Posted on 01/14/2014 9:37:14 PM PST by Morgana
If we wanted your religious beliefs on abortion-pill coverage, we’d give them to you appears to be the latest in an untenable string of arguments from the Obama DOJ over the HHS Mandate.
On Friday, the DOJ filed its response to the Supreme Court in the Hobby Lobby case.
Politico has the latest on the DOJ’s arguments:
In arguments filed late Friday, Justice Department lawyers told the court that an employer’s religious beliefs aren’t a legitimate reason to deny something as important as preventive care to an employee who is entitled to it under the health law.
“The connection is too indirect as a matter of law to impose a substantial burden” on employers’ right to practice their religion, the lawyers wrote in their opening argument defending the contraceptive requirement against Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.
The crux of the Obama Administration’s legal argument seems to boil down to two points:
Opposing forced coverage of abortion pills isn’t a legitimate religious belief; and 2) our pro-abortion agenda is far more important than your silly religious beliefs anyway.
If that sounds like an argument to turn the religious liberty protections of our Constitution on its head, that’s because it is. The moment the government can tell us what is and is not an important part of our faith and further that what we consider to be a sin is far too attenuated to actually be real sin in God’s eyes is the moment we have lost our religious liberty.
This argument comes days after Obama’s DOJ attempted to convince the Court that forcing Catholic nuns to pay for abortion pills in no way violated their faith because all they had to do was sign a form and let someone else violate their faith for them.
The absurdity of these arguments is astounding. There is no stronger principle upon which our nation was founded than religious freedom. If the government can say my religious beliefs don’t count, then what religious liberty can we possible have?
The Supreme Court is set to consider this exact question later this year. At the ACLJ, we are preparing to file a brief on behalf of thousands of concerned Americans and our clients (each of which we have put a stop to the mandate for as their cases continue).
The Supreme Court is on the edge of the cliff this time. Agree with the Department of ‘Justice’ and they will have thrown away their legitimacy.
And by that I mean that the citizens of the United States can now say that the contract between the states and the Federal Government has now been broken. And no one knows where that will lead us next.
Disagree with Obama and the DOJ may mean personal destruction for themselves. It’s not a good place to be I think.
good moring Morgana,
After Roberts I have NO confidence in this supreme court or any other aspect or the federal gubmint.
Under obammy the federals have become little more than a well armed mafia.
And Americans voted for this. Twice.
This is perversion of our system of justice.
The rule of law, separation of powers, etc - who needs them?
apparently Americans’ “inalienable rights” spring from the party that holds the WH and the Majority in the Senate
This is Hitler all over again! Does the Nazi party in the U.S. realize that Obama is their most effective member? Obama is definitely a Nazi!
Stuck-up little Nazi.
There’s that word “burden” again. Remind me again who said that.
An remember the idiot Stupak.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/04/Stupak-President-Played-Me-with-Obamacare-Deal
I have a better suggestion for the Supremes They should force Congress to IMPEACH Obama That would be a remedy that would serve the greater good.
Pray the court does the right thing.
I have no doubt they will follow orders from headquarters.
Amen!
Justice Department lawyers told the court that an employer’s religious beliefs aren’t a legitimate reason to deny something as important as preventive care to an employee who is entitled to it under the health law.
And abortion/abortion pill isn't a preventative....the pregnancy has already happened. Life has begun.
But, I guess in 0's sick mind it (abortion/abortion pill) prevents the "entitled" from being "punished with a baby".
I’ve never met the Greens but I have respect for them or anyone that does against abortion. We do have a Hobby Lobby store in West Virginia, it is located in Barboursville. Nice place and cool people.
I think you meant “consciences”, but I wholeheartedly agree.
I'll make a prediction based on this cabal's tyrannical MarxoFascism:
If SCOTUS rules for Obama (and I think they will), and if Mr. Green decides to close his stores rather than comply with evil - then Holder will sue him and the petition will come for the government to take over the stores themselves ala a Receivership.
We're dealing with wholesale tyrannical evil here in this regime. Defiance will be met with harsh punishment. Know the time, and Count the cost.
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