KRMG didnt used to be this crazy
patric:
St Francis Hospital was issued a citation for an unattended, lit candle in their sanctuary by the federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid, but rather than approach it as a fire safety issue, the hospital and its legal partners chose to present it as an attack on religious freedom. Hiring a big-guns law firm sounds a lot more dramatic than re-designing the candle holder and asking for an exception, but...
Here's how two different news departments, owned by the same media company, handled it:
Fox23:
Saint Francis hospital fighting citation against sanctuary candle
TULSA, Okla. — The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a high-profile DC law firm that takes on religious liberty cases has sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of the Saint Francis Health System.
At issue is the hospital system’s request for an appeal and reconsideration from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that would allow them to continue a longstanding practice of burning a “sanctuary candle” in its chapels.
"This has never been a problem before, this has been approved by the fire marshall," said Lori Windham, vice president and senior counsel with the becket fund for religious liberty. Windham said the candle is inside a glass holder, which is inside another a glass holder and under a brass cover up on the wall.
In a letter from the centers for medicare and medicaid services dated April 20,there's a reference to the use of lighted candles, which states that such candles must be "placed in a substantial candle holder and supervised at all times they are lighted." But according to information gathered by the joint commission and a survey, found that "there was a lit candle with open flame burning unattended 24/7."
In her letter to HHS she writes, "the citation is inconsistent with the applicable fire-safety rules, with which St. Francis complies. The false choice put to St. Francis violates the religious freedom restoration act and the first amendment."
Now KRMG:
Biden Administration threatens Tulsa hospital accreditation over chapel candle.
Tulsa — A law firm representing Saint Francis Health system says they are appealing a decision from to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The issue is a candle that burns in the chapel after an inspection in February.
“The Biden Administration has decided to shut down the largest hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the 12th largest hospital in the United States of America,” said host of the Erick Erickson Show on KRMG.
dbacksfan 2.0:
Hmmm, let's see. KOKI Fox 23 is a local affiliate reporting in a local story and trying to do so with as little political bias or opinion.
Erick Erickson is the host of a syndicated national show that seems to toe the line of the right of the right of the conservative party, and more than likely want's to blame the problem on the Biden administration.
Sounds like Erickson is just like a lot of the other national mouthpieces on both sides of the aisle pushing their parties agenda.
Quote
Erick Woods Erickson (born June 3, 1975) is a conservative American radio host and blogger. He hosts a three-hour weekday talk show on WSB 95.5 FM and 750 AM in Atlanta, which is syndicated to other radio stations around the U.S. He also writes a right-wing political blog called The Resurgent. Prior to this, he was editor-in-chief and CEO of another conservative political blog called RedState.[2] He was a political contributor for CNN from 2010 to 2013, and afterwards was a contributor to the Fox News Channel before leaving the network in 2018.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Erickson
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-the-erick-erickson-show-28487552/
swake:
St Francis is the 12th largest hospital in the nation?
dbacksfan 2.0:
I have a question, out of all the hospitals in the US that have Catholic or other religious affiliations, since most every good size hospital has a chapel,
why in the world did they choose St. Francis?
patric:
WWJED?
https://johnerling.com
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