{"id":6732,"date":"2012-02-20T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=6732"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:12:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:12:22","slug":"fr-leo-gives-the-potus-the-finger-on-the-hhs-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/02\/fr-leo-gives-the-potus-the-finger-on-the-hhs-mandate.html","title":{"rendered":"Fr. Leo Gives the POTUS the Finger on the HHS Mandate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/02\/Pueblo-Crew-Good-Luck-Sign_Time-Magazine.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6733\" title=\"Pueblo Crew Good Luck Sign_Time Magazine\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/02\/Pueblo-Crew-Good-Luck-Sign_Time-Magazine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"258\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Presidents Day here in the U.S., and I\u2019m on holiday. That means I get to do \u201choney-do\u2019s\u201d while the rest of the family goes and watches a matinee. But before I light into the list of chores I\u2019ve been given, I wanted to share this gem I uncovered on the HHS Mandate.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a history buff, see? The photograph above is of the crew of the <em>USS Pueblo<\/em>. Remember the Pueblo Incident? She was boarded by the North Koreans in 1968 in \u201cinternational waters\u201d and her crew was hauled off and imprisoned for 10 months. During their internment, the crew figured a way to let folks know that they were resisting. Guess what that way was?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/02\/Pueblo-Crew-Good-Luck-Sign.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6734\" title=\"Pueblo Crew Good Luck Sign\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/02\/Pueblo-Crew-Good-Luck-Sign-300x232.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They told their captors that they were making the Hawaiian Good Luck sign.<\/p>\n<p>Father Leo Patalinghug, one of my wife\u2019s favorite priests (the one who literally cooks at <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gracebeforemeals.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Grace Before Meals<\/a><\/em>), has produced a little video he claims \u201ccontains too much truth for HHS Mandate supporters to understand.\u201d He too gives the Administration \u201cthe finger,\u201d much like we all need to, in the All-American example given us by the crew of the Pueblo, as they followed the Code of Conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Take it away, Father Leo.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7vIBN7OCRWw\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7vIBN7OCRWw<\/a>\n<p>I told you he can cook! Here\u2019s the information he includes under the video at YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please check out the following links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/issues-and-action\/religious-liberty\/conscience-protection\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">U.S. Bishops\u2019 Response to the Mandate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ushistory.org\/declaration\/document\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Declaration of Independence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caselaw.lp.findlaw.com\/data\/constitution\/amendment01\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">First Amendment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/05\/17\/obama-notre-dame-speech-f_n_204387.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Full Transcript of Notre Dame Address<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/releases\/35663.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Medical Article on Birth Control<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccli.org\/nfp\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alternatives to Artificial Birth Control<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usspueblo.org\/Prisoners\/The_Digit_Affair.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">read all about the Pueblo and \u201cThe Digit Affair\u201d  over at Pueblo.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Presidents Day here in the U.S., and I\u2019m on holiday. That means I get to do \u201choney-do\u2019s\u201d while the rest of the family goes and watches a matinee. But before I light into the list of chores I\u2019ve been given, I wanted to share this gem I uncovered on the HHS Mandate. I\u2019m a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[188,187,8,148,30,102,12],"class_list":["post-6732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-barack-obama","tag-fr-leo","tag-funstuff","tag-hhs-mandate","tag-moviestv","tag-politics","tag-truth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fr. 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