Marco Rubio Defends Churches from Obamacare

With the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandating that religious organizations provide insurance coverage for birth control under the federal health-care law that President Barack Obama signed, Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio introduced a measure allowing church-affiliated organizations the ability to opt out on grounds of religious liberty and right of conscience. Rubio introduced the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 on Tuesday. Staffers told Sunshine State News they are working on securing Senate co-sponsors and backers in the U.S. House.

The Obama administrations obsession with forcing mandates on the American people has now reached a new low by violating the conscience rights and religious liberties of our people, said Rubio in a statement. Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to abandon their beliefs. This is a common-sense bill that simply says the government cant force religious organizations to abandon the fundamental tenets of their faith because the government says so.