well, mark is senior counsel with the beckett fund, the name you saw on the video for religious liberty. he s lead counsel for little sisters of the poor, and obtained a stay on forcing these nuns into complying with obamacare this week. now, let me ask you, mark, congratulations on your victory. thank you. but talk about being on the side of the angels. however, however, the doj is fighting you tooth and nail on this. they say all your clients need to do, they ask for an exception to the requirement of obamacare that they provide contraception coverage, the obama administration gave it to them, sign the form, you re accepted. go on with your lives. what s the problem? well, the problem, megyn, is that that form is actually a permission slip. that form under federal law authorized and directs other people to provide contraceptive,
well, senior counsel with the becket fund whose name is on the video for religious liberty. lead counsel for little sisters of the poor. he obtained a stay from justice sotomayor of the supreme court on forcing the nuns into complying with obamacare this week. let me ask you. congratulations on your victory. thank you. talk about being on the side of the angels. however, the doj is fighting you tooth and nail on this. they say all your clients need to do they asked for an exception, they have to provide contraception coverage. the obama administration gave it to them. sign the form, you are accepted, go on with with your life. what s the problem? the problem is that the form is a permission slip. the form, under federal law, authorizes and directs other people to provide contraceptive
well, senior counsel with the becket fund whose name is on the video for religious liberty. lead counsel for little sisters of the poor. he obtained a stay from justice sotomayor of the supreme court on forcing the nuns into complying with obamacare this week. let me ask you. congratulations on your victory. thank you. talk about being on the side of the angels. however, the doj is fighting you tooth and nail on this. they say all your clients need to do they asked for an exception, they have to provide contraception coverage. the obama administration gave it to them. sign the form, you are accepted, go on with with your life. what s the problem? the problem is that the form is a permission slip. the form, under federal law, authorizes and directs other people to provide contraceptive
they oppose birth control for religious reasons and don t want to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees as obama care mandates. as we wait for the supreme court justice to make some kind of decision on the case, senator cornyn said in a statement today that the white house is, quote, working to silence a group of nuns in colorado who object to the obama care mandate, requiring coverage of contraceptive services. it s an absurd new low for this mandate-happy administration and an unacceptable front to liberty. they need to sign an exemption paper saying they cannot provide contraception coverage for religious reasons and then neither they, nor the catholic owned organization that provides their health insurance, will have to do so, nor will they face obama care fines. the administration solicitor general said in a filing friday, quote, with the stroke of their own pen, applicants can secure for themselves the relief they
lines. this week, the beckett fund for religious liberty successfully got a supreme court injunction in hopes of extempting their client, little sisters of the poor, from providing birth control coverage to their employees. obama has said the nuns could avoid having to offer contraception coverage by signing a form offered by the government. they say that is unacceptable. today in its filing with the supreme court, the obama administration urged the court to reject the lawsuit. in the meantime, 11 republican attorneys general are claiming the administration is breaking the law by making changes without going through congress, calling those flatly illegal. house majority leader eric cantor meanwhile is raising the specter of cyber attack, saying he will schedule a vote next week on a bill that will place more security requirements on health care.gov and targeting