{"id":662,"date":"2012-07-28T02:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T02:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-hhs-mandate\/"},"modified":"2012-07-28T02:02:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T02:02:00","slug":"catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic group seeks second injunction against contraception mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Ann Arbor, Mich., Jul 27, 2012 \/ 08:02 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Lawyers representing a Catholic businessmen\u2019s group are seeking a separate injunction against the HHS mandate in federal court on Wednesday, days before the controversial rule takes effect Aug. 1.<\/p>\n

\tThe Ann Arbor-based Thomas More Law Center filed the injunction as part of its lawsuit on behalf of Legatus, the largest Catholic business leader organization in the U.S., the Ann Arbor-based Weingartz Supply Company and its president Daniel Weingartz, a Legatus member.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWithout the court's intervention, the HHS mandate effectively penalizes their free exercise of religion,\u201d Thomas More Law Center attorney Erin Mersino said July 26.<\/p>\n

\tShe said the injunction is needed to prevent \u201cimmediate injury to our clients\u2019 right of conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Department of Health and Human Services mandate requires all employers with 50 or more employees to provide insurance coverage including sterilization, contraception and abortion-causing drugs.<\/p>\n

\tIts narrow religious exemption does not include many Catholic health systems, charities and colleges, despite Catholic objections to covering the procedures and drugs.<\/p>\n

\tCatholic employers who run secular businesses have even fewer protections in the mandate regulations.<\/p>\n

\tThe motion for an emergency injunction was filed before Judge Robert H. Cleland of the Eastern District of Maryland. It says the mandate violates rights guaranteed by the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.<\/p>\n

\tMersino told CNA July 27 that the mandate would have an \u201cenormous impact\u201d on Weingartz and his company.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIf you look at the 170 employees that he has, and at minimum the $2,000 fine (per employee) he faces annually, he\u2019s looking at in excess of over $300,000 a year in fines for non-compliance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tShe expects a ruling on the injunction request before Aug. 1.<\/p>\n

\tA federal judge in Colorado on July 27 issued an injunction against the mandate in response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of the Hercules Industries. That injunction only protects the Colorado-based company and its owners.<\/p>\n

\tMersino said the attorneys\u2019 arguments on behalf of Weingartz and his company are similar to those made in the Colorado case.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cOur clients are similarly situated. They are both for-profit business owners who are Catholic. They oppose the mandate for the same reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tShe said if the judge follows the arguments, he will rule the same way but there is \u201cno guarantee\u201d he will.<\/p>\n

\tRichard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, criticized the federal rule.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Obama administration deliberately declared war on the Catholic Church by promulgating the HHS mandate,\u201d he said July 26. \u201cAnd contrary to what they want you to believe, this case is not about contraception. It is about the religious freedom of Christians, in this case Catholics, to peaceably practice their faith free from government coercion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe warned that if the government succeeds, \u201cthe religious freedom of all Christians is in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ann Arbor, Mich., Jul 27, 2012 \/ 08:02 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Lawyers representing a Catholic businessmen’s group are seeking a separate injunction against the HHS mandate in federal court on Wednesday, days before the controversial rule takes effe…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-us"],"yoast_head":"\nCatholic group seeks second injunction against contraception mandate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ann Arbor, Mich., Jul 27, 2012 \/ 08:02 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Lawyers representing a Catholic businessmen’s group are seeking a separate injunction against the HHS mandate in federal court on Wednesday, days before the controversial rule takes effe...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Catholic group seeks second injunction against contraception mandate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ann Arbor, Mich., Jul 27, 2012 \/ 08:02 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Lawyers representing a Catholic businessmen’s group are seeking a separate injunction against the HHS mandate in federal court on Wednesday, days before the controversial rule takes effe...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-07-28T02:02:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic group seeks second injunction against contraception mandate\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-28T02:02:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-07-28T02:02:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\"},\"description\":\"Ann Arbor, Mich., Jul 27, 2012 \/ 08:02 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Lawyers representing a Catholic businessmen’s group are seeking a separate injunction against the HHS mandate in federal court on Wednesday, days before the controversial rule takes effe...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Catholic group seeks second injunction against contraception mandate\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\",\"name\":\"CNA Daily News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CNA Daily News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Catholic group seeks second injunction against contraception mandate","description":"Ann Arbor, Mich., Jul 27, 2012 \/ 08:02 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Lawyers representing a Catholic businessmen’s group are seeking a separate injunction against the HHS mandate in federal court on Wednesday, days before the controversial rule takes effe...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Catholic group seeks second injunction against contraception mandate","og_description":"Ann Arbor, Mich., Jul 27, 2012 \/ 08:02 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Lawyers representing a Catholic businessmen’s group are seeking a separate injunction against the HHS mandate in federal court on Wednesday, days before the controversial rule takes effe...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/","og_site_name":"Catholic News","article_published_time":"2012-07-28T02:02:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"}],"author":"CNA Daily News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CNA Daily News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/","name":"Catholic group seeks second injunction against contraception mandate","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-07-28T02:02:00+00:00","dateModified":"2012-07-28T02:02:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1"},"description":"Ann Arbor, Mich., Jul 27, 2012 \/ 08:02 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Lawyers representing a Catholic businessmen’s group are seeking a separate injunction against the HHS mandate in federal court on Wednesday, days before the controversial rule takes effe...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2012\/07\/catholic-group-seeks-second-injunction-against-contraception-mandate\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Catholic group seeks second injunction against contraception mandate"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/","name":"Catholic News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1","name":"CNA Daily News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f1180c7dca7995d4a997aac72a3a88a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CNA Daily News"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/author\/cna-daily-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}