FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Saturday, February 4, 2012
Contact: Tom Zawistowski
Columbus, Ohio – The Ohio Liberty Council (OLC) announced today that it supports the decision of the Catholic Church to refuse to comply with the ruling by the Health and Human Services Department concerning mandatory insurance coverage. The ruling says that under ObamaCare, Catholic institutions – including charities, hospitals and schools – will be required by law, to provide and pay for insurance coverage that includes contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization procedures. If they do not, they will face fines in the millions of dollars which will put organizations like catholic hospitals and schools out of business. This decision has the full support of President Obama and his Administration.
In making the announcement, Tom Zawistowski, OLC President, said “This is clearly a First Amendment issue as this policy violates the protections of religious liberty and individual conscience. This is just another example of the assault by the Obama Administration on the individual freedoms and liberty of all citizens and institution in their continued attempts to undermine the US Constitution. We urge the Catholic Church to fight this ruling will all the resources at its disposal. The Ohio Liberty Council also urges its members to stand with the Catholic Church in their local communities and donate whatever time and money they can to assist them in defending their Constitutional rights.”
The Ohio Liberty Council is a council of leaders whose purpose is to unite conservative grassroots organizations for greater effectiveness in the state and nation, and to provide resources for member organizations to strengthen their groups. The OLC currently has over 75 liberty-minded groups across Ohio who are members of its coalition.
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4. February 2012
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