Posted on 06/20/2013 7:43:01 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The Supreme Court has struck down a federal law forcing private health organizations to denounce prostitution as a condition to get AIDS funding.
The justices said Thursday the law’s anti-prostitution pledge improperly restricts First Amendment rights. …
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Our nation is consumed with evil. Disregard of morality and common sense when it comes to deviancy.
The sword cuts both way - the govt cannot force the Hobby Lobby to buy abortions.
I suspect the Supreme Court will be less than consistent on what the federal gov't can and cannot force private organizations to do.
It was a 6-2 decision, Scalia and Thomas dissenting. One person recued herself. I would say it would probably be 5-4 in favor of the Hobby Lobby.
??? Has this been ruled on? My last understanding is that HL was forced to provide insurance that would cover that. I may be wrong.
It is in the court system heading to the Supremes. Now there is precedent.
Well of COURSE that violates the First Amendment. What idiot thought that was a good idea (legally speaking).
Look at it this way: you want to give grant money to promote mammograms for poor women. There is a certain organization that purportedly offers "womens services" but you know it is primarily an abortion mill. If you give them mammogram money, then their other funding is freed up for more abortions. So you put a string on your grant, saying organizations that do not denounce abortions are not eligible for a mammogram grant. You figure they will never denounce them and therefore your money will not indirectly fund abortions.
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