By Rob Janicki
Do you remember Obama's attack on religious freedom and liberty when he tried to force religious affiliated institutions into providing abortificants in their insurance offerings for employees under Obamacare? Apparently Judge Brian Cogan wasn't impressed with the argumentation of the Dept. of Justice.
Judge Brian Cogan mocked the “accommodation” on religion liberty outlined by President Obama in regards to his health care law’s contraception mandate while ruling against a Justice Department motion to dismiss the Archdiocese of New York’s lawsuit against the regulation.
“There is no, ‘Trust us, changes are coming’ clause in the Constitution,” Cogan wrote in his ruling against DOJ. “To the contrary, the Bill of Rights itself, and the First Amendment in particular, reflect a degree of skepticism towards governmental self-restraint and self-correction.”...
What? A judge that doesn't trust government. Now that's something I can agree with.
Cogan was referring to the fact that Obama’s promise to accommodate the concerns of religiously-affiliated institutions that would have provide free contraception.
As Cogan noted, though, the rule has not formally been changed. Religious groups also question the sufficiency of the accommodation outlined by the president...
Read the remainder of Joel Gehrke's article at the Washington Examiner
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