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[Townsend]

Christian Owned Business Files Federal Lawsuit Over Morning-After Mandate

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/christian-owned-business-files-federal-lawsuit-over-moring-after-mandate/

Christian owned and operated Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. filed a  lawsuit today in U.S. District Court challenging a mandate in the Obama administration's health care law that requires most employer health insurance plans to provide coverage for contraception and the morning after pill without requiring a co-pay.

There are about 27 lawsuits challenging the mandate, and Hobby Lobby, which owns about 500 arts and crafts stores across the country,  is the largest for-profit business to do so.
Several of the lawsuits filed by nonprofit entities have been dismissed, because the rules governing those entities are undergoing revision and won't take effect until later next year. But Hobby Lobby as a for-profit enterprise, has  to comply with the mandate by January.

"Assuming that a court agrees to hear the case, and doesn't dismiss it on procedural grounds, it will be an early opportunity to hear not only the plaintiffs arguments about why their religious beliefs are burdened but for the government to explain its decision not to exempt these and other employers from the rules," says Robert W. Tuttle, a professor of law and religion at George Washington University Law School.
"Our faith is being challenged by the U.S. government," said Hobby Lobby's founder and CEO David Green in a conference call today.  He said the company opposes having to provide  "abortion causing drugs" that go against his family faith. "We cannot abandon our religious beliefs to comply with the mandate."

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which  is representing Hobby Lobby Stores,  argues that the Obama administration's policy violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, as well as the Free Exercise Clause of the U.S. Constitution.  "Religious liberty is the birthright of every American whether they are running a business, sitting in a church or operating hospital," said Mark Rienzi, senior counsel at the Becket Fund.
The administration's health care law  exempts only churches and religious orders from the mandate.

Tuttle believes the claim of a for-profit business would  be more difficult to prove, because courts have been generally less sympathetic to claims of religious liberty by commercial entities, but he did note a recent case — Newland v. Sebelius – in which a judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff.

[Conan71]

No more so than when the screeching right complains when some on here source the aforementioned outlets.  Including your corrected ones.  Not sure why you felt the need to correct them, as they all four lean left.  But then again, I'm never sure of what your point is most of the time.  You might be ADD.

So a black female raising the charge that women and blacks are being used by Democrats to control their message isn't troubling to you?

Check.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Fixed it for you.

But seriously, does it warrant complete ignorance of the story?

A double-take just wasn't enough...had to do a triple-take when I read this comment....

Really??  I mean... REALLY??  Thanks for the laugh-of-the-day!

[guido911]

Of course.  What's your point?

No point. Just figured this would get some attention. With that said, has anyone seen Fluke filling out a job application for Hobby Lobby?

[guido911]

And on the subject of Fluke...Dennis Miller goes thermonuclear:

[erfalf]

Well, let's try it again.

[Conan71]

Well, let's try it again.

She's an Aunt Tom.  Doesn't count.

[erfalf]

She's an Aunt Tom.  Doesn't count.

It's funny because she said she thought the same thing whenever she saw a black on fox news or something similar.

[guido911]

What if you threw a rally and 10 people showed up? Talk bout one's 15 minutes being WAY up...

My favorite quote:

Ashley and Jessica evidently made up one-fifth of the total crowd!

http://twitchy.com/2012/10/21/fluke-ofa-fail-in-pics-if-you-hold-a-rally-and-no-one-shows-up-does-it-make-a-sound/

[heironymouspasparagus]

And on the subject of Fluke...Dennis Miller goes thermonuclear:

I definitely second the motion - and raise you the "old white guys" insurance paid prescription for viagra.  That costs a whole lot more than some contraceptives.  Back in 2009 it cost $1400 per 100 pills, yet we still get to subsidize that.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-42842870/price-of-viagra-has-risen-108-since-launch-100-pills-now-cost-1400/

And I don't really mind to ensure (or insure!) she doesn't have kids - cheapest insurance cost I will ever see.  But I very much mind helping that viagra guy reach the possibility of having more kids!!

I guarantee you Dennis Miller would be spewing a different verbal vomit if they cut off his viagra and he had to pay for it himself!

(Hope this doesn't hit too close to home, guido...)

[guido911]

I definitely second the motion - and raise you the "old white guys" insurance paid prescription for viagra.

Happy Halloween!!!!

[nathanm]

No, a straw man would be talking about how men can afford Viagra without insurance because they make more money, on average. Bringing up how pills for one gender's sexual health are not covered while pills for another gender's sexual health are covered is not a straw man. It's a direct comparison.

[guido911]

No, a straw man would be talking about how men can afford Viagra without insurance because they make more money, on average. Bringing up how pills for one gender's sexual health are not covered while pills for another gender's sexual health are covered is not a straw man. It's a direct comparison.

No its not and stop it. If we were talking about sexual dysfunction in women and medication, then we have a comparison. Now, if we were talking about insurance paying for vasectomies and not women BC...

[nathanm]

No its not and stop it. If we were talking about sexual dysfunction in women and medication

Both are used to treat medical conditions, bucko.

[Conan71]

Both are used to treat medical conditions, bucko.

You obviously don't understand the difference between a coconut and a pineapple.