Hackman,
When was the Catholic church founded?
Do you know?
Do you seriously want to compare the historical activities of the "Catholic" church with those of the Muslims, or any other group of people in history?
The preservation vs. destruction of knowledge?
Denial of science?
Murder, genocide?
Scandal, abuse of power?
Money and power over spirituality?
Outright lies to its followers, re the foundations of its "beliefs"?
When was the Catholic Church founded?
BTW, nothing in Obamacare is going to force Catholic hospitals out of business. They aren't going to be forced to provide any care or procedures that are contrary to the old white guys running the places' plans to preserve their control. The Catholic hospitals are businesses, not charities. They do not run on volunteer labor, rather they hire employees. As such, they will and damn well should comply with the various laws and regulations that all businesses are required to comply with. Starting with sanitary regs in the cafeterias, up to and including labor laws, OSHA regulations, min wage and child labor laws, required financial reporting, hazardous materials disposal, etc., etc. All of the laws that all similar businesses are required to comply with.
Better we should all vote for those politicians who respect the individual's right to worship as the individual chooses, and recognizes that the government has no business granting special favors, or giving special consideration to any business based on any sort of "religious" affiliation.
Talk about religious fanatics wanting to take over government!
Kettle... Meet pot
Believe and worship what you want, but keep Your religion out of Our government.
That is the "religious" part of the ideas this country was actually founded on.
