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Tim Thomas opposes US birth control rule

By Travis Andersen

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 09, 2012

Two weeks after making waves by skipping a team visit to the White House, Bruins goalie Tim Thomas injected himself into a political debate yesterday with a posting on Facebook alluding to a controversial federal mandate requiring faith-based organizations to pay for contraception for their female employees. “I Stand with the Catholics in the fight for Religious Freedom,’’ Thomas wrote on his Facebook page.

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