The years have made one fact utterly clear: The State hates Christianity – especially the Catholic variety – above all other things. Christianity is the State’s foremost opponent.
I needn’t recount the reasons for my Gentle Readers. Any system of belief that holds that there is a higher authority than the political would draw the State’s enmity. Christianity doubles down by putting that Authority beyond the State’s reach. And to celebrate human freedom as well! The nerve!
So wherever you find the State, you will find it scheming to do damage to Christianity. The Soviets tried their damnedest to eliminate it completely. I’m sure you know how the Red Chinese treat Christians. And let’s not discuss the North Koreans; it’s too nice a day.
But what of our free and “tolerant” Republic?
BREAKING: In a nationwide ruling against a Trump Administration religious conscience rule, a federal district Court today ruled against the Little Sisters of the Poor. The Court sided with Pennsylvania and New Jersey in their years-long effort to force the Little Sisters of the…
— BECKET (@becketfund) August 13, 2025
Please read the whole thread.
The game here “should” be “obvious.” The absolute sanctity of human life, including that of the unborn child, is fundamental to Christian belief. The Catholic Church is the foremost defender of the right to life in the whole world. If the State can force the Church to yield on that point, it will have made a fatal breakthrough. Think about it: If one crucial tenet of the faith can be compromised for Church-State amity, why would the others be immune? Pretty soon, Church teaching would be hollowed out completely.
The governments of the United States of America would have succeeded where the Communists and totalitarians failed. Quite a feather for the gradualists’ cap, eh?
Of course the Little Sisters of the Poor will appeal. They might win at the Circuit Court level, but it’s even money that the case will go all the way to the top. It’s a case to be watched closely. Defenders of human life should take note – and provide what support they can.
I wonder if the Institute for Justice could be persuaded to get involved?
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