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Rick Warren Says President Obama has “Infringed” on Religious Liberties

December 1, 2012 | North America
December 1, 2012
North AmericaUnited States

ICC Note: The Pastor of California based Saddleback Church recently stated that President Obama is absolutely unfriendly to religion. Citing the contraception mandate that would force Catholics to pay for birth control the pastor, who gave the invocation at President Obama’s inauguration in 2008, said that “you should have the right to be able to practice your belief without the government forcing you to do something different” 
11/29/2012 United States (Christian Post) – Evangelical megachurch pastor Rick Warren recently stated that President Barack Obama has “infringed” upon religious freedom in America.
The pastor of California-based Saddleback Church made these remarks to the Huffington Post, saying that Obama is “absolutely” unfriendly to religion and his administration’s policies have “intentionally infringed upon religious liberties.”
In an interview with Marc Lamont Hill of Huff Post Live on Wednesday, Warren took issue with the contraception mandate issued by the Department of Health and Human Services earlier this year.
“I believe … you should have a right to be able to practice your belief without the government forcing you to do something different,” said Warren. “If they made a law where you got to sell contraception if you’re Catholic, well then how about a law to Jewish Rabbis that says you have to sell pork in every deli?”
Warren also talked about a bill in San Francisco that would ban circumcision, to which the pastor warned that it could eventually lead to the banning of baptism.

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