[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2558]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          FREEDOM OF RELIGION

  (Mr. PEARCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PEARCE. Less than 1 month ago, Kathleen Sebelius issued a finding 
that said that every insurance company in the country would have to 
offer insurance products, some of which would offend the faiths of many 
people. This is against our Constitution, and it is against the rights 
of conscience of a free people.
  Mr. Speaker, across religious lines, the people of New Mexico and the 
people especially of southern New Mexico--Catholic, Protestants and 
people of no religion, people across cultural lines, and people across 
racial lines--are gathering this Saturday: this Saturday to protest, 
this Saturday to stand and say that the government needs to back up out 
of our church.
  This is not a Republican issue. This is not a Democrat issue. This is 
an issue of the Constitution and of a freedom-loving people.
  So I encourage all who are across this United States to begin to 
organize and stand in the streets to tell the government that enough is 
enough. We are meeting this Saturday, March 3, in Las Cruces, New 
Mexico, from 1:00 to 2:30. It will be a very large gathering. There 
will be speakers from both parties and from all faiths.
  We think that it is time for Americans to be united together again, 
as one people, against a government that has become too strong.

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