{"id":85077,"date":"2016-01-12T13:25:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T18:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=85077"},"modified":"2016-01-12T12:51:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T17:51:11","slug":"speaker-ryan-invites-2-little-sisters-of-the-poor-to-state-of-the-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/speaker-ryan-invites-2-little-sisters-of-the-poor-to-state-of-the-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Ryan invites Little Sisters of the Poor to State of the Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/paul-ryan-invites-little-sisters-of-the-poor-to-state-of-the-union\/article\/2580127?custom_click=rss\">invited<\/a> Sister Loraine Marie Maguire and Sister Constance Veit, of the charitable Catholic order Little Sisters of the Poor, as his guests at the annual State of the Union Address this month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Little Sisters of the Poor care for the most vulnerable among us, and they should be free to practice their faith without the threat of government interference or intimidation,&#8221; Ryan said in his announcement of the invitation Monday. &#8220;The Sisters&#8217; stand in defense of religious liberty \u2014 one of our most fundamental rights \u2014 is nothing short of courageous, and it&#8217;s my privilege to support their cause.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Little Sisters have been one of the most high-profile targets of the Obama Administration&#8217;s efforts to force religious groups to provide contraceptive coverage. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals <a href=\"\/news\/tenth-circuit-rules-little-sisters-poor-hhs-case\/\">ruled against<\/a> them last summer, but the US Supreme Court <a href=\"\/news\/breaking-supreme-court-agrees-hear-seven-abortion-pill-mandate-cases\/\">agreed in November<\/a> to hear their case, as part of a consolidated consideration of all pending cases against the contraception mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us, this has nothing to do with politics,\u201d Sister Veit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2016\/01\/11\/at-sotu-speaker-paul-ryan-will-host-catholic-nuns-obamas-forcing-to-obey-the-hhs-mandate\/\">declared<\/a> in October 2013. \u201cWe just want to take care of the elderly poor without being forced to violate the faith that animates our work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Texas Senator and GOP presidential contender Ted Cruz <a href=\"\/news\/ted-cruz-recognize-preborn-deaths-empty-chair-state-union\/\">proposed<\/a> another gesture to symbolize the pro-life cause&#8217;s 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