Dems For Life on HHS Mandate

Dems For Life on HHS Mandate by MSW.  MGB: The fact that the government must come up with tests that deal with how government services are distributed is not at all unusual.  While there is certainly case law on religious institution categorization that already exists, the entire establishment question is still in flux.  This period may indeed cause a rethinking of that part of the HHS proposal - however, the law must be drawn somewhere.  It is still intellectually dishonest, however, to not admit that the current mandate to provide coverage, which has existed since 2000, is more restrictive than what HHS proposes.  Everyone is trying to pretend that Obama is persecuting him for trying to do the Church a favor.  I don't suspect Obama will make that mistake again.  The irony is still that the labor market mostly demands that this coverage be offered anyway - indeed many Catholic organizations did so on their own and simply did not tell the hierarchy that this was in fact the case.  I suspect the lack of courage in telling the truth on this issue comes from not wanting to admit that current policies have been covering birth control for a lot longer than has been required.