[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8278]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   MEDIA BIAS AGAINST FAITH REPORTING

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, last month, 43 Catholic institutions 
across America joined together to defend the First Amendment and filed 
a total of 12 lawsuits against the administration in order to protect 
their right to freedom of religion on behalf of all Americans.
  This is the most significant religious lawsuit in U.S. history, and 
Christian leaders all across America have joined in support of these 
Catholic institutions. Despite the unprecedented and historic nature of 
this event, the national media largely ignored it.
  The Catholic institutions filed the lawsuit due to new ObamaCare 
regulations that force some religious institutions to pay for coverage 
of antiabortion drugs, regardless of the employer's religious and moral 
objections.
  How can the liberal media ignore 12 different lawsuits being filed in 
Federal courts that each charge the administration with violating the 
First Amendment right of freedom of religion?
  The liberal national media continues to show their bias by their 
scanty coverage of this historical event.

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