Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Catholic Charity May Have to Leave U.S. Because of Obamacare

 
Obamacare has become a threat to charitable organizations.  The Little Sisters of the Poor may have to close their operations in the United States because the federal health care law violates the tenets of their religious beliefs.  The Daily Caller reported the following:
“[I]t could be a serious threat to our mission in the U.S.,” Constance told TheDC, “because we would never be able to afford to pay the fines involved. We have difficulty making ends meet just on a regular basis; we have no extra funding that would cover these fines.”
The crux of the matter is a religious exemption that the federal government is expected to make available to Catholic churches, but not to other Catholic institutions.
That’s because unlike Catholic parishes and dioceses, the church’s many affiliated schools, charities, religious orders and hospitals don’t discriminate in their hiring or service, often employing staff — and serving people in need — who come from other Christian denominations or from other faiths entirely.
“We are not exempt from the [Obamacare] mandate because we neither serve nor employ a predominantly Catholic population,” Constance added. ”We hire employees and serve/house the elderly regardless of race and religion, so that makes us ineligible for the exemption being granted churches.”
Those employees, she said, number in the thousands.
The United States will rank amongst other countries like China who’ve kicked the Sisters out.  But the wards of this beneficent organization can take succor knowing that the Democrats have promised a utopia on earth.  They will provide for all your needs.  According to the statist, we have no need for Jesus or private charities.  We have a new Messiah.  His name is Barack Hussein Obama.
 
 
 
 


Source: http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/19/obamacare-could-drive-little-sisters-of-the-poor-out-of-the-us/#ixzz2FYrLvSth



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