News Conference Today: FRC Releases Letter Signed By 2,500 Religious Leaders Opposing Contraceptive Mandate

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Family Research Council President Tony Perkins will lead a news conference urging President Obama to reverse his mandate decision and protect the conscience rights of those who have biblically-based opposition to funding or providing contraceptives and abortifacients.  At the news conference, a letter will be released signed by over 2,500 religious leaders in opposition to the mandate.

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WHO:
Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council
Dr. Richard Land, President, Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
Bishop Harry Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian Church

WHAT: News conference with religious leaders who oppose the Obama administration's contraceptive and abortaficient mandate

WHEN: 12:00 p.m. Central time, Monday, February 20

WHERE: Governor's Ballroom D, National Religious Broadcasters Convention and Exposition, Gaylord Opryland Convention Center

To view the letter, click here: http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PT12B02&f=AL12B04

SOURCE Family Research Council