It is possible that a judge might use this case (in general, the issue of something objectionable being offered) as a reason to allow them NOT to offer contraceptives.
The fact it is a narrow ruling is bad. The SCOTUS should have upheld what HOBBY LOBBY on the Freedom of Religion of the Constitution...
ALITO, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and SCALIA, KENNEDY, and THOMAS ,JJ., joined. KENNEDY, J., filed a concurring opinion.GINSBURG, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SOTOMAYOR, J., joined, and in which BREYER and KAGAN , JJ., joined as to all but Part III–C–1. BREYER and KAGAN, JJ., filed a dissenting opinion.
Basically, 5-4 decision with Alito writing the decision for the Majority of Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas.
The dissenting opinion was written by Sotomayor, joined by Sotomayor, Breyer, and Kagan. But Breyer and Kagan did not agree with all parts of the dissenting opinion...
“Kristina Arriaga, Executive Director of the Becket Fund, tells LifeNews, “In fact, the Greens pay salaries that start at twice the minimum wage and offer excellent benefits, as well as a healthcare package which includes almost all of the contraceptives now mandated by the Affordable Care Act. Their only objection is to 4 drugs and devices which, the government itself concedes, can terminate an embryo.”
This is the big difference in the Hobby Lobby lawsuit and Catholic institutions. Catholics don’t believe in abortion or birth control pills, and that case will have to be eventually heard in the court. My feeling is with this ruling Catholics will win when their case is heard. A religious view is a religious view.