WASHINGTON (AP) – Last Wednesday, White House officials summoned dozens of leaders of nonprofit organizations that strongly back the health law to help them coordinate plans for a prayer vigil outside the court when justices hear arguments for three days beginning March 26.
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During a press conference today, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney clarified that praying that Obamacare be upheld is mandatory for all Americans.
“Just as forcing people to purchase free health insurance is either a tax or a fee or in the commerce clause or some kind of implied power doohickey,” said Carney, “the First Amendments clearly states that Americans have a right to ‘free exercise’ of religion. Since exercise is part of good health and – as the First Lady can tell you – a legitimate interest of the federal government, AND anything free is paid for and thus controlled by the federal government, there’s no reason that the President’s Health Care Reform law – which protects everyone’s health – can’t require you to pray for it.”
Asked by ABC’s Jake Tapper if vigil participants would be required to face any particular holy city during the event, Carney said he was “not at liberty to comment at this time.”
Presumptive GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney either agreed or not in his suave, important-haired fashion.
“As Governor of Massachusetts, I made many things mandatory, and prayer certainly may or may not have been one of them. While certainly or not a decision that is possibly proper on a state level, it’s not true that Obamacare would be based on what I might have done in Massachusetts which was completely different, if not similar, which I will repeal when I am elected, if, indeed, I oppose it, or not. Because I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.”
They better get a move on to get more information out. I have no idea where I can purchase the mandatory Obama-symbol prayer rug.
I’m pretty sure Miss South Carolina 2007 wrote that speech for Romney.
So sasquatch’s husband summoned people to kneel before zod. Does that make him a witch? What else floats beside turds? Thats right, witches. So if he floats?
Well they did do the nose. But not the ears or the bucket!
I’m sure The Right Reverend Wrong has a tin can and string direct to their (small d) deity’s orifice.
I don’t know why they’d need help?
I may or may not agree with what you did or did not say about Romney’s positions that he might or might not have taken, Harvey.
Besides, I’m still chuckling in a “suave, important-haired fashion” sort of way. And after having a tooth pulled, now there’s blood all over everything here. Hold on…
Psalm 109:8 – One of my favoritest all-time verses.
Good one, Harvey!
Heh-heh-heh…I must agree with 4of7.
Jimmy, 4, zz – *blush* thanks 🙂
GK – dang… I wish I’d have thought to parody that. It’s THE perfect example of incomprehensible speech vaguely formed into a semblance of the English language.
If the Red Chinese were coming over the wall the federal government would not have the power to tell a Quaker to pick up a gun and start shooting — but it has the power to force the Catholic Church (and all the rest of us) to pay for Sandra Fluke’s IUD? And this crap had to get all the way to the Supremes?
My parents used to say that the country was going to hell, but they were willing sometimes to vote based on Dad’s sweetheart municipal union deals and other government goodies. Never connected the two. How many will in November?
Mxy – Probably not many.
Sadly, an otherwise intelligent, conservative member of my family, who works for the State of Wisconsin, is furious at Governor Walker for making her pay more of her own health insurance premiums (for VERY generous coverage), even though they’re still only half what you’d pay on an individual policy that only covered catastrophic expenses.
It’s coming together now…
“Daniel in the Lion’s Den”
and now
“Obama in the Liar’s Den”!
That’ll be on his resumĂ© come job search time (November ’12)
Until I clicked on the link, I thought this was completely made-up. Wow, people praying for communism…where’s Joe McCarthy when you need him?
There are day when I can’t tell teh funny from the sadly real.
Today is one of those days.
Well, prayer vigil’s ARE appropriate for the dead or nearly dead – – and that surely includes Obamacare!