The petition here is just an avenue to let this one, by his preferred means, know how we feel. I don’t think it will be at all representative and there is already a “counter petition” running. The president’s website requires registration and I would wager that those who oppose freedom of religion already have logins while those who cherish it do not. That just makes another hurdle to be heard.

Again… totally not in favor of weird re-purposing like the Creator/Redeemer/Comforter crap that goes around the mainline churches.

Jen, in no way is the administration “forgetting” anything. This is a carefully calculated political decision to appease a portion of their support base without regard to either faith or constitutionality.

Catholics and others have been fully engaged with the administration throughout. Trust was placed with the administration and the frequently repeated promises, directly to Catholic audiences, of sensible conscience protections. Since the HHS initial announcement, a great deal of dialog took place to make sure that the “final” decision would protect religious freedom. In the end, Obama decided to betray Catholics, other Christian conservatives, Jewish conservatives and ultimately – everyone who values religious freedom.