Friday, February 17, 2012

Bishop Lori testifies before Congress: The parable of the kosher deli

Bishop William Lori is the bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and he is also the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty. Bishop Lori testified yesterday before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, in regard to the HHS contraception mandate. In his testimony, Bishop Lori used a modern-day parable to illustrate how the contraception mandate violates religious liberty:



The full text of Bishop Lori's testimony can be read here.

UPDATE: The embedded video was working fine earlier today, but it has since stopped working. If it is still not working, you can try this link to view the video at Vimeo.com, or you can view the YouTube version of the video, which I am embedding below:

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