President Obama has stepped up his war on churches. London's Daily Mail reports that the president has green-lighted new rules that force "church-affiliated institutions to cover all methods of contraception, including sterilisation." On January 11, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against efforts by the Obama administration to apply employment discrimination laws to church hirings. For the first time, the high court recognized a "ministerial exception." The vote was remarkably unanimous. From the Daily Mail account: The morning after pill, described as an 'abortion drug' by some religious conservatives, will also be covered, but an actual abortion will not. The news of Mr. Obama's mandate follows the annual March for Life, which occurred on January 23 in Washington, D.C. The event drew tens of thousands of pro-life Americans. The new contraception mandate does exempt churches proper, their employees, and other religious institutions that are aimed at promoting religious belief. But the mandate would apply to a range of church-supported institutions, like hospitals, or chartable services that don't have an express or....
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