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It Turns Out Most Catholics Agree With Obama’s ‘War On Religion’
It Turns Out Most Catholics Agree With Obama’s ‘War On Religion’
A new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute found that contrary to the GOP’s belief, a majority of Catholics agree with Obama on contraception coverage.
A majority of Catholics polled (58%) in The Public Religion Research Institute survey believed that employers should be required to provide health care plans that cover contraception, but if you really want to know more about why Republicans are making an issue out of this consider that, “Only half (50%) of white Catholics support this requirement, compared to 47% who oppose it,” and only 36% of Republicans agreed that employer provided healthcare coverage should include contraception.
When the question was asked if religiously affiliated colleges and hospitals should be required to provide healthcare plans that cover contraception, the Republicans’ intentions become obvious. While a majority of Catholics (52%) believed that religiously affiliated colleges and hospitals should be required to provide healthcare plans that cover contraception, only 45% of Catholic voters, and 41% of white Catholic voters supported it.
The issue at hand isn’t one of religious liberty, but whether or not a religious institution has to play by the same rules in terms of employee benefits. Since employee benefits issues don’t get Republicans out to vote, they have warped this into a “war on religion.” The reality that most Catholics agree with president’s position is irrelevant, because Republicans are courting white, Catholic, conservative voters with their latest trumped up war.
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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-catholics-war-on-religion
A majority of Catholics polled (58%) in The Public Religion Research Institute survey believed that employers should be required to provide health care plans that cover contraception, but if you really want to know more about why Republicans are making an issue out of this consider that, “Only half (50%) of white Catholics support this requirement, compared to 47% who oppose it,” and only 36% of Republicans agreed that employer provided healthcare coverage should include contraception.
When the question was asked if religiously affiliated colleges and hospitals should be required to provide healthcare plans that cover contraception, the Republicans’ intentions become obvious. While a majority of Catholics (52%) believed that religiously affiliated colleges and hospitals should be required to provide healthcare plans that cover contraception, only 45% of Catholic voters, and 41% of white Catholic voters supported it.
The issue at hand isn’t one of religious liberty, but whether or not a religious institution has to play by the same rules in terms of employee benefits. Since employee benefits issues don’t get Republicans out to vote, they have warped this into a “war on religion.” The reality that most Catholics agree with president’s position is irrelevant, because Republicans are courting white, Catholic, conservative voters with their latest trumped up war.
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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-catholics-war-on-religion
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