Some Catholic nuns want to purchase two non-Catholic hospitals in the Denver area, according to the latest press release from Bill “There’s An Anti-Papist Under Every Bed!” Donohue’s Catholic League. According to Bill’s Catholic League, an evil, anti-Catholics bigots has proposed legislation that would prevent the sisters from taking over the two hospitals. And this, of course, is anti-Catholic bigotry. Says Bill:

“The idea that the Catholic Church wants to impose its will on the public is one of the oldest and most invidious canards ever expressed. Ironically, here we go again—except in reverse: It is the Church’s adversaries who want to impose their secular conception of health care on the Sisters. What is bothering some Colorado lawmakers is the right of Catholic hospitals not to perform operations, or make available certain drugs, which violate their ethical standards.”

Here’s the Rocky Mountain News on the controversy:

As it is with the other nine hospitals owned by Sisters of Charity, Lutheran and Good Samaritan medical staff would have to follow Catholic ethical and religious directives, which prohibit abortions, tubal ligations, vasectomies and other forms of birth control unless deemed medically necessary. The rules also restrict removing feeding tubes from people in a persistent vegetative state.

So it would seem that the sisters do intend on imposing their will on staff and patients at these two hospitals. Perhaps this canard is old and an invidious, Bill, because it’s true. From choice to same-sex marriage to end-of-life decisions, the Catholic Church actively seeks to impose its will on us all.

And the proposed piece of legislation doesn’t block the sale. Back to the Rocky Mountain News:

Colorado Rep. Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, negotiated with the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth to change the timeframe on a bill that would give Colorado’s attorney general more authority to question whether hospital mergers are in the public’s best interest.

The bill doesn’t block the sale, only allows Colorado’s attorney general to ask if the sale is in the public’s best interest—and since the answer to that question may very well be “no,” you can see why Bill “False Witness” Donohue is so exercised about it.

Oh, and you can sign a petition right now at the Catholic League’s website calling for the immediate beatification of Pope Pius XII, a.k.a. “Hitler’s Pope.”