A church near Seattle, Washington is being forced to violate the commandment “thou shalt not kill,” by subsidizing the murder of pre-born babies.
Cedar Park Assembly of God sued Washington to stop a state law that requires churches to fund abortions in their health care plans for employees, reports LifeNews. If they don’t comply, the state will cancel their plan.
Their attorneys at Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) argued the state’s so-called Reproductive Parity Act clearly violated Cedar Park’s constitutionally protected religious freedoms. The church was even backed by 18 outside states who support life.
But after a lower court rejected their attempt to at least carve out a religious exemption to the act, a federal appeals court doubled down on its decision in favor of Washington.
In a 2-1 ruling, the San Francisco- based 9th Circuit…
