Well, this tops the list! Two Sisters, Sr. Veit & Sr. Marguire from the Little Sisters of the Poor, who are enmeshed in a Supreme Court challenge of the Obama Administration’s HHS Mandate, were in the gallery to hear President Obama’s final State of the Union address.
The Sisters, who operate 30 nursing homes throughout the United States, are challenging the clause in the Affordable Care Act which requires group insurance plans to offer contraceptive coverage to their employees at no additional cost–even though that coverage is in direct violation of their religious beliefs. The Sisters were the guests of House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis).