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LifeSiteNews: Feds tell college it?s not Catholic enough

By ADF Alliance Alert

LifeSiteNews: ?Federal and state laws are increasingly being used to coerce religious institutions into actions and commitments that violate deeply held religious convictions and moral principles,? warns Kevin Theriot, Senior Counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, in that analysis. Theriot suggests ways Catholic educators can defend their exemptions from laws that require health insurance coverage for contraception or employee benefits for same-sex couples. ?Any available exemptions for religious institutions will not apply if a college that was founded as a religious institution has become largely secular,? Theriot cautions. ?It is therefore vital that Catholic colleges and universities maintain their Catholic identity in all of their programs in order to best protect their religious character and mission.?

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on January 13, 2011 (boomark / email).