WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.
The justices’ 5-4 decision Monday is the first time that the high court has ruled that profit-seeking businesses can hold religious views under federal law. And it means the Obama administration must search for a different way of providing free contraception to women who are covered under objecting companies’ health insurance plans.
Contraception is among a range of preventive services that must be provided at no extra charge under the health care law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010 and the Supreme Court upheld two years later.
Praise God but that the vote was 5-4 is indicative of how tenuous our 1st Amendment rights have become.
"It's inexcusable, and Americans are right to be angry about it, and I am angry about it. I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency, but especially in the IRS, given the power that it has and the reach that it has into all of our lives. ... I'll do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this happens again by holding the responsible parties accountable. ..." -- President Barack Obama condemning "misconduct" at the Internal Revenue Service, May 15, 2013.
(2) STRONG ADVISORY: this one, from Twitchy, contains the vilest of language. ‘Fu*k you:’ Left-wingers want to ‘burn down’ Hobby Lobby after SCOTUS win http://twitchy.com/2014/06/30/fuk-you-le...ter-scotus-win/ Again, the strongest of advisories. I added it reluctantly because it demonstrates prodeath hysteria with such clarity.
"It's inexcusable, and Americans are right to be angry about it, and I am angry about it. I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency, but especially in the IRS, given the power that it has and the reach that it has into all of our lives. ... I'll do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this happens again by holding the responsible parties accountable. ..." -- President Barack Obama condemning "misconduct" at the Internal Revenue Service, May 15, 2013.
Voting for life and religious freedom: Kennedy, Alito, Thomas, Scalia and Roberts.
Voting for death and government control of individual conscience: Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan and Breyer.
"It's inexcusable, and Americans are right to be angry about it, and I am angry about it. I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency, but especially in the IRS, given the power that it has and the reach that it has into all of our lives. ... I'll do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this happens again by holding the responsible parties accountable. ..." -- President Barack Obama condemning "misconduct" at the Internal Revenue Service, May 15, 2013.
Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #2Every time i see news like this, a little voice in my had asks: how will Zero use The Pen and The Phone to circumvent this.
Yeah, he's still talking "immigration reform". You'd think maybe he'd pivot to this, or many of the other issues he has going, but, no, just immigration. Oh, and nasty R's.