GuideStone: Obama mandate violates religious liberty

The Southern Baptist Convention’s benefits entity has joined the growing chorus of evangelical and Roman Catholic voices publicly protesting the Obama administration’s mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives, including ones that can cause abortions. “This encroachment of religious freedom is blatant and outrageous and should be taken seriously by those of us who are part of the body of believers, as well as by others who respect and regard this nation’s history and constitutional foundation,” GuideStone President O.S. Hawkins said in a written statement.