Illinois Catholic Bishop Assails Obama on Abortion

"....Peoria Bishop Daniel Jenky ordered priests to read a letter to parishioners Sunday before the presidential election, stating that politicians who support abortion rights also reject Jesus.... In the letter, Jenky cautions parishioners that Obama and a majority of U.S. senators will not reconsider the mandate that would require employers, including religious groups, to provide free birth control coverage in their health care plans. "This assault upon our religious freedom is simply without precedent in the American political and legal system," Jenky wrote. "Today, Catholic politicians, bureaucrats and their electoral supporters who callously enable the destruction of innocent human life in the womb also thereby reject Jesus as their Lord," Jenky added. "They are objectively guilty of grave sin." read more at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/religion/ct-met-anti-obama-bishops-20121101,0,7847154.story