Anyone who serves the general population will have to stop doing so or be re-classified as a non-Church employee. In order to avoid being penalized by the HHS mandate one has to apply for and receive a religious exemption. ALL FOUR REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET:
"The exemption is only for a “religious employer,” defined as "one that (1) Has the inculcation of religious values as its purpose; (2) primarily employs persons who share its religious tenets; (3) primarily serves persons who share its religious tenets; and (4) is a non-profit organization under section 6033(a)(1) and section 6033(a)(3)(A)(i) or (iii) of the [Internal Revenue] Code." HHS notes that these provisions of the Code refer to “churches, their integrated auxiliaries, and conventions or associations of churches, as well as to the exclusively religious activities of any religious order.”"
Note the phrase “exclusively religious activities of any religious order.” Exclusively religious activities are those activities which meet the definition for an exemption. Operating soup kitchens, food banks, counseling centers, clinics or any other public institution which serves the general public WILL CAUSE them to lose the exemption. Basically in order to keep their exemption, they’re going to have to go home, lock themselves in and spend the day doing religious things only with other Catholics.
This takes effect JANUARY 1ST, 2013.
I have no idea how you could not know this. People have been talking about it since FEBRUARY. I’ve been pasting it all over the place since FEBRUARY. Catholics make me shake my head. It’s shocking how many of them are just plain clueless.
