Supreme Court Halts Contraception Mandate For Religious Groups (WOW!)

NBCNews ^ | December 31, 2013 | M. Alex Johnson and Winston Wilde

[Steelfish]

Supreme Court Halts Contraception Mandate For Religious Groups By M. Alex Johnson and Winston Wilde, NBC News Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor granted a last-ditch plea from Catholic groups Tuesday night to block a birth control mandate in the new health care law for religious organizations, just hours before it was to have gone into effect.

The archdioceses of Washington, D.C., and Nashville, Tenn., the Catholic Conference of Michigan and several affiliated groups requested the emergency stay of provisions of the Affordable Care Act that would require companies — regardless of religious beliefs — to provide contraceptives and other abortion-inducing drugs to their employees.

The groups want the mandate halted while the court considers a legal challenge, brought by the for-profit company Hobby Lobby, arguing that the requirement violates their religious liberties.

[VerySadAmerican]

After thinking about this for a day or so, I have to remember Sotomayor votes the way she’s told to vote. This may simply be a way for obama to grant another waiver without having to grant another waiver.

[Maryhere]

Even a broken clock is correct twice a day. Our awesome God works His wonders for man to behold. And, He works them using whomever He pleases. Mind boggling isn’t it?

[BuckeyeTexan]

Sotomayor has surprised me a few times now by joining with Scalia in some decisions. Unlike Kagan, she may not be a slave to her political ideology. We’ll see...