I agree with the DOJ position here.
A hundred thousand small and mid size, and a few dozen large corporations all reincorporate as Catholic Church associated entities and the Democrat Party will collapse in most Catholic dominant states.
If the DOJ wins this, and if the Bishops are more than blowing hot air, it could revolutionize the legal strategies of entrepreneurs in the country.
If a Muslim business owner requires all employees to pay 5% zakat to a Mosque, as a condition of employment, we’d all be freaking out.
"It is well established that a corporation and its owners are wholly separate entities, and the Court should not permit the Newlands to eliminate that legal separation to impose their personal religious beliefs on the corporate entity or its employees," said the Justice Department.
If this is the case, what would prevent anyone from establishing a corporate entity -- under both IRS rules and the laws of that particular state -- in which adherence to Catholic teaching is written into the corporation's founding documents, corporate bylaws, etc.?
Actually, I'd have no problem with this at all. Anyone who works for the guy is free to leave and go work somewhere else. If his work force is limited to people who are willing to pay that stupid "tax," I can't imagine he's going to be in business for very long.
These employees are not required to do a darn thing. Your comparison is totally wrong.
The company is refusing to buy abortifacients, sterilants, and contraceptives for the employees to use.
It would be like a Muslim company refusing to buy crucifixes and communion wafers.