Posted on 11/19/2012 5:17:44 PM PST by mikrofon
A federal judge Monday rejected a request by Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. to block part of the new federal health care law that requires it to provide the morning-after and week-after birth control pills.
In a 28-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton denied a request by Hobby Lobby to prevent the government from enforcing portions of the health care law that will require it to include contraceptives the company considers objectionable in its health insurance plan.
The Oklahoma City-based arts and craft supply company and a sister company, Mardel Inc., sued the government in September claiming that the companies' Christian owners believe use of the morning-after and week-after birth control pills are tantamount to abortion because they prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in a woman's womb. The company's owners also object to providing coverage for certain kinds of intrauterine devices.
At a hearing earlier this month, a government lawyer said the drugs do not cause abortions and that the U.S. has a compelling interest in mandating insurance coverage for them.
In his ruling denying Hobby Lobby's request for an injunction, Heaton noted churches and other religious organizations or religious corporations have been granted constitutional protection from provisions of the law regarding the birth-control measures.
"However, Hobby Lobby and Mardel are not religious organizations," the ruling states. "Plaintiffs have not cited, and the court has not found, any case concluding that secular, for-profit corporations such as Hobby Lobby and Mardel have a constitutional right to the free exercise of religion."
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Actually, the Supreme Court bascally held in Citizens United that corporations ARE people, with the same rights as any individual.
they do, however, have the right to close and eliminate employees altogether!!!
Compelling interest if Fed speak for “You’ll do what we say because we say so”.
Muzzies and congress are exempt from barrycare, right?
I guess this judge didn’t get the memo.
It’s interesting to compare this to the Tyndale House ruling.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2960511/posts
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2960876/posts
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2960443/posts
HL’s course is clear, drop all women employees to 28 hrs./week.
Write a check to obs campaign and then request a waiver from obcare
Depends on the religious organization. I think the Amish and Muslims are exempt, but the Catholic Church sure isn't.
The point is that the state has decided that THEIR lawyers know better than your chosen theologian even though our FIRST freedom guaranteed BY GOD is being violated by Government lawyers.
Option is to make all employees 28 hr/week employees. Should be a large pool of applicants as companies all over the spectrum will be dropping full time employees.
Other way is to fire all employees and contract with employee leasing companies to supply the labor. Hire enough of these leasing companies so that no one company is responsible for no more than 49 people, keeping their ranks below the magic number!
Actually, the idea of just using temporary employees might work.
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