EDITOR: This letter is in response to Bishop William Callahan's recent column, "Fortnight for Freedom protects liberty."
The bishop stated that Roman Catholic doctrine about "artificial birth control, abortion, moral teaching concerning marriage or any other specific Catholic positions on morality" are not meant to be "forced down the throats" of anyone. However, it seems that the church is trying to force women who work for non-taxpaying Roman Catholic institutions to give up the options for national health care that all other American workers have.
The bishop is speaking for a religious group of men to "protect the liberty" of reproductive health care for whom? The group of Roman Catholic bishops is trying to prevent legal reception of reproductive healthcare for workers in their institutions claiming "freedom of religion" for whom?
I understand that it is the practice of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to employ lobbyists who write bills related to issues of concern to them. They present these to the president and members of Congress for their follow-through with national legislation, and many bills have been enacted. The bishops are trying to limit the rights of women related to sexuality, whether the women are Roman Catholic or not.
Fortunately there is an organization called Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. It keeps very busy responding to complaints about actions of the religious communities violating the Constitution. Maybe the bishops would like to take their grievance to them.
Marian Seagren Hall,
Wausau
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