ACLU: 'Laura Murphy on Today Show - Religious Liberty is Not at Risk'

Source:ACLU- Laure Murphy on the NBC Today Show.

"ACLU Washington Legislative Office Director, Laura Murphy discusses the recent controversy surrounding the Obama administration's announcement that it would keep in place a proposed rule that ensures that new insurance plans include coverage of contraception." 

From the ACLU 

I've never argued that the Affordable Care Act (also known as ObamaCare) is a perfect piece of legislation, certainly not perfectly written. Which is what you can get from Congress and The White House when they care in complete control, where the opposition has no interest in working with you, and you are on a tight deadline to pass your legislation since you are already in an election year, which is what 2010 was. And the birth control mandate, along with medical device tax, and the Medicaid mandate, are parts of the bill that I would like to see either amended or taken out. 

As a Liberal (or Classical Liberal, if you prefer) I'm a strong believer in free speech, freedom of religion and the separation of church and state. (Call me a radical Liberal, if you want too) But that separation goes both ways. 

We don't have the right to force Americans though government force to not only accept our religious views, but to live by them. Catholics of all ethnic backgrounds, not just Irish and Italian, are overwhelmingly opposed to birth control. And then you have Uncle Sam coming in and forcing religious groups to pay for something that goes against their religious values, that they even view as a tool to commit murder. I'm not a lawyer, but this looks unconstitutional under the First Amendment.