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Amish, Muslims to be excused from Obamacare mandate?
American Thinker ^ | March 26, 2010 | WordWayze

Posted on 03/25/2010 7:14:15 PM PDT by TigerBait

EMAIL FRIEND | PRINT ARTICLE | 45 COMMENTS | SHARE March 24, 2010 Amish, Muslims to be excused from Obamacare mandate? WordWayze The Senate health care bill just signed contains some exemptions to the "pay-or-play" mandate requiring purchase of Obamacare-approved health insurance or payment of a penalty fine. As Fox News has pointed out, for instance, the Amish are excused from the mandate:

So while most Americans would be required to sign up with insurance companies or government insurance plans, the church would serve as something of an informal insurance plan for the Amish.

Law experts say that kind of exemption withstands scrutiny.

"Here the statute is going to say that people who are conscientiously opposed to paying for health insurance don't have to do it where the conscientious objection arises from religion," said Mark Tushnet a Harvard law professor. "And that's perfectly constitutional."

Apparently, this exemption will apply similarly to believers in Islam, which considers health insurance - and, for that matter, any form of risk insurance - to be haraam (forbidden).

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


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To: TigerBait

it looks like it will really pay to convert to islam, wont it

or amish


41 posted on 03/25/2010 7:42:43 PM PDT by Mr. K (This administration IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY!)
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To: outhousepatrol

I wonder who WordWayze is.....

“WordWayze is the nom de plume of a freelance writer and political pundit who would prefer not to become the object of any attention such has been paid to the Mohammed cartoonists of Denmark and others.”


42 posted on 03/25/2010 7:43:17 PM PDT by Danae ( The sleeping Giant is awake)
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To: TigerBait

we’re all Amish now...


43 posted on 03/25/2010 7:44:00 PM PDT by stylin19a (Never buy a putter until you first get a chance to throw it)
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To: Ev Reeman

LOL


44 posted on 03/25/2010 7:44:40 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: TigersEye

Unbelievable...........


45 posted on 03/25/2010 7:45:12 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
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To: TigerBait

I’m now mooslim and don’t believe in using electricity./s


46 posted on 03/25/2010 7:45:22 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: TigerBait

Why do I suddenly have a desire to want to build an oak table?


47 posted on 03/25/2010 7:46:21 PM PDT by kempster
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To: Bushbacker1

Just like only whites will pay the taxes on tanning salons. They’re the only ones that use them!<<

Maybe a tax on hair straightening irons and beauty salons that provide that service is in order??...

NO!>>>THAT WOULD BE RACIST!


48 posted on 03/25/2010 7:49:57 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: shelterguy
Plenty of Amish on the fringe that don’t follow the original lifestyle.

Yeah, like Ishmael...


49 posted on 03/25/2010 7:50:07 PM PDT by RightFighter (Sarah Palin - we love you and can't wait to see you again.)
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To: Marty62
What happened to “Separation of Church and state?/s

If the lower courts or the SCOTUS do not rule against this bill, the USA will cease to exist as a republic.

The Constitution of the United States will be completely nullified.

50 posted on 03/25/2010 7:52:17 PM PDT by Know et al (Everything I know I read in the newspaper and that's the reason for my ignorance: Will Rogers)
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To: Know et al

Think about this, they are confiscaring the “wealth” of one section of America and completely exempting a special group.


51 posted on 03/25/2010 7:55:46 PM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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To: Bushbacker1

ROFLMAO


52 posted on 03/25/2010 7:56:22 PM PDT by Kellis91789 (Democrat: Someone who supports killing children, but protests executing convicted murderers.)
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To: TigerBait
"Here the statute is going to say that people who are conscientiously opposed to paying for health insurance don't have to do it where the conscientious objection arises from religion,"

I'm conscientiously opposed, count me out.

53 posted on 03/25/2010 7:57:52 PM PDT by Kenny
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To: TigerBait


"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana

“Army Major (Hasan) Played Role in Presidential Transition
(and) served on the Homeland Security Policy Institute’s presidential transition task force”

54 posted on 03/25/2010 8:01:27 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." --Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Diogenesis

Nothing better than visual aids to keep us focused: thank you!


55 posted on 03/25/2010 8:06:42 PM PDT by elpinta (DC, TSA: things that make me puke.)
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To: TigerBait

Seriously??? Muslims exempt???


56 posted on 03/25/2010 8:11:49 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: TigerBait

So when we all become Amish, will we have to give up Freeping?


57 posted on 03/25/2010 8:16:13 PM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: TigerBait
How about starting the First Church of Feeperpalians.

The first point in our catechism is that we must abstain from government sponsored health insurance because the Em-Grams emanating from socialist schemes have a negative affect on our spiritual and mental health.

Patron Saints: George Washington, Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Medved, Todd Beamer and Sarah Palin.

Instead of hymns we sing patriotic songs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQM1oLnMLNU&feature=related

We meet daily on-line to confess any liberal tendency for soft headedness or the sin of basing views on emotion instead of solid evidence, the Constitution and traditional values.

58 posted on 03/25/2010 8:17:17 PM PDT by garjog (Used to be liberals were just people to disagree with. Now they are a threat to our existence.)
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To: Huskrrrr
Time to grow a beard and start driving a horse and buggy.

Or a camel (tip o' the hat to Ann Coulter)
59 posted on 03/25/2010 8:18:06 PM PDT by RedCell (Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi / "...it is their duty, to throw off such government...")
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To: TigerBait

Forget competing with Democrats and Republicans, the Tea Party should form a church!


60 posted on 03/25/2010 8:21:08 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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