Potentially Interesting New Book by Eric Hedin

[Faizal_Ali]

@Eddie

Wow! I’m still rubbing my eyes! Did Faizal Ali actually write the above? I have never agreed with so much of one his posts in all my days here!

It’s happened before.

Religious Habits of U.S. Teens

Either the Catholic hospitals are essentially public hospitals with some statues and images of the Virgin in the lobby and corridors, to give a superficial Catholic atmosphere, or they are genuinely Catholic institutions operating in accord with Catholic convictions. If the former, then they have to provide services any public hospital does. If the latter, then they should be exempt from having to provide abortions or any other treatment not in accord with Catholic faith – but should receive zero public funding. I started out this discussion under the mistaken impression that Catholic hospitals were self-funding, or perhaps received a small amount of state funding but retained, by agreement with the state, complete autonomy on all policy matters. It appears that I was mistaken about the facts. The way I see the matter now is that all general hospitals for general community care should be secularized entirely, removed from all religious control or even religious affiliation (out g…