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Washington D.C., Dec 17, 2012 \/ 06:08 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Tom Monaghan, the founder and former owner of Domino's Pizza, is suing the federal government over a controversial mandate that requires him to violate his Catholic faith in his business decisions.<\/p>\n

\tThe lawsuit described the contraception mandate as \u201can unprecedented despoiling of religious rights\u201d that both \u201cattacks and desecrates a foremost tenet of the Catholic Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIt pointed to Thomas Jefferson's statement that \u201cNo provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tFiled Dec. 14 by Thomas More Law Center, the lawsuit challenges a federal mandate requiring employers to offer health insurance covering contraception, sterilization and early abortion drugs, even if doing so violates their firmly-held religious beliefs.<\/p>\n

\tMore than 110 business owners, non-profit organizations and religious charities have sued over the mandate, arguing that it violates their constitutionally-guaranteed right to religious freedom.<\/p>\n

\tAt age 75, Monaghan is best known for founding Domino's Pizza in 1960. He sold the pizza company in 1998 and no longer has any active affiliation with it. However, he remains the owner of Domino\u2019s Farms, the property management company for a Michigan office park that is home to more than 50 corporations, professional firms, non-profits and entrepreneurial businesses.<\/p>\n

\tMonaghan and Domino's Farms were both listed as plaintiffs in the recent lawsuit, which explained that they are committed to \u201ca common mission of conducting their business operations with integrity and in compliance with the teachings, mission, and values of the Catholic Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe legal challenge noted that Domino's Farms offers its tenants a Catholic bookstore and on-site Catholic chapel, which has Mass four times per day.
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\n\tIn accordance with Church teaching, Monaghan and his company believe that all human life is sacred, bearing the image and likeness of God from the moment of conception, it added.<\/p>\n

\tThey also agree with Church teaching on the nature and purpose of human sexuality, it said, explaining that they view contraception, sterilization and abortion as \u201cgravely immoral practices\u201d rather than true medicine or health care that provides for the well-being of persons.<\/p>\n

\tThe lawsuit observed that Monaghan is a pro-life Catholic who \u201chas devoted his life and resources to Catholic philanthropic causes,\u201d including the promotion of Catholic education and charity.<\/p>\n

\tHe has founded numerous Catholic organizations, including Ave Maria University, Ave Maria School of Law and Legatus, a group for business leaders to bring together faith, family and business.
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\n\tIn his business practices, Monaghan \u201cis guided by his religious beliefs\u201d and \u201cfollows the teachings of the Catholic faith as defined by the Magisterium,\u201d the legal document stressed.<\/p>\n

\tAs part of this commitment to live out his \u201cdeeply held religious beliefs\u201d in all aspects of his life, Monaghan offers a health insurance plan that specifically excludes coverage of contraception, sterilization and abortion, it said, noting that Domino\u2019s Farms has never offered coverage of these products and procedures.<\/p>\n

\tHowever, the mandate threatens the ability of Monaghan and Domino\u2019s Farms to remain in business, since failing to comply with it would result in \u201cruinous fines that would have a crippling impact on their ability to survive economically,\u201d it explained.<\/p>\n

\tMonaghan and his company are now asking the court to grant them an injunction blocking the enforcement of the mandate. So far, two for-profit businesses have been denied an injunction, while four have secured one.<\/p>\n

\tSuch an injunction is necessary, the lawsuit said, so that Monaghan and Domino\u2019s Farms may continue \u201cto conduct their business in a manner that does not violate the principles of their religious faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

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