More Fool I
On the one hand, the USCCB is attacking Obama for forcing them (the bishops) to pay for contraception.
On the other hand, the USCCB is pushing forward the idea that taxpayers should pay to extend unemployment insurance (again).
And that's just the beginning of the rich irony.
You see, almost NONE of the parishes in the United States pay unemployment insurance. They get dispensed from the mandate to do so because they are religious organizations.
So, if you are employed by a Catholic parish and you get laid off, so long, sucker.
You can't collect unemployment because your bishop hasn't paid into unemployment for you.
When the bishops started complaining about the HHS mandate, I thought they were, perhaps, finally waking up to economic and moral realities. At the risk of being absolutely gauche, might I point out that if the bishops REALLY wanted unemployment benefits applied, they might try paying into the system themselves? ...The Church used to boast of saintly bishops …More