Posted on 10/07/2012 4:21:18 PM PDT by John Semmens
Missouri federal district Judge Carol Jackson ruled that forcing Catholics to pay for contraception and abortion services mandated under Obamacare does not violate their right to freely practice their religion.
“The plaintiffs argue that their religious freedom is infringed by a government law requiring them to finance health services they view as repugnant to their beliefs,” Jackson wrote in her decision. “However, none of these plaintiffs is required to undergo an abortion or to make use of the covered contraception benefits. Consequently, they remain totally free to adhere to their religious beliefs insofar as the effects are confined to themselves.”
“That the religious beliefs of the plaintiffs regard abortion as murder and that compelling them to contribute financial resources to support this procedure is irrelevant. The law states that women are entitled to this health service. The plaintiffs’ religious preferences cannot override this legal requirement.”
To help clarify her ruling, Jackson offered a hypothetical case. “Suppose that the government enacted a law permitting human sacrifice,” she wrote. “Would we allow a person’s individual belief that this is wrong to totally overwhelm society’s decision that it is right—as would be evidenced by the fact that a law was passed endorsing the practice? No. As long as the individual is not the person being sacrificed he cannot justifiably raise his own religious objection to the implementation of this law for the benefit of someone else.”
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The SCOTUS gave the feds the go-ahead to mandate ANYTHING, so much parody/satire potential there it’s not funny
“That the religious beliefs of the plaintiffs regard abortion as murder and that compelling them to contribute financial resources to support this procedure is irrelevant. The law states that women are entitled to this health service. The plaintiffs’ religious preferences cannot override this legal requirement.”
I move that we re-name Obamacare to RobertsCare, in honor of the Supreme Court Chief Justice who single-handedly made this unconstitutional legislation the law of the land.
Roberts better stand the ground on this one.
Missouri federal district Judge Carol Jackson is obviously a FASCIST PIG.
WTF! How a out this......you don’t have to own a slave but you do have to subsidize slavery. How irrational. This will be appealed; it must be appealed.
Another head shakin’ chuckler John. Enjoyed.
I’m glad I read all the way through and realized this was humor.
It’s too bad that things like this are no longer obviously satire.
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