Contraception Mandate Stayed By Federal Court For Christian Colleges

Luke 17:28-30 “Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built” but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

A federal court has ruled the Department of Health and Human Services cannot enforce the birth control mandate on two Christian colleges.

The court ruled Dordt College in Iowa and Cornerstone University in Michigan are exempt from the mandate while their appeals work their way through the federal court system.

U.S. District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett said in his ruling that to impose the mandate would likely cause “irreparable harm” to the colleges because it would be “to the detriment of their religious exercise.”  He said the colleges are likely to succeed in their cases on the merits and that if the courts rule against the colleges the worst that can happen is that it would take a few more months to implement the policy.

Judge Bennett said that he is also delaying a ruling in the case because of the similar cases before the Supreme Court with Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods.  He said the decision of the court will likely have a direct impact on the case and his ruling.

A ruling from the court is expected later this summer.

The Alliance Defending Freedom, who is defending the colleges, said the decision was sound because Christian colleges should have the right to behave according to their religious convictions.

One thought on “Contraception Mandate Stayed By Federal Court For Christian Colleges

  1. This is unconscionable! This is population control let alone murder! Woe to America if the nation allows this. God is not mocked, whatever is sown shall be reaped! Wake up and speak up America before it is too late.

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