"The church is not being compelled to provide birth control pills, nor are the hospitals they own. And the female employees of those hospitals aren't being forced to take the pills. If they feel strongly enough about their religious beliefs, it will simply be a feature of their coverage that they can choose not to use." this is a quote from kahuna but sorry i don't know how to highlight.

this paragraph is not correct...the catholic church and many other churches self-insure and provide their own insurance to employees (some even based on those employees living by less risky christian mores.) this mandate would force christian churches to provide insurance for not only contraceptives, but sterilization and the morning after pill, which actually causes an abortion.
the government has no authority to force any religious group to go against their teachings... THAT is the point.