Clergy issue statement on contraception

From Pittsburgh-

A wide-ranging group of bishops and denominational executives from southwestern Pennsylvania has declared universal health care a moral imperative, but says a mandate for religious agencies to enable access to contraceptives violates the constitutional right to religious liberty.

"Our deep concern over this mandate does not arise from the varying convictions we have on the moral content of this mandate," the statement said. "The Constitution of the United States guarantees every religious institution and its affiliated bodies the inalienable right to define its own identity and ministries and to practice its own beliefs."

Forcing religious agencies to cooperate in providing services they consider sinful could cause their social services to close, the statement said. Most of the religious leaders who signed the statement have no religious objection to contraception.

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http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/us/clergy-issue-statement-on-contraception-631275/