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Hobby Lobby to Defy Sotomayor Ruling on Morning-After Pill
Newsmax ^ | 27 Dec 2012 | Newsmax

Posted on 12/28/2012 4:20:05 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o

An attorney for Hobby Lobby Stores said Thursday that the arts and crafts chain plans to defy a federal mandate requiring it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill, despite risking potential fines of up to $1.3 million per day.

Hobby Lobby and religious book-seller Mardel, which are owned by the same conservative Christian family, are suing to block part of the federal health care law that requires employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and similar emergency contraception pills.

The companies claim the mandate violates the religious beliefs of their owners. They say the morning-after pill is tantamount to abortion because it can prevent a fertilized egg from becoming implanted in a woman's womb.

On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor denied the companies' request for an injunction while their lawsuit is pending, saying the stores failed to satisfy the demanding legal standard for blocking the requirement on an emergency basis. She said the companies may still challenge the regulations in the lower courts.

Kyle Duncan, who is representing Hobby Lobby on behalf of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, said in a statement posted on the group's website Thursday that Hobby Lobby doesn't intend to offer its employees insurance that would cover the drug while its lawsuit is pending.

"The company will continue to provide health insurance to all qualified employees," Duncan said. "To remain true to their faith, it is not their intention, as a company, to pay for abortion-inducing drugs."

In ruling against the companies last month, U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton said churches and other religious organizations have been granted constitutional protection from the birth-control provisions but that "Hobby Lobby and Mardel are not religious organizations."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; hhs; hobbylobby; obamacare; sotomayor
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Our local Boy Scout Troop, especially my grandson, shops there regularly. One of his Christmas gifts was a gift certificate. He said he likes to take me there to help him shop because he always comes out with more than the certificate was for when Grams is along!


61 posted on 12/28/2012 9:26:26 PM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Vendome

Kinda ironic with your comment... considering that Sonic donated big to obama. No more drink specials for us!


62 posted on 12/28/2012 9:37:29 PM PST by cyn (Benghazi. Egypt.)
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To: cyn

Went to In & Out anyway.


63 posted on 12/28/2012 10:22:54 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I shopped at Hobby Lobby today.

No one is saying that abortionists, gays, lesbians, or democrats are not allowed to shop at Hobby Lobby.

What is being said is that Hobby Lobby is a privately owned business that it will offer coverage for what it deems within its guiding principles or its corporate best interest.

It is not within its guiding principles or its corporate best interest to offer abortion inducing or fertilized egg destroying drugs or procedures to its employees.

There is no compelling reason that an individual cannot buy his/her own contraception coverage if that is what they desire to buy. And, in a free market, as we are told this is, there is no reason that like-minded people cannot group together to buy this coverage on their own or that some entrepreneur will see a goldmine and set about establishing a centralized buy location.


64 posted on 12/28/2012 10:29:18 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I was there last weekend....bought a rock tumbler and some colored pencils. There was a sale going on and it was very crowded. I wonder if their stock is publicly traded.


65 posted on 12/28/2012 10:48:34 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

BTTT


66 posted on 12/29/2012 1:23:39 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: FreedomPoster

“I need to go in and find *something* I can buy from those guys.”

You’ll find something. Tons of decor items, besides the “crafty” stuff.


67 posted on 12/29/2012 3:33:42 AM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: Spktyr

“Simple solution, then. Don’t offer insurance to your employees.”

Not a bad idea. Just increase their wages and then they can find the best insurance to suit their needs as individuals.


68 posted on 12/29/2012 3:39:08 AM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: Jacquerie
It was part of the final bills within the HHS proposals that where given the blessing of Reid and Pelosi's Houses, and was signed into law by the President. Sorry I have to disagree with your analysis. But that does not mean I'm for it.
Under a Republican controlled Senate and House it (HHS) would never have seen the light of day.
69 posted on 12/29/2012 4:47:16 AM PST by Marine_Uncle (I'm going John Galt.... But. Honor must be earned.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Your whole response, in particular "I think Hobby Lobby is right: the government does not have the authority under the U.S. Constitution to conscript ANYBODY to renounce their moral code." :

I'm not going to fight anyone here on particulars in their displeasure regarding this evil mess, Reid and Pelosi allowed to see the light of day.
All you wrote I can stand up and applaud, with no double standard.
I hate what has come to past as most all God loving Conservatives.
70 posted on 12/29/2012 4:53:49 AM PST by Marine_Uncle (I'm going John Galt.... But. Honor must be earned.)
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To: smokingfrog

I assure you dear Freeper, I can give you a score of a hundred on your statement. I’m on the side of HHS being totally disbanded, before major chunks of it come into play.


71 posted on 12/29/2012 4:59:20 AM PST by Marine_Uncle (I'm going John Galt.... But. Honor must be earned.)
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To: alancarp
Believe me. I'm with you in your indignation as how for so many years this Federal Government has in many ways literally removed the freedom's of individuals and companies.

72 posted on 12/29/2012 5:04:45 AM PST by Marine_Uncle (I'm going John Galt.... But. Honor must be earned.)
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To: JCBreckenridge

I’m with your statement. The trick is now for the whole evil HHS law to be repealed. That is where we have a little problem. At least most of the Repub candidates where on the record as promising they would do away with it before it really goes into high gear, and allow for the Senate and HR to see the evils it represents, and give them the chance to pass bills that where in the best interest of America, that pass the Constitution.


73 posted on 12/29/2012 5:09:18 AM PST by Marine_Uncle (I'm going John Galt.... But. Honor must be earned.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Got a gift certificate for Christmas, yarn here I come. Use to be fabric, but my hands have gotten to clumsy from arthur, for me to quilt any more. I barely get a button sewed on now, and have to hold my crochet needle like a small child learning to eat, but at least I still have something I can do.

Edged several of the grand and great grands fleece blankets, 3 are Gator fans, and our friend who had the double stroke got a US NAVY one he sits under.

Wish they’d invent a instrument to poke holes in fleece, had to use a nut picker my husband stuck in a wooden handle when the sharpened ice pick failed to go through it...but puppy teeth go right through it.


74 posted on 12/29/2012 5:40:13 AM PST by GailA (those who do not keep promises to Got aMilitary, won't keep them to U)
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To: FreedomPoster

If you send out cards for special occasions they have a great selection of religious ones, and of course there are always pens, pencils, glue, poster board, picture framing and supplies, art stuff, and put together model kits for kids. Great place for a scrap booker you know to find supplies. Yarns, fabrics, books on those subjects. Bought most of my quilt batting there when I was still able to quilt. Plus they have all the holiday decorations for every holiday. Course most of that comes from china.


75 posted on 12/29/2012 5:48:21 AM PST by GailA (those who do not keep promises to Got aMilitary, won't keep them to U)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Hobby Lobby is one of the few stores that carries the Krylon
Looking Glass Spray Paint needed to make those wonderful
antique mercury glass look-alike items.

Krylon sprayed on clear glass items---lots of tutorials on-line.

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NO STORES NEAR YOU? SHOP HOBBY LOBBY ONLINE

http://www.hobbylobby.com/home.cfm?market=yp

76 posted on 12/29/2012 6:14:31 AM PST by Liz
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Good idea.
I wonder if this strikes down part of the federal discrimination law regarding religion, sex, race, etc.


77 posted on 12/29/2012 6:28:24 AM PST by RedMDer (Those that believe in gun free zones should post gun free zone signs on their property and persons.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Any way you look at it, some innocent person gets pushed to the wall.

And nobody in the MSM will blame the Gov. It's all the evil Corperations doing.

78 posted on 12/29/2012 6:40:02 AM PST by MaxMax (Gun free zones was the invitation to gun bans)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Any way you look at it, some innocent person gets pushed to the wall.

And nobody in the MSM will blame the Gov. It's all the evil Corporations doing.

79 posted on 12/29/2012 6:40:10 AM PST by MaxMax (Gun free zones was the invitation to gun bans)
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To: Coldwater Creek

Oh :o( — Personal Message coming.


80 posted on 12/29/2012 6:48:38 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("Without justice, what else is the State but a great band of robbers?" - St. Augustine of Hippo)
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