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>> sean: i want to ask you a question, but this is really important. whatever happened to the free exercise thereof -- the government demands will insist that the catholic church, catholic institutions literally do something and provide something that contradicts their deeply held religious beliefs. they ask for an exemption. they do it for one year and what does it mean for the election and in general? >> this is an unprecedented and unwarranted intrusion on religious liberty. you have the gall of this white house to be pitching a homeowner's bill of rights. that is what their latest candy is...

>> sean: i want to ask you a question, but this is really important. whatever happened to the free exercise thereof -- the government demands will insist that the catholic church, catholic institutions literally do something and provide something that contradicts their deeply held religious beliefs. they ask for an exemption. they do it for one year and what does it mean for the election and in general? >> this is an unprecedented and unwarranted intrusion on religious liberty. you have the gall of this white house to be pitching a homeowner's bill of rights. that is what their latest candy is...

About. and i think it's very important that, you know, as difficult as some of these issues are, you know, we stay focused on who we are as a people and what our values are all about. >> you might be curious about the language in the constitution regarding freedom of religion. here's the exact wording of the first amendment. congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. i ...

Like patrick kennedy, the congressman there, she might have been told you cannot see the sack sacraments by the archbishop who is adamant about. this under the constitution which says congress should make no law respect ago an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, preachers are entitled to give their point of view on moral issues of the day if they bleed over into politics. that is what roger cardinal mahony of los angeles has done. that's what ms. pelosi has taken her cue from him. he says it's a moral issue. as catholics, we must support a humane program to deal...

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