“Plaintiffs have not cited, and the court has not found, any case concluding that secular, for-profit corporations such as Hobby Lobby and Mardel have a constitutional right to the free exercise of religion,” the ruling said.
The health care law includes an exemption, but it's not a one-size-fits-all clause, and for those that qualify, it poses some hard choices. These plaintiffs want more, but they're unlikely to get it.
The court followed the lead of an injunction granted to Frank O’Brien, a St. Louis business owner, late last month.
ReplyDeleteThat injunction has been overturned, three weeks later.
http://www.lifenews.com/2012/12/20/appeals-court-obama-admin-can-force-hobby-lobby-to-obey-hhs-mandate/
“Plaintiffs have not cited, and the court has not found, any case concluding that secular, for-profit corporations such as Hobby Lobby and Mardel have a constitutional right to the free exercise of religion,” the ruling said.
The health care law includes an exemption, but it's not a one-size-fits-all clause, and for those that qualify, it poses some hard choices. These plaintiffs want more, but they're unlikely to get it.
And, one week later, done.
ReplyDeletehttp://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/26/16171443-supreme-court-declines-to-block-provision-covering-contraceptives-in-health-care-law
The whining will, of course, continue.