Challenging Catholic Hospitals' Morality . . .

. . . is not particularly noteworthy, but it is when the challenge has nothing to do with reproductive rights.  The Chicago Sun-Times reports on a new advertising campaign in Illinois attacking Catholic hospitals for failing to earn their tax-exempt status:

The radio and television ads, paid for by Indiana-based non-profit Fairness Foundation.org, chastise Catholic hospitals, alleging they're falling short on meeting the obligations required to maintain their tax-exempt status.

"It's a sad day when the Illinois attorney general has to tell not-for-profit Catholic hospitals, among others, they aren't doing enough to earn their tax- exempt status," says the ad. It concludes: "but as with other immoral actions, apparently the church needs to be forced by lawyers to do the right thing, to be moral. How sad."

(HT: Open Book)

Rob