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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If I were a hobbyist I would buy from these people. They have 60,000 items in:
Arts | Cards & Party | Crafts | Fabric | Floral | Frames | Hobbies | Home Accents | Jewelry | Needle Art | Papercrafting | Seasonal | Wearables | Wedding
Their website: http://hobbylobby.com/
Their Mardel Book Store division has
Bibles | Books | Music | Video | Apparel | Education | Gifts | Homeschool | Kids | Church Supply | Bargains
Their website: http://www.mardel.com/
I know you're all spent out from Christmas, but please keep thise people in mind for birthdays, books, HOMESCHOOLING SUPPLIES!
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I could see Hobby Lobby just locking their doors.
I would think that with all the religious exemptions for Muslims in the law, that an honest court system would have granted the exemption. Oh. That’s the problem.
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I’m going to make it a point to give the Hobby Lobby near me as much business as possible.
Obama Inc. would certainly be giddy with a twofer collapse of capitalism and Christianity.
thinnking...
thinking of a way to scrounge up $10 and buy pens, pencils, maybe a good pair of scissors? And support these Hobby Lobby / Mardel Book Store people.
This Christian business is doing what anybody with a backbone should be doing. The least we can do is say "Amen."
thinnking...
thinking of a way to scrounge up $10 and buy pens, pencils, maybe a good pair of scissors? And support these Hobby Lobby / Mardel Book Store people.
This Christian business is doing what anybody with a backbone should be doing. The least we can do is say "Amen."
thinnking...
thinking of a way to scrounge up $10 and buy pens, pencils, maybe a good pair of scissors? And support these Hobby Lobby / Mardel Book Store people.
This Christian business is doing what anybody with a backbone should be doing. The least we can do is say "Amen."
Lots of defiance of the emperor going on.
Amen
Agreed,
Love me some Hobby Lobby!!!
God bless them.
So individuals don't qualify for 1st Amendment protections? How Soviet of you, Comrade Heaton.
I drove by one yesterday. I really don’t frequent them or any of their competitors, but I need to go in and find *something* I can buy from those guys.
I’m thinking that we should make up fliers that tell the story, and pass them out to people coming and going at Hobby Lobby. Put Sotomeyer’s (sp} office number and ask people to flood the lines. This company is very woman and family friendly.
A lot more companies are going to have to get a spine and stand of to the Food Stamp President. If enough refuse to provide the abortion stuff, drop health care or just flood the courts with suits there is a chance that the law will be nullified.
Though I don’t like what is being forced upon this company, the reality is, the judge is following the law as it stands IMHO. Their not a religious institution. Their a commercial enterprise.
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