In Milwaukee, where faith leaders and advocates have held prayer vigils and sent representatives to Washington to lobby for reform, the Rev. Dennis Jacobsen of Incarnation Lutheran Church called Thursday's decision a sacred moment that hit close to home.I have heard that the Archdiocese of Milwaukee's CCHD collection was way, way down this year. So if the Archdiocese refuses to cut ties with these groups, the faithful will have to defund them out.
"I do have this sense that this was sort of a sacred moment in a secular chamber," Jacobsen, who heads the national clergy caucus for the advocacy group Gamaliel, said of the Supreme Court decision. "I am convinced that health care biblically is God's intent for everyone."
Unfortunately, Wisconsin Alinsky groups were awarded [PDF] close to $250,000 in the 2011-12 CCHD grants.
The below video shows leaders of the Chicago-based Gamaliel Foundation holding a creepy healthcare rally shortly after Obama's election.
"Hear our cry, Obama. Deliver us, Obama," the organizers prayed:
PS Also noteworthy in the MJS article is this little line:
[The USCCB] vowed Thursday to continue to push for changes in the law."Changes" is a little different than "repeal," no? So I did a little research and found this article from Catholic News Agency:
The [USCCB] said that it did not join in “efforts to repeal the law in its entirety” after it was passed in 2010 and added that “we do not do so today.”
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