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1st C.D.: Demos urges Rep. Bishop heed Archbishop

Underdog GOP Congressional candidate George Demos called on Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) to oppose an Obama Administration decision that the new health-care law requires insurance plans at religious institutions to cover birth-control for employees -- something the Roman Catholic Church among others are disputing on religious-freedom grounds. Demos said in a statement:

"Two years ago,...

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