MERGER OF CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WITH SECULAR INSTITUTION

[Kim Daniels]

The free exercise clause, to name one reason.  The unconstitutional
conditions doctrine, to name another.

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Subject: Re: MERGER OF CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WITH SECULAR INSTITUTION

And if the price of maintaining a Catholic identity would otherwise
be to forego merger with secular institutions whose operations
contravene Catholic doctrine, why should the state be required to let
the church have its cake and eat it?