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>> no. look -- its a very straight question here: does the government of the united states have the right to -- to overrule a religious organization and how it deals with its religious circumstances. can the government of the united states dick take whether its an episcopal, a baftist, greeting orthodox, does the government have the right to dictate to churches? those who believe in america believe we were founded by people fleeing religious persecution to come to america. we think what barack o...

The convent, obviously, exempted. then you go across the street to the same janitors working at the catholic school where i went. do they not get exempted? father judge high school. you go across the street, these are the same people working in both places. how do you decide this? do you exempt grade schools and high schools but not colleges? this is so tricky. i wish there had been some thought into this. thank you john heileman. we all have different sources. and thank you, susan page. comin...

>> as a lot of people look at this, they look at it from the secular versus non se-secular. most look at it as male dominant leaders having such an impact from the top down on an issue that should be decided by women who wake up every morning and want to pick something, their choice, for their own body. should these male leaders be imposing their views on something that impacts not just the women in the catholic flock but women of all faith? >> well, i think, you know, with the catholicç churc...

Theyre exempted. the convent, obviously, exempted. then you go across the street to the same janitors working at the catholic school where i went. do they not get exempted? father judge high school. you go across the street, these are the same people working in both places. how do you decide this? do you exempt grade schools and high schools but not colleges? this is so tricky. i wish there had been some thought into this. thank you john heileman. we all have different sources. and thank you, su...

Pointing out. theres copays involved. >> would it have been a controversy the other way? yes. the white house needs -- they need women voters on their side too. thats why its tricky. >> directory gets it. the convent exempted. then you go across the street to the same janitors working at the catholic school, do they not get exempted? father judge high school. you go across the street, these are the same people working in both places. how do you decide this? do you exempt grade schools and high s...

In america too seriously? we know you can get killed for mocking mohammed in the middle east, all right, in muslim countries, can you be executed for doing that here we have a more secular plural his stick society are some people overdoes it. >> some team are overdoing it. you dont overdo it christmas time russell peters did that canadian spoof and he had pamela anderson be the virgin mary. some of your viewers were upset by that you i can i can separate my religion from what i believe. >> bill:...

Historic america or whether, in fact, we prefer to become a brand new secular, european-style system. >> it may be since i was born in europe, im a little more sensitive to these things. but in raemt, this is a massive hoax. or to use newt gingrichs favorite word, the biggist pile of bologna thats ever been served. its actually the republicans, both those running for president and those already elected to the house, who desperately want to follow that continent. how so? well, as we know, the glo...

First of all, let me just say this -- that forcing a church institution to violate its conscience is a very grave matter. even "the washington post," other secular papers, a wide variety of commentators who do not agree with the churchs teaching on these matters have said that our religious rights should not be violated in this way. so were looking at possible ways of redressing this maybe through litigation, maybe also through legislative remedies and certainly, we want to get the word out not ...

Straight up or down referendum on his own job performance obviously carries benefits of any dhiend any incumbent would seek for unless. some republicans express tr if gingrich becomes the nominee he will become the dominant issue, obscuring obama and his record in office. so from gingrich we saw on saturday night, during the south carolina victory speech, a preview of the choice that he would ask americans to make in november. gingrich spoke of the america of paychecks and food stamps, of indepe...

Of the debate team and the argument against gay marriage. >> folks, if you have not been tracking this week, he has had a rough week in new hampshire, and part of it has been transferring. his appeal is to both religious catholics and evangelicals, and conservative religious christians. in new hampshire, he has had a hard time transferring that into the more secular, more libertarian, and he got a question about gay marriage compared to polygamy. >> he is not playing for new hampshire. he sees t...