“Im not defending Ginsberg, but apparently her reasoning is that if we allow this for Hobby Lobby, whats to stop ANY business owner from providing LEGITIMATE healthcare ( e.g. vaccination, blood transfusion ) under the guise of religious belief?”
I would like to say, “common sense,” the application of the reasonable man standard. To which you might well reply, “Have you (dsc) been living under a rock?”
Back in the days of the draft, you couldn’t get conscientious objector status just by saying you were Amish; you had to prove it.
What legitimate religion believes in refusing all medical treatment? Christian Scientists? Well, there aren’t that many of them, and I did say “legitimate” religion.
It’s something that can be worked out. Once word gets around that “guises” get you fined, things will settle down.
Also, see my 84. “Insurance coverage” is not the same as “healthcare,” may that word be chiseled from every dictionary. If your flaked-out employer has a policy that excludes blood transfusions, the hospital will give them to you anyway, if necessary to save your life, and then you’ll work out a way to pay.
If your employer’s policy doesn’t cover vaccines, you can go to the county health department, or explain to your doctor and arrange to pay cash.
Where on earth did this idea come from, that you can’t get something unless someone else pays for it?