US Supreme Court: Hobby Lobby wins we lose

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  • designs
    designs

    The old guys sided with Hobby Lobby today in denying Birth Control coverage to its female employees based on the Owners religious views. Intact- is Viagra for the guys. Funny how the Far Right Evangelical owners of Hobby Lobby didn't want to touch that one...

    Read Judge Ginburg's scathing counter argument and opinion.

    www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf

  • AnneB
    AnneB

    Gone are the Good Old Days when people worked a job, got paid, then spent their wages as they chose.

    Maybe that's the best way out of situations like this?

  • GrreatTeacher
    GrreatTeacher

    Hobby Lobby has already lost my business.

    The SCOTUS decision is a damned shame. For all the fussing the Right does about Sharia law becoming the order of the day, this decision just paved the way for employers to force their religious beliefs on their employees.

    When they want Christianity to be respected, it's all well and good, but just wait until a religious business owner of another faith wants to force their religious beliefs on them. Then, look out.

  • problemaddict
    problemaddict

    Jinx. I just started ne of these. :)

  • AndDontCallMeShirley
    AndDontCallMeShirley

    Intact- is Viagra for the guys. Funny how the Far Right Evangelical owners of Hobby Lobby didn't want to touch that one...

    .

    Now that birth control is off the table, it'll be getting touched even less....

  • Billy the Ex-Bethelite
    Billy the Ex-Bethelite

    Up next: Hobby Lobby owners paying illegal immigrant children less than $1 per day for 18 hour workdays to make Christmas ornaments... because that's their religious view.

  • LisaRose
    LisaRose

    This is a stupid decision. An employer should not be able to dictate what your health insurance covers. By this logic, a Jehovah's Witness employer could refuse to pay for blood transfusions. Another could claim their religions don't cover cancer treatment, as it goes against God's will. Whether true or not, they gain a competitive advantage, as that would bring down their insurance costs.

  • JeffT
    JeffT

    If the government thinks everybody should have birth control, the governemnt should provide it. Some time back during the Obamacare debates I reversed my position on all of this. We need a single-payer system. If society wants to accept the idea that everybody is entitled to something, that cost should be borne by everyone, not a few (like employers).

  • Shanagirl
    Shanagirl

    Lefty Loons<<<<<<<<<<< are surely dumber than dirt. They all believe this SCOTUS decision today was about birth control!!!!!!!

    The decision was a HUGE victory for the First Amendment rights granted us under the U.S. Constitution. This decision is NOT about birth control. Geesh....... Shana

  • Iown Mylife
    Iown Mylife

    If your employees are using contraceptives they are more likely to be at work, instead of using maternity benefits.

    What is the problem with contraceptives, i just don't understand anything about this. All I know is, having too many kids leads to poverty and all the bad stuff that goes along with poverty.

    Marina

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