As we are all aware, the HHS Mandate that requires many religious organizations and people of faith to participate in the violation of their consciences poses a significant threat to religious liberty.
The attached call to action has been distributed to thousands of Catholics throughout New York state with the goal of having many thousands of people state-wide demand that action be taken legislatively to rectify the assault on religious freedom represented by the Mandate. Our elected officials need to understand that there are thousands of us who will not stand idly by while our freedom from government intrusion upon our beliefs is taken from us.
Help Protect Religious Liberty
Dear Friend,
The Diocese of Rockville Centre joins with Long Island Citizens for Religious Liberty, a non-partisan group of concerned citizens dedicated to the protection and promotion of the First Amendment right to the free exercise of religious belief, to work against the federal government's rule, issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, requiring religious organizations to buy, or subsidize, products and services that violate their religious beliefs and moral consciences ("the HHS mandate.")
We are asking citizens across Long Island to petition our representatives in Congress to vote to rescind the HHS mandate and to repeal the provision of the law that allows the federal bureaucracy to issue future mandates of this kind. We seek only to protect the ability of religious persons and organizations to live out their faith according to their own sincerely held beliefs, free from government interference and coercion. We hope that all Long Islanders who cherish the natural and constitutional right of religious freedom will work to secure this most ancient pillar of American civic life.
Add your voice today by
clicking here to send a message to your representatives in Washington, DC. The HHS mandate's callous disregard for the bedrock religious liberties sacred to all Americans cannot be permitted to stand.
Thank you for your help in this critical battle.
Most Reverend William F. Murphy Robert C. Minion
Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre Long Island Citizens for Religious Liberty
As we are all aware, the HHS Mandate that requires many religious organizations and people of faith to participate in the violation of their consciences poses a significant threat to religious liberty. The attached call to action has been distributed to thousands of Catholics throughout New York state with the goal of having many thousands of people state-wide demand that action be taken legislatively to rectify the assault on religious freedom represented by the Mandate. Our elected officials need to understand that there are thousands of us who will not stand idly by while our freedom from government intrusion upon our beliefs is taken from us.
Help Protect Religious Liberty Dear Friend,
The Diocese of Rockville Centre joins with Long Island Citizens for Religious Liberty, a non-partisan group of concerned citizens dedicated to the protection and promotion of the First Amendment right to the free exercise of religious belief, to work against the federal government's rule, issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, requiring religious organizations to buy, or subsidize, products and services that violate their religious beliefs and moral consciences ("the HHS mandate.")We are asking citizens across Long Island to petition our representatives in Congress to vote to rescind the HHS mandate and to repeal the provision of the law that allows the federal bureaucracy to issue future mandates of this kind. We seek only to protect the ability of religious persons and organizations to live out their faith according to their own sincerely held beliefs, free from government interference and coercion. We hope that all Long Islanders who cherish the natural and constitutional right of religious freedom will work to secure this most ancient pillar of American civic life.Add your voice today by clicking here to send a message to your representatives in Washington, DC. The HHS mandate's callous disregard for the bedrock religious liberties sacred to all Americans cannot be permitted to stand.
Thank you for your help in this critical battle.
Most Reverend William F. Murphy Robert C. Minion
Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre Long Island Citizens for Religious Liberty
Created on 9/28/2012 - Last updated on 5/10/2013 - Expires on: Never
Message from Sister Joanne
OFFICIAL_NOTICE_that_we_don't_discriminate_on_race.doc
Subscribe to the Long Island Catholic Today!
TLIC-sub-flyer_red.pdf