Obama Administration: We Can and Will Force Christians to Act Against Their Faith

Cybercast News Service ^ | December 29, 2012 | Terence P. Jeffrey

[Olog-hai]

In a legal argument formally presented in federal court in the case of Hobby Lobby v. Kathleen Sebelius, the Obama administration is claiming that the First Amendment—which expressly denies the government the authority to prohibit the “free exercise” of religion—nonetheless allows it to force Christians to directly violate their religious beliefs even on a matter that involves the life and death of innocent human beings. …

The Obama administration is making a two-fold argument for why it can force Christians to act against their faith in complying with the regulation it has issued under the Obamacare law that requires virtually all health care plans to cover, without co-pay, sterilizations, contraceptives, and abortion-inducing drugs.

The first argument the administration makes against the owners of Hobby Lobby is that Americans lose their First Amendment right to freely exercise their religion when they form a corporation and engage in commerce. A person’s Christianity, the administration argues, cannot be carried out through activities he engages in through an incorporated business. … The second argument the administration makes to justify forcing Christians to act against their faith is more sweeping. Here the administration argues it can force a person to act against his religion so long as the coercion is done under the authority of a law that is neutral and generally applicable—in other words, as long as the law was not written specifically to persecute Christians as Christians, the government can use that law to persecute Christians. …

[Olog-hai]

This is a huge attempt at nullifying the First Amendment. They have made laws prohibiting the free exercise of religion. They certainly cannot pretend that they are not Marxists anymore—not that they ever really denied it.

[GeronL]

Their revolution started decades ago... when does our start?

[SandRat]

OK, but first make the Wild Muslims act against theirs then we’ll talk.

[GeronL]

Their revolution started decades ago... when does our start?

[tsowellfan]

The population was much smarter decades ago. As far as today's population goes, all is well and would be even better if the republicans didn't control everything except the White House

We're living among ignorant people who vote (some of them actually thought Mitt Romney was the incumbent)and think the dems are the minority party even now which is why their holy Obama cannot save America even though he wishes he could save this beautiful country which he loves so dearly (according to MSNBC and the rest of the MSM).

[muawiyah]

I still think it’s a terrible mistake for the professional Leftwingtards to force innocent Christians to murder.

[Pollster1]

Christians have not faced evil of this magnitude since the Roman Coliseum or more likely the Circus Flaminius. For the most powerful country in the world to persecute Christians will be an experience the Church has not faced in 1700 years. I hope we still have the strength and the faith for this trial. Evil is petty, foolish, and disgusting, but it is not weak. I'll be paying at least as much attention to "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one," as to the command on turning the other cheek.

[freekitty]

I want to know too.

[Cicero]

This is basically why Obama appointed Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health. She doesn’t know a damned thing about health, but she was a notorious baby killer, a close friend of Dr. Death himself.

Their chief interest in “health care” is killing babies, controlling population, and promoting perverted sex at taxpayer expense.

And, of course, that’s why he made the appointments he did to the Supreme Court. Babykillers all.

Killing babies and engaging in bathhouse sex are the supreme rights, in their view. Not freedom of religion.

[BenLurkin]

[null and void]

If they can do that they are truly more powerful than God.

[Rodm]

Barack 666 Obama

[Red Badger]

This is the mark of evil.

They are trying to make it to where you cannot do business in this country unless you provide free abortions to your employees.

This IS the Mark of The Beast.........

[43north]

These commie rat-b@stards just keep on pushing.

We are either going to surrender or start pushing back.

I am not going to surrender.

[Nowhere Man]

It’s time we say, “OK, Buckwheat, we call your bet and we raise the ante. Do you call or fold?” This is wrong, heck, this whole Bammycare thing is wrong.

[Fungi]

Demons have been known to be more “powerful” than God, at least in the short term.

[oldasrocks]

What about all the companies that got a pass on the “health care” bill? What makes them so special?

It should be for everyone inc Congress or no one.

[null and void]

I still think it’s a terrible mistake for the professional Leftwingtards to force innocent Christians to murder.

No.

A Serpent is always a Serpent.

That isn't by any stretch a mistake on their part.

For Christians to murder just because the State Serpent commands it is a mistake.

Unless Christians agree with Obama when he says he's more powerful than God Himself...

[AppyPappy]

Birth control is not a religious issue. It’s a moral issue. Most Protestants use birth control.

[sergeantdave]

Shove Buckwheat’s Satanic decrees up his butt. He’s desperate and looking for a way to escape the corner he’s in.