Wednesday, March 14, 2012

SWA #20 More Annotations 3/14/12

Bradley, Gerard V. "The HHS Mandate And The First
Amendment." National Review 64.4 (2012): 31-35. Academic Search Premier.
Web. 13 Mar. 2012.

The information in this article is mainly about how the birth control mandate restricts religious freedoms and explains why members of the Catholic church are so upset. The article has much more of an argumentative tone than the others I have read. The author basically is blatantly saying he is against the mandate. He says strong statement about it, saying it "was meant to
to cauterize a political bleed" and "the Obama administration has aimed to handicap the Catholic Church." The author's strong opinion makes him biased. The aritcle, however, is very informative as Bradley adds many facts about the mandate. It will very beneficial to my paper because it actually shows one of the arguments I will be writing about.


"Birth-control mandate combines bad policy with
bad politics." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Premier. Web. 13 Mar. 2012.

This article also attacks the health care bill's choice to force all employers to make birth control available to their employees. It is about how churches were exempt from the bill but Catholic organizations were not, leaving many people without their religious freedoms. The author is obviously against the bill and states their opinions openly. The article is biased because of this but it still provides more information for an argument I can write about in the paper.

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