Yesterday The Wall Street Journal posted an article about the non-compromise offered by President Obama to the Catholic Church on birth control, abortion, etc.

The article states:

Catholic bishops said Friday night that they would not support the Obama administration’s proposed compromise on a controversial rule that requires most employers to fully cover contraception in their workers’ health plans.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which had led opposition to the regulation, issued a statement saying that they didn’t believe their concerns were addressed by a new policy offered by President Barack Obama on Friday morning to allow religious employers who object to the use of birth control to turn over responsibility for covering it to insurance companies.

They are correct–the rules are not changed–the person supposedly paying for it is changed. In essence the question to the Catholic Church was, “If someone else pays for it, will you do it?” In other words, is this about money or principle?

The article concludes:

It isn’t clear what effect the bishops’ objections will have on the Catholic community, which had already been divided in its initial response to the proposal, and to the health-care law as a whole.

Several Catholic organizations praised the administration compromise after it was announced, including the hospitals group the Catholic Health Association and Catholic Charities USA.

A Catholic friend of mine told me on Saturday that she was concerned that President Obama was dividing her Church in order to destroy it. I hope she is wrong;.