It's about relgious freedom--The First Amendment!

Catholic Charities in Boston, San Francisco, Washington DC and Illinois have had to give up foster care programs because they will not place children in the homes of gay couples, or co-habiting, unmarried couples. This is our government, state and local, interfering with religion and prescribing the beliefs and actions of the churches which have been commanded by Jesus to do certain things for society (see Matthew 25). However, it is also the logical result of churches, whether Baptist, Catholic or Pentecostal accepting government contracts to do the Lord’s work of taking care of the poor. Even so with the HHS Mandate (federal) the government is now prescribing what is a religious activity. If Catholics or Baptists serve only their own members (and what church does that?), then they can ignore these mandates. Can you picture this, however, a church turning away someone from a food pantry who wasn't a member? How will that play with the "hate all Christians" media?

You'll hear the current administration refer to "freedom of worship" rather than "freedom of religion." They are not the same--even the constitution of the USSR guaranteed "feedom of worship." Our Constitution guarantees us that the government will not interfer with religion--that is the "separation" we are to have, not the other way around. Our founders came from Europe where the King was often also the head of the church. It looks like that is happening again, with the President deciding what is worship and what is religion.