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To: Sola Veritas

A business will have a very difficult time asserting “religious objection” in a way that satifies the courts. Businesses are generally “public accomodations,” and homosexuals are a protected class.


64 posted on 06/28/2015 5:52:48 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
A business will have a very difficult time asserting “religious objection” in a way that satifies the courts.

Believe it or not, a private business may have an easier time doing this than many religious organizations. If a business is set up as a partnership or a closed corporation (i.e., it is not publicly traded) and its religious identity is written into its bylaws, it actually has a very strong leg to stand on in a legal case. This is why Hobby Lobby was successful in their ObamaCare appeal, while many religious organizations that get tons of government funding were not.

71 posted on 06/28/2015 6:24:27 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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