In an article published by the Pope Center for Higher Education, Jay Schalin, who researches and writes on higher education issues for the Center, points to the growing problem of bureaucratic overreach facing private colleges these days. At stake is nothing less than a religious school’s right to assert its religious liberty based on its long-established beliefs against government restrictions. At issue is health care and Belmont Abbey College’s refusal to allow its personnel to engage in medical practices “that conflict with their religious convictions.”
Belmont Abbey College (near Charlotte, NC) enrolls 1,300 students. It started as a Benedictine monastery and has a deep tradition of standing up for the teachings of the Catholic faith. As a private institution, it has the right to assert and promote those beliefs. The conflict between public and private spheres is most sensitive in educational institutions where young minds are being shaped and nurtured. It is there where religious liberty, the cornerstone of our republic, needs careful attention and protection.
In the case of Belmont Abbey College, its president, Bill Thierfelder, explains: “This isn’t about just Belmont Abbey.” . . . “This is about religious liberty.”
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When people work for a private Catholic school what do they expect? If they still want birth control pills you can get them for $10 for a months supply. If they can’t afford that then they need to go on welfare. As for the other medical things they can always change insurance carriers. If they don’t like any of this they can work somewhere else.
Government really needs to stay out of religious schools they have enough problems to take care of all the public schools. That is why people go to religious schools because they can’t pray in public ones and they are safer. Government keep out!