North Carolina's Belmont Abbey College has filed suit over the contraception coverage mandate in last year's health care legislation. RNS' Adelle Banks reports:
Hannah Smith, senior legal counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which filed the suit on behalf of Belmont Abbey, said: “This is much worse than an unfunded mandate; it is a monk-funded mandate.”
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The 26-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said the legislation does not treat religious groups neutrally and “runs roughshod” over the college’s beliefs, forcing it to either violate them or pay significant penalties.
You can read the complaint here.
