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[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sj-r.com\/top-stories\/x537699252\/Some-Lutherans-back-Catholic-position-on-contraceptive-mandate\">State Journal Register<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the Lutheran Church does not object to contraception, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has announced support for Catholics who oppose federal guidelines that would force employers to pay for insurance for contraceptives, embryocides and sterilization, despite moral or religious objections.\u00a0 The he 2.3-million-member synod does oppose products that have an embryocidal effect. 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