus Christi, Texas; Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Justice Team, Nebraska; Sisters of the Most Precious Blood, Missouri; Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, New York; Sisters of St. Dominic Congregation of the Most Holy Name; Society of the Holy Child Jesus, American Province Leadership Team; Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk, US Province; JOLT, Catholic Coalition for Responsible Investing; Region VI Coalition for Responsible Investment, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee; School Sisters of Notre Dame Cooperative Investment Fund

None of this religious support for the ACA should be surprising. After all, all that these religious groups are doing is following Psalm 82′s command to “Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; [and] deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Pope Benedict XVI has called health care an “inalienable right,” and added that it is the “moral responsibility of nations to guarantee access to health care for all of their citizens.”

Well, I wonder how the far right is going to address this one...

7 votes

#1 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:02 PM EST

easyjjgrand3

Let's hope they prayed before making this decision.....BTW I thought it the right one.

5 votes

#1.1 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:18 AM EST

Enoch-2699399

Imagine religious people basing their actions on Scripture like Psalms 82.

Now imagine them not doing so.

Interesting, is it not?

Peace, Blessings and Single Payer Public Option Universal Health Care. Enoch.

8 votes

#2 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:05 PM EST

Dowser

Oh gosh, Enoch, I need new glasses....

I read your last line as: "Single Prayer Public Option Universal Health Care"

And yes, it is very interesting!

5 votes

#2.1 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:21 PM EST

Enoch-2699399

LOL. That's good too. Hugs. Enoch.

5 votes

#2.2 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:30 PM EST

Dowser

((((((((Enoch)))))))

My trifocals are shifting, here and there...

5 votes

#2.3 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:31 PM EST

Enoch-2699399

I am pretty shifty myself. E.

5 votes

#2.4 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:44 PM EST

McSpocky

This is great news... I'm very glad to see this!

I wonder what the republicans will have to say about this???

4 votes

#2.5 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:10 PM EST

Roy Batty

With Santorum on stage front spouting his Word of God, I would image many churches and religious organizations might be wary of being associated with him. They, too are being dragged into a polarizing discussion and would suffer any populist backlash.

It would be easy to consider Santorum is to Christians as the Tea Party is to Republicans ... trouble.

2 votes

#2.6 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:47 PM EST

Pat from Montana

I applaud very loudly the Sisters and all the organisations for doing this. I am sure it was in no means an easy decision for them to do. And also they themselves are women with health issues, I don't imagine that they go without treatment of some sort.

8 votes

#3 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:15 PM EST

Dowser

Same here! :-)

When you think about it, the Sisters are in the trenches, doing the work, and dealing with women's issues. The bishops are up in some ivory tower, not dealing with the nitty gritty.

7 votes

#3.1 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:23 PM EST

Pat from Montana

And for them to go against the Bishops and stand on their own is HUGE.

7 votes

#3.2 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:25 PM EST

Dowser

Yes, it is-- and BRAVO to them. I think they are getting tired of the church's heirarchy.

6 votes

#3.3 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:27 PM EST

pinkcap

When you think about it, the Sisters are in the trenches, doing the work, and dealing with women's issues. The bishops are up in some ivory tower, not dealing with the nitty gritty.

Dowser - that's exactly what it is. The compromise isn't perfect in the eyes of the church, but the groups that have come out in favor of it are looking at the greater good the healthcare bill can do.

5 votes

#3.4 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:38 PM EST

YELLOW DOG D.

SuperSaiyan, thank you for bringing this information to the light. I feel better about a lot of religious organizations now.

5 votes

#4 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:38 PM EST

Ozark Mountain Sage

The Sheep and the Goats

^{Jesus speaks}

^{Matthew 25:31} “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

³⁵ For I was hungry
and you gave Me something to eat;
I was thirsty
and you gave Me something to drink;
I was a stranger and you took Me in;
³⁶ I was naked and you clothed Me;
I was sick and you took care of Me;
I was in prison and you visited Me.’

³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ³⁸ When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or without clothes and clothe You? ³⁹ When did we see You sick, or in prison, and visit You?’ ⁴⁰ “And the King will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’ ⁴¹ Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!

⁴² For I was hungry
and you gave Me nothing to eat;
I was thirsty
and you gave Me nothing to drink;
⁴³ I was a stranger
and you didn’t take Me in;
I was naked
and you didn’t clothe Me,
sick and in prison
and you didn’t take care of Me.’

⁴⁴ “Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or sick, or in prison, and not help You?’ ⁴⁵ “Then He will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me either.’ ⁴⁶ “And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Hey SuperSaiyan, thank you for bringing it to my attention that many Religious Groups support the ACA. It is also nice to know that there are some Religious Groups that will inherit the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world.

5 votes

#5 - Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:02 PM EST

Katheryn Brandy

Bravo for the Sisters and all of these rationally minded organizations.

People forget that religious institutions are not monolithic organisms that can only harbor one opinion.

5 votes

#6 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:33 PM EST

McSpocky

None of this religious support for the ACA should be surprising. After all, all that these religious groups are doing is following Psalm 82′s command to “Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; [and] deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Pope Benedict XVI has called health care an “inalienable right,” and added that it is the “moral responsibility of nations to guarantee access to health care for all of their citizens.”

I wonder republicans will spin it to try and say that the Affordable Care Act really goes against the Bible. You know FAUX news, and the republican Presidential candidates will try to find a way!

3 votes

#7 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:13 PM EST

pinkcap

McSpocky - Everything Democrats advocate goes against the Republican Bible. They probably have teams working on this right now.

1 vote

#7.1 - Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:41 PM EST

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