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Oklahoma
State Senate
Communications Division
State Capitol
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
For Immediate Release: March 5, 2012
Sen. Ralph Shortey
Shortey applauds Doak’s efforts to protect religious liberties
in healthcare
Sen. Ralph Shortey on Monday applauded Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner
John Doak for taking a stand against the federal government’s
attempt to force religious institutions to offer birth control,
sterilization and abortifacients to their employees.
Doak this week will introduce a resolution at the National Association
of Insurance Commissioners Spring 2012 national meeting urging his
peers to protect religious liberties in healthcare.
“I’m grateful Commissioner Doak understands that such
a mandate betrays contempt for the First Amendment and the established
rights of our religious institutions,” said Shortey, R-Oklahoma
City. “After first attempting to force religious institutions
to offer birth control, he now wants to force insurance providers
to do the same. This is the risk we run in electing a president
who understands no limiting principle for what the federal government
can and should do.”
Shortey called on state lawmakers and elected officials across the
country to urge their Insurance Commissioners to support Doak’s
resolution.
“It’s time to send a message to the president that we
won’t stand for this attempt to curtail religious liberty,”
Shortey said. “This is an effort so opposed to the fundamental
character of our country that every American should be aware of
the dangerous precedent it creates. I applaud Insurance Commissioner
Doak for taking a stand for religious liberty in this matter.”
For more information, contact:
Sen. Shortey: (405) 521-5557
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