The Becket Fund, not the Little Sisters, Lose | National Catholic Reporter

The Becket Fund, not the Little Sisters, Lose | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Unless you are going to grant zero exemptions to religious organizations, you have to draw the line somewhere or else everyone is a religious employer. Regardless, this whole thing was a set up and everyone knows it. The goal of Valerie Jarrett, acting in the political interests of the President, was to get five bishops at a witness table discussing the vagaries of Catholic doctrine and their interest as employers (which did not really exist - most hospitals and colleges are not owned or controlled by the bishops). The non-inflamatory language, which was likely pre-cleared with CCUSA, CHA etc., was ready once the War on Women had been proclaimed and answered - with Limbaugh providing extra flourish by calling a perfectly nice law student a slut for insisting on access to health care.



The loss in the Supreme Court on Hobby Lobby was no cost, as the RFRA is a minor law. I am sure Becket wanted to use this case, as all cases, to overturn abortion rights. No dice. What must be remembered about Becket and their ilk is not that they want to win. Winning would mess up their fundraising (as Lambda Legal is finding out now, I am sure). It would also mess up the funding and volunteer recruitment of the entire Republican Party (this is overturning Roe we are talking about). That the Bishops are are of this little Republican plot is damning. This is why it must be shouted from the roof tops - so that those bishops most involved can repent, lest they die.