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Hobby Lobby Wins !: Where Do We Go from Here?
Christianity Today ^ | 06/30/2014 | Ed Stetzer

Posted on 06/30/2014 7:24:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The U.S. Supreme Court has given the Obama administration (and, hopefully the world) a lesson in the first freedom. I'm sorry it was necessary, but it was—the government cannot (and must not) require people of faith to violate their sincerely-held beliefs.

The High Court's Ruling

The ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties underscores religious liberty as our "first freedom." The freedom to exercise religion, enshrined in our Constitution's Bill of Rights, has been called "the cornerstone of the American experiment" because it is from our religious freedom all of our other freedoms flow.

Below is a graphic from a LifeWay Research study conducted in November of 2012, showing that most Americans support mandatory contraception coverage through ObamaCare.

Before the ruling, former U.S. Solicitor General Ken Starr pointed out that religious liberty was certainly at stake behind the legalese of the arguments being made by the U.S. government:

If the Supreme Court accepts the government's formalistic argument (that a corporation cannot exercise a right to free exercise of religion), it will deal an unnecessary blow to the cause of religious liberty and simply create incentives for families of conscience to carry on their business enterprise in another form. The Greens will, win or lose, be able to carry on and continue their admirable mission to serve a cause higher and nobler than their own commercial success. But something very valuable—the nation's historic commitment to religious freedom—will have been needlessly compromised.


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: christians; hobbylobby; hobbylobbydecision; mandate; ruling; scotus
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1 posted on 06/30/2014 7:24:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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2 posted on 06/30/2014 7:24:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Time to head to Mississippi.

Directions for all RINOs, MS is south of Florida.


3 posted on 06/30/2014 7:25:26 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: SeekAndFind

Religions liberty is foundational to the US, obama, kapish?


4 posted on 06/30/2014 7:25:40 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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READ THE BLOG ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT’s DECISION HERE:

http://live.scotusblog.com/Event/Live_blog_of_opinions__June_30_2014#sthash.OfzafGnO.dpuf


5 posted on 06/30/2014 7:25:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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6 posted on 06/30/2014 7:26:00 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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FAN FREAKING TASTIC!!!!!


7 posted on 06/30/2014 7:26:30 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.)
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CW-II, of course, because the Obamadorks and associated low IQ minions will not give up.

May as well get it over with earlier rather than later.

And, as is my usual, I volunteer to construct, sharpen and man the guillotine when the libs and RINOs are led up the stairs.


8 posted on 06/30/2014 7:26:36 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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I wonder if this case could set a precedent for the Christian wedding cake makers and photographers being persecuted by the state for refusing to participate in gay marriage? If nothing else it should bolster their argument that you don’t lose your right to practice your religion just because you go into business...


9 posted on 06/30/2014 7:26:38 AM PDT by apillar
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JUST SHOUTED PRAISE TO GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET FREEDOM RING!!!!!


10 posted on 06/30/2014 7:27:08 AM PDT by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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Good news.

However, the criminals in charge of America, Herr Obozo, Herr Holder and whatever Jarrett is, will ignore this decision llke they ignore the laws of the nation, elections and court decisions which go against their agendas and big donors.


11 posted on 06/30/2014 7:27:08 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Herr Obozo, the Sunni Won-Doer, will not divert $'s from his war on Americans to help our Veterans!)
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Make every corporate entity a small closely held company? Other than that, the decision is narrow enough to only affect those types of companies, until the feds fund contraception coverage through regulation.


12 posted on 06/30/2014 7:27:13 AM PDT by AnAmericanInEngland
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RE: Religions liberty is foundational to the US, obama, kapish?

We are on the edge my friend... the decision was 5-4.

All we need is for (God Forbid) one of the conservative to die or retire before 2016 and we’ll have another Ginsberg on the bench.

With that, 5-4 will be THE OTHER WAY AROUND.


13 posted on 06/30/2014 7:27:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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I understand this has to do with ‘privately held businesses’.....which Holly Hobby is...protects the owners from the Obama mandate.


14 posted on 06/30/2014 7:27:52 AM PDT by caww
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Now individuals need to demand their religious freedom to not pay for other people’s contraception...


15 posted on 06/30/2014 7:28:03 AM PDT by EBH (And the head wound was healed, and Gog became man.)
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If nothing else it should bolster their argument that you don’t lose your right to practice your religion just because you go into business...

Exactly. What this ruling states is that you don't have to choose between owning a business or being religious.
16 posted on 06/30/2014 7:28:27 AM PDT by ExTxMarine (PRAYER: It's the only HOPE for real CHANGE in America!)
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Yes


17 posted on 06/30/2014 7:28:30 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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A teeny tiny success, enjoy but keep on waving your pro life, heterosexual, liberty flag high.

Forward to life and freedom.


18 posted on 06/30/2014 7:28:53 AM PDT by FreedomGuru (Time for torches and pitchforks.)
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BTTT ~ Ditto!


19 posted on 06/30/2014 7:28:58 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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SCOTUS: "HHS's contraception mandate substantially burdens the exercise of religion."
20 posted on 06/30/2014 7:29:47 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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