Maloney Calls on Tomblin to Join lawsuit Over Obama's Contraception Rule

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Gubernatorial candidate Bill Maloney today called on Earl Ray Tomblin and Darrell McGraw to join the lawsuit against the Obama administration contraception rule that has been filed by seven other states. Attorneys General from Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas have filed a suit against President Obama's Department of Health and Human Services regulation that violates freedom of religions rights under the First Amendment, in addition to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. The proposed Obama rule would require all employers, including religious institutions, to pay for contraception, abortion-inducing drugs, and sterilization.

"West Virginia needs leadership that will do more than just give us rhetoric and will actually fight back against the Obama administration," said Bill Maloney. "Religious freedom is a fundamental right in this country, and our state leaders need to be fighting for it."

"Whether it is Obamacare, anti-coal stances by the EPA, or this attack on religious liberty, the Obama administration is out of control and works actively against the best interests of the state of West Virginia," continued Maloney. "We need real leadership in West Virginia that will fight back against Obama, not vote for him."

Bill Maloney concluded by saying, "Earl Ray Tomblin should end his silence and immediately join the seven other states that have sued the Obama administration's ruling that violates religious freedom."

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