“We have tried negotiation with the [Obama] administration and legislation with the Congress -- and we’ll keep at it -- but there’s still no fix. Time is running out.”
Running out, that is, for many religious organizations across the country that provide services to people in need. For when Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the words quoted above, he was defending the right of these groups to serve inner-city children, the elderly, deaf, HIV/AIDS patients, developmentally disabled and homeless -- among many others.
All together, 55 religious organizations have joined 23 separate lawsuits filed...











An Unconscionable Mandate