We told you about the federal government threatening the St Francis Healthcare System in Tulsa Oklahoma with removing their approval to take low-income patients receiving federal benefits if they did not snuff out the light of the ‘living flame’, a small candle they keep lit in the chapel 24 hours a day in the hospital for religious reasons. The candle has been lit with no issues since 1960.
The fire must have been too hot after the decision was made public because the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reversed its position after being threatened with a lawsuit by ”Becket Law’ and will now ‘ALLOW’ the candle to stay.
This is great news, but many people are still skeptical of how long they will ‘ALLOW’ the candle and why they found it to be a problem, to begin with.
#BREAKING: The government has seen the light and has abandoned its attempt to force an Oklahoma hospital to blow out a small candle or stop serving elderly, disabled, and low-income patients. @HHSGov has told Saint Francis that it can keep its living flame—a sacred candle housed… pic.twitter.com/1bkpjqi19M
— LoriWindham (@LoriWindham1) May 5, 2023
We are thrilled that Becket Law stepped in and helped smoke out the ignorance in the HHS position. However, we have been around a very long time and we know the government can never be trusted, so we have to ask, when will they try again and we were not alone!
Oh, the cockroaches in Washington, DC will not stop: they will try again and again. https://t.co/03zhmK4MuB
— Verum extra voluntatem (@LeftAlwaysWrong) May 6, 2023
The term ‘cockroaches’ seems too nice of a description for the government types in D.C.
We saw several people saying it was not the place of HHS to ‘ALLOW’ religious expression to begin with.
Wow, how magnanimous of them https://t.co/bwZyiz5frY
— Jake V (@ViralDonutz) May 5, 2023
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“Told them they can keep it” 😒
— Philip J Oprean II (@philipOprean) May 5, 2023
We also found many saying it would not be the end of this issue, and we agree. Leftists seem to throw out small test balloons to see how fast or slow they can move on an issue. We are sure there will be more ‘Candle Scandals’ to come.
This can’t be the end. We need to expose the reason the order was made in the first place and make sure that overreach never happens again.
— Tim Wildauer (@timrwild) May 5, 2023
They announced a back tracking of the war on gas stoves, too, but really just circled around and came back with a different approach. It seems you seldom win. It just becomes a backstop position until they come back.
— Stan Goudeau (@Austinescapee) May 5, 2023
YUP! They pull that trick often.
Glad to hear of this small victory for the free exercise of religion in the United States.
— Gail Gainer (@gail_gainer) May 6, 2023
Sad we have to find joy in something that should never have been an issue!
How the heck does HHS have the time to go around looking for sacred candles to pick on? Don't they gave bigger and better things to do?
— B. Holley (@SWinThymeDesign) May 5, 2023
If you have ever had to deal with Medicare or Medicaid you KNOW they have A LOT of better things to do, but again, the government basically sucks at doing the things they are supposed to do and they seem to excel at messing up stuff they have no business touching.
Saint Francis > HHS https://t.co/rHJd5al6kr
— BrutalBrittany💕 (@BrutalBrittany2) May 5, 2023
WIN! We are so glad to have this small win. We do not know how long it will last, but we hope it STICKS.
We do not generally use our own tweets in a Twitchy story, but we had to end it with our favorite quote from our very own mouth because it just fits the ‘Candle Scandal’ and government overreach perfectly.
Your regular reminder: all government is either incompetent or evil and sometimes both. pic.twitter.com/9rTMbmelRZ
— Artist_Angie: Sensei of Sarcasm (@Artist_Angie) January 8, 2023
‘All government is either incompetent or evil and sometimes both.’ ~ @ArtistAngie
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