Quote: ” ..the Obama administration has implemented rules that even it concedes infringe on the traditional rights of religious employers.”

This article, written by James C. Capretta, details the Administrations’ way of speaking out of both sides of its mouth: “Here, it’s worth repeating some of the basic facts… on the same day that the administration announced it wanted to craft the so-called accommodation [to the mandatory contraceptives rule], it finalized the rule that had been previously issued with no change.” The rule, as I recall, was also published in the Federal Register. So much for “accommodation”.

The dominant elite media is doing it’s best to characterize this problem as no problem at all, as evidenced by this story, which inaccurately states that insurance companies, rather than employers, will be required to pay for these services (obviously, they must think that insurers are able to provide this at no cost to anyone, which boggles the mind, since nothing is ever provided “free” – it must be purchased first, and the cost is inevitably passed on to policyholders, as Mr. Capretta accurately states). In the case of the Catholic Church and its various entities, they are self-insured, for the most part, which means they pay, regardless of what President Obama wants you to think.