"The State as God" may be a better way of describing government's displacement of religion in the public square than my preference for The Establishment of an Atheocratic State ... I don't know, but it is the same idea.
An Ex-Con's View:
Secretary Sebelius, by her policy mandating these actions, creates a violation of the primary directive of the 1st Amendment against the establishment of religion. Her policy sets the government as the arbiter of religious expression and belief by requiring all religious institutions, employers and affiliated employers to provide these services to their employees. This creates and sets the government as a religion in and of itself and requires all citizens to follow the dictates of the government religion.
This also violates the second clause of the 1st Amendment regarding the “free exercise thereof…”. The mandate violates this section in that it compels all, regardless of religious belief, to adhere to the governments mandated beliefs.
The State as God is the result. Will we see the imposition of this on our Republic? Will “We the People” allow our rights to be erased in this manner?
Yesterday, White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew, in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” stated:
“We have set out our policy. We are going to finalize it in the final rules, but I think what the president announced on Friday is a balanced approach that meets the concerns raised both in terms of access to health care and in terms of protecting religious liberties, and we think that’s the right approach.
Really? The only protection of religious liberties is that we must follow the edicts of the “Pope of DC”, (the President) and the appointed members of his administration.
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