Posted on 11/16/2012 4:09:22 PM PST by Steelfish
Bible Publisher Wins Stay of Obama Contraceptive Mandate
By Stephen Dinan - November 16, 2012
A federal court on Friday said a Bible publisher doesn't have to offer health insurance coverage for contraceptives if it has moral objections, blocking the Obama administration from imposing its contraceptive care mandate on the business for now.
Judge Reggie B. Walton said the Obama administration's contraceptive coverage mandate puts companies that companies such as Illinois-based Tyndale House Publishers in an "untenable position" — either violate their beliefs, or face major penalties for failing to comply.
Tyndale House Publishers Inc., a Christian publishing company, said it objects to several types of contraceptives the Health and Human Services Department requires be covered.
After this summer's Supreme Court ruling upholding the health law, the contraceptive mandate has become the chief legal battleground.
The administration argued that allowing employers to be exempted from the contraceptive mandate would harm women's health and could lead to a patchwork of company coverage.
But Judge Walton pointed to tens of millions of people who already belong to plans exempted from the new mandate.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Victory. Now - let’s see if the Obama regime will blink.
I hope it holds up. The opinion was interesting in that it essentially said that Tyndale walks its talk.
bttt
Wow! This Obama care thing must be unConstitutional! Oh wait, our unSupreme Court said it was A-OK!
“But Judge Walton pointed to tens of millions of people who already belong to plans exempted from the new mandate.”
Another example, as I’ve already mentioned, exemptions, is “select preferencing”, a violation of the Civil Rights Act.
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