They’re rejecting his so-called “compromise” proposal, which was really just the original right-violating proposal repackaged thanks to nuclear-grade political fallout.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which had led opposition to the regulation, issued a statement saying that they didn’t believe their concerns were addressed by a new policy offered by President Barack Obama on Friday morning to allow religious employers who object to the use of birth control to turn over responsibility for covering it to insurance companies…

The bishops also said that the current structure of the proposal meant that if an employee and insurer agreed to add contraception coverage to a health plan, it would still be financed in the same way as the rest of the coverage offered by the employer.

“These changes require careful moral analysis, and moreover, appear subject to some measure of change. But we note at the outset that the lack of clear protection… is unacceptable and must be corrected,” the statement said.

Got that?

His “compromise” was that instead of the religious institutions violating their religious beliefs by directly paying for the contraceptives, they could instead violate their religious beliefs by paying the insurance company to indirectly provide the contraceptives.

Common thread there: Religious beliefs violated. Also violated? The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which oddly enough provides the right to free religious exercise as the very first freedom.

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”. Probably means exactly what it says: Congress shall not infringe on the free exercise of religion. Just a thought.