Rick Warren took a break from humblebragging on his Twitter page last week to say he would go to jail before caving to President Barack Obama's mandate that employers with religious affiliations — such as Catholic hospitals — cover contraceptives in their health insurance plans.
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We're not sure where Jehovah mentions government health care requirements in Scripture, but give credit to Rick for pulling a Bible verse out of context to support his politics. The verse he cites is where Saint Peter and the apostles tell opposing religious leaders that they would rather obey God than men.
Christian conspiracy theorists who believe in a future one-world religion just creamed their choir robes.
Obama backed off his mandate after Catholics and conservatives blasted the policy as an assault on the First Amendment. Religious employers won't have to pay for or provide coverage for birth control, but instead, insurance companies apparently will be required to offer the coverage directly to the employees.
