The American Catholic will again be participation in the Fortnight For Freedom-June 21-July 4 with special blog posts on the subject of freedom.
Here is the announcement of the Fortnight from the USCCB:
The heritage of all Americans is religious freedom. That heritage is under siege by the current administration that has trampled on American religious liberty in pursuit of transforming the country into something that the Founding Fathers would have rebelled against. A rededication to the principles of liberty so resoundingly stated in the Declaration of Independence 238 years ago is badly needed and that is why we are participating again this year in this Fortnight.
Excerpt from the letter to the Danbury Baptist Church
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“Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.
I reciprocate your kind prayers for the protection & blessing of the common father and creator of man, and tender you for yourselves & your religious association, assurances of my high respect & esteem.”
Th Jefferson
Jan. 1. 1802.
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The HHS Mandate never passed by Congress or voted by the people. The HHS Mandate was added after Obamacare was passed. Obamacare itself is an opinion, a personal opinion, which was made public through the abuse of the office of president. This is why Chief Justice John Roberts laughed at us, called Obamacare a tax, while the same day in response the White House called it a penalty. Obamacare criminalized the observance of conscience and imposed a penalty for the acknowledgement of “our Creator”.
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