Dozens of LGBT groups lend support to abortifacient Obamacare mandate against Catholic Church
A collection of 29 pro-LGBT groups made a move in court last week to back the HHS Mandate provision forcing Catholic employers to violate their religious principles. The National LGBTQ Task Force joined 28 other pro-abortion and feminist groups in filing a February 17 amicus brief in the Zubik v. Burwell case to show support for the Obamacare mandate requiring the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to provide contraception to its employees. The head of the LGBT group dismissed the position held by Catholics and other people of faith that forcing them to subsidize contraception for their employees violates their religious values. "A Supreme Court decision that allows discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom' would drastically restrict the ability of LGBTQ people to control our reproductive health and sexual lives," said National LGBTQ Task Force Executive Director Rea Carey in an LGBT Weekly report . There are those in the LGBT communi