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    Dem Congresswoman Booed at Town Hall for Supporting Obama’s Contraception Plan

    Rep. Kathy Hochul (NBC Western NY)

    Democratic Upstate New York Rep. Kathy Hochul may have trouble keeping her seat in the House after only just being elected in a special election this past May. Hochul has drawn the ire of her constituents after supporting the President's controversial decision to mandate religiously affiliated employers to provide full contraception coverage to employees. The White House has since claimed to have altered the plan to find a compromise with religious groups by moving the weight of paying for the requirement from employers to insurers. Hochul's backing of her party's leader infuriated many New Yorkers who came to a town hall meeting Friday to challenge the Congresswoman in regards to her stance on the issue.

    WGRZ reports:

    "'Kathy why have you betrayed our Catholic institutions?' One woman in the crowd told Hochul: 'This President has lied to us repeatedly when he proclaims support for conscience protection in his infamous speech at Notre Dame as well as in the executive order he signed following passage of the health care law. He is not worthy of your support in this matter.' Another man shouted 'It's an insult to the Catholics in this country to even listen to that gibberish. It is an absolute insult and Catholics deserve better. We were taking care of this country's sick long before the government got involved in it.'"

    Another constituent challenged the Congresswoman that if health care is really the issue at hand, why are Democrats pushing funding for contraception rather than more important persuasions such as cancer screenings:

    WGRZ notes that the meeting was heavily publicized on local Catholic radio and many Catholic organizations encouraged people to attend and discuss the contraception issue.

    Rep. Kathy Hochul Booed at Town Hall (WGRZ video)

    New York's 26th Congressional District had been represented by Republicans for all but 10 of the last 58 years. Hochul won a special election in the district last may after Republican Christopher Lee resigned amid a scandal involving shirtless pictures on craigslist. 

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    • FirstDude  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      Wow! New Yorkers are surprised and angered that a Democrat is supporting another Democrat's views? That never crossed their minds in the voting booth.
      • Nancy C 3 mths ago
        Our problem is the GOP /Tea Party are the bedfellows, not the other way around...
      • Benjamin 3 mths ago
        Yep..and we know GOP do not support each other...only dems...
    • Casualcat  •  2 mths ago
      Think of it as part of your "basic cable" package.
      You have access to over 100 all for one low price. These include church channels, spanish channels, home shopping channels.
      I do not watch any of these but I have to pay for them anyway so the rest of you can.
      Same with womens health. It will be part of the package and included in the rate everyone pays. Use it or not as your conscience dictates.
      Offering services to everyone is far more democratic then denying services to everyone because a few of you object based on a moral code we do not agree on.
      • ets 2 mths ago
        I do not have to have cable if I don't want cable (unlike this Obamacare #$%$. So If I elect not to have cable I am not subsidizing channels that I do not watch. Your argument reminds me of the tired old 'everyone has to have a drivers license' argument. Again, if I don't want to drive, I don't have to have a license. It is not about a moral code. It is about protecting our constitutional rights.
      • Dolores 2 mths ago
        Casual has a dimwit point. It's not only against our moral code, but also against
        the teachings of our religion. I dare you to try to make a Mulim eat pork.
        .
      • Wolfgang McLopez 2 mths ago
        "I do not watch any of these but I have to pay for them anyway so the rest of you can. Same with womens health."

        Women's "health?" Pregnancy is not a pathological condition. Pregnancy is what happens when a HEALTHY body works perfectly according to natural biology. The taking of drugs to STOP a healthy biological function from working properly is NOT "health care." Calling contraception and abortion "health care" is absolutely Orwellian.
    • Opus  •  2 mths ago
      Catholic istitutions should be betrayed - the catholic church is responsible for hundreds of years of rape and murder
      • Pathfinder 47 2 mths ago
        They are the 666 the Bible talks about. The Harlot who sits on the Beast dressed in her Red and Purple Robes.
    • Liberals Hate Facts  •  2 mths ago
      Politicians should work part time and actually work real jobs. Get a life.
      • Pete 2 mths ago
        You are talking about oBUMba?
    • DevilDog36  •  3 mths ago
      I only wish the church was this vocal against child abusers.
      • Michael 3 mths ago
        Whats your point jackwipe. I wished your mother used birth control!
      • LAUGHING at Republicans 3 mths ago
        Michael the point is organized religion is total fantasy for only control and to see who gets the biggest tribe by stealing from the poor. Especially the mackerel snappers.
      • Big Leo 3 mths ago
        They are, DevilPuppy.
    • Rick  •  Birmingham, Alabama  •  3 mths ago
      FREE ! Its all going to be FREE. You wont have to pay for it because its FREE.
      Let me ask you...When was the last time the insurance company gave you anything FREE ?
    • Ed  •  2 mths ago
      The idea that birth control is SINFUL in a world bursting with 7 BILLION humans, but pedophilia of God's representatives on earth is "regrettable" tells you all you need to know about the Catholic value system
    • A Yahoo! User  •  2 mths ago
      Seperation of church and state is a basic tenet. How could the administrative branch of government force a religious institution to violate this principle, especially when contraception coverage is already very accessible? Obama has lost my vote in 2012.
    • Erich  •  Pleasanton, California  •  2 mths ago
      Why is birth control such an issue with the Catholic Church?
    • WIT  •  2 mths ago
      Catholic men are homosexuals.
    • Bianca  •  Santa Clara, California  •  2 mths ago
      For the life of me I still cannot understand why religion is such a major issue in politics!!! What is so difficult to comprehend about the idea of seperation between church and state?
    • ihateobama  •  2 mths ago
      and the media is saying that Catholics agree with Obama!
    • Bill  •  Mt Hamilton, California  •  2 mths ago
      It's not about birth control, it's about government controlling us! Know our Constitution, know what our Forefathers wrote;
      "The principles of the Constitution and the government of the United States are a sure guarantee to you that it will be perserved to you sacred and inviolte and that your institution will be permitted to govern itself according to its own voluntary rules without interference from civil authorites."
      Thomas jefferson
    • Honestly_Think  •  Binghamton, New York  •  2 mths ago
      American Talibans are equally dangerous for the US democracy...
    • A Yahoo! User  •  2 mths ago
      Since not a single comment on here actually has anything to do with the article:

      A study was conducted between I believe 1950-1990 on sex offenders. Of those studied, 4% of priests where found to be sex offenders. Of those studied, a much larger 5% of public school teachers were found to be sex offenders. Of those studied, an even larger 10% of the general public were found to be sex offenders.

      Priests are more than twice as sexually moral as the general population, statistically. Does this excuse their crime? No. But to single out priests as the main source of sexual abuse in America is grossly ignorant of facts.
    • Jer  •  East Aurora, New York  •  2 mths ago
      Hochul won't do anything to upset her husbands boss.
    • mike  •  Strongsville, Ohio  •  2 mths ago
      If the catholic church doesnt want to provide contraceptives to workers then stay being a church, dont venture into free market enterprises like a hospital. Not only are the starting a for profit company they are starting a business that takes payment from goverment programs like medicare and medicade
    • Citizen  •  3 mths ago
      I'd like to know how many of these HYPOCRITES can publicly claim that they've never used contraceptives!
    • AlanL  •  San Francisco, California  •  2 mths ago
      $5 gas. Govt imposed mandates against your religious freedom. over 10% real unemployment. Housing market under water and losing value. 46% approve of Obama? those folks are either on the doll or taking some really good drugs! So the real Obama strategy is get everyone on foodstamps, tax refunds for not working, and the best drugs Mexico and the rest of the world can smuggle into America.
    • Michael  •  Austin, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      I don't mind providing someone elses contraception as long as I am screwing them.
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