Prelates threaten ‘civil disobedience’ on RH bill
By Michaela P. del Callar 02/05/2011At least two Catholic bishops have warned of a “civil disobedience” campaign if the controversial bill on birth control is passed into law.
According to Archbishop Ramon Arguelles and Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes, they will advise Catholics not to follow the Reproductive Health (RH) bill if it becomes a law.
They, however, stressed that whatever their actions take, will not be violent.
“We will have a civil disobedience move. Those laws that are immoral, we will tell the people not to obey,” Bastes in a statement posted on the Catholic Bishops’ Conference
of the Philippines’ (CBCP) Web site, said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110205hed5.html
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