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Bart Stupak: Please Pass the Collection Plate

Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak is the latest Democrat to threaten to block health care reform legislation by acting in the interests of someone other than the American people. This time the beneficiaries are the ideologues of the Catholic Church. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops had originally opposed the Democratic reform plan that had emerged from the House of Representatives because it allowed coverage of abortion expenses by private insurers that receive federal health care subsidies. By attaching a last minute amendment to the House bill that would prohibit such coverage, the Michigan legislator allowed the legislation to pass with the assent of the Church; in doing so he has opened a serious rift within the Democratic Party.

Someone should tell Mr. Stupak that the number one cause of bankruptcies in the United States has been the rising cost of health care and that Michigan has the highest rate of unemployment in the country. Please pass the collection plate.

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