Where Was the Catholic Church When the Obamacare Mandate Was Being Debated? | Jim Powell | Cato Institute: Commentary

Where Was the Catholic Church When the Obamacare Mandate Was Being Debated? | Jim Powell | Cato Institute: Commentary: "infringements on economic liberty tend to undermine other liberties. Freedom of religion is impossible unless churches are private property — sanctuaries where people may gather peacefully without interference and without being forced to violate their core teachings."

"How is it that a group of Catholic nuns, representing 22 religious organizations, filed an amicus brief supporting the Obamacare mandate?

The short answer, of course, is that as long as Church officials thought they would be exempted from the mandate via a religious carve-out, they didn’t expect to gain by venturing into controversy."

"political power must be limited, because there’s no reliable way of keeping bad or incompetent people away from it"

"Lord Acton said: “I cannot accept your view that we are to judge pope and king unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they did no wrong. If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power, increasing as the power increases. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”"