{"id":9176,"date":"2012-06-26T19:54:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T00:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=9176"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:55:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:55:07","slug":"on-day-six-of-the-fortnight-for-freedom-the-acton-institute-reminds-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/06\/on-day-six-of-the-fortnight-for-freedom-the-acton-institute-reminds-us.html","title":{"rendered":"On Day Six of the Fortnight For Freedom, the Acton Institute Reminds Us…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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that the HHS Mandate is an assault on religious liberty. Which means it\u2019s an assault on liberty. Period. What\u2019s that got to do with Dietrich Bonhoeffer?<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\nNow the Bonhoeffer photograph makes sense, right? And in case you\u2019re a little fuzzy on what Dr. Morse was talking about, consider the fact that the U.S. Government is preventing our Church from helping combat human trafficking because our beliefs in rejecting contraception, and abortion, don\u2019t meet the Administrations \u201cstandards.\u201d<\/p>\nWho are these folks talking to us so rationally and clearly above? Here are the liner notes accompanying the video,<\/p>\n<blockquote>Eric Metaxas and Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse articulate the grave dangers of the Health & Human Services (HHS) Mandate with regard to religious freedom in America.<\/p>\nEric Metaxas is a public intellectual and author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bonhoeffer-Pastor-Martyr-Prophet-Spy\/dp\/1595551387\/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy<\/a><\/em>, the thrilling biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. A German theologian in Nazi Germany, Bonhoeffer is remembered for his clandestine efforts to overthrow Hitler and the Nazis in the struggle for human freedom.<\/p>\nDr. Jennifer Roback Morse is an economist. She is the Founder and President of the Ruth Institute, a non-profit focused on promoting the sanctity of marriage as the critical foundation for families, communities, and society.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acton.org\/press\/special\/christians-and-health-care\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Learn more at Acton\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\nSpeaking of religious liberty, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-18604664\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">what the hell just happened in Germany?<\/a> We are certainly living in \u201cinteresting times.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"that the HHS Mandate is an assault on religious liberty. Which means it\u2019s an assault on liberty. Period. 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