A public reflection on the meaning of religious freedom

Religious Freedom Is Social Justice 
The Catholic Lite Brigade goes predictably astray on the contraception mandate.

By George Weigel

...the administration’s defenders know that they have a losing case. The administration will likely continue its intransigence, for it cannot meet the bishops’ full concerns without enraging some of its (most well-heeled) allies. There is no remedy in Congress, thanks to Democratic control of the Senate, and the enthrallment of the Democratic party to those who would make Sandra Fluke a 21st century Joan of Arc. But the bishops have a winning case in the courts, on both First Amendment grounds and because of the provisions of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Indeed, serious constitutional scholars believe that any test of the HHS mandate in the federal courts will result in a victory for the bishops of the magnitude of the Hosanna-Tabor decision in January, where the administration lost 9–0.


http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/293153/religious-freedom-social-justice-george-weigel?pg=1