America\u2019s Catholic Bishops threatening to close their hospitals if the Freedom of Choice Act is signed<\/a>. \u00a0This is one of the most hard-core, grand-scale, bare-knuckle political moves I\u2019ve seen in a long time and I can\u2019t help but love it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ok, so we all know I\u2019m viewed as the Great Ninny by Christians for voting Obama, because it was felt I simply ignored the abortion issue. \u00a0However, I heartily applaud America\u2019s Catholic Bishops threatening to close their hospitals if the Freedom of Choice Act is signed. \u00a0This is one of the most hard-core, grand-scale, bare-knuckle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1224,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[44,228,582,902,68253],"class_list":["post-1725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asides","tag-abortion","tag-catholic-church","tag-hospitals","tag-obama","tag-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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