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Cardinal Dolan Insists Birth Control Policy Is A "Radical Intrusion"
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Christopher Robbins
Published Apr 9, 2012
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan isn't taking this "separation of church and state" thing lying down. Yesterday His Eminence went on CBS's Face the Nation to insist that the President's requirement that insurance companies pay for birth control puts his church in a "very tough spot." "You've got a dramatic, radical intrusion of a government bureaucracy into the internal life of the Church," Dolan said. "Our problem is the government is intruding into the life of faith in the church that they shouldn't be doing." Or is the Church intruding on the lives of 98% of its sexually-active flock?
Here's Dolan explaining how, "Politics, just like business just like education just like arts just like culture, only benefit when morals and faith have a place there."
This weekend a junior member of the city's Catholic Charities board resigned over Dolan's position hypocrisy on gay marriage and homosexuality.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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