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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
In practical terms, this should also mean that Hobby Lobby should have almost *all* the same corporate rights as there are human civil rights.

Almost all?

All.

50 posted on 07/12/2014 8:01:01 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

Not entirely. For example, *as a company*, they should not have a civil right to “have” or adopt children as their legal guardian. They should not have a separate enfranchisement in voting from their votes as individuals. Nor will they have apportioned representation in congress, nor will they be counted as a separate entity in the census.

As a company, they cannot run for public office (a company tried to do this recently, suggesting it was a joke. But right now, the law might not be able to stop them from doing so legally for some offices.)

Likewise, their right to privacy is *different* from that of a person. They may be required to conform to federal health and safety rules. They are incorporated by states, not the federal government itself, so also come under state rules.

I’m sure there are many more, but these come to mind as not unreasonable.


58 posted on 07/12/2014 8:48:03 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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