Posted on 01/13/2013 6:15:29 AM PST by marshmallow
In the Citizens United case the Supreme Court held that corporations can spend money to support or oppose candidates, that to limit such spending is an unconstitutional ban of free speech.
The First Amendment says:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
It follows then that corporations can spend money to support or not any given health insurance program, that to limit or mandate such spending is an unconstitutional ban on the free exercise of religion.
This is an excellent comment! (Excellent tagline, too)
Thanks.
Please... feel free... spread it around. Maybe it will catch on. :-)
“since companies have freedom of speech protected by the 1st Amend, therefore they must also have freedom of religion protected by the 1st Amend.”
The most enjoyable thing about this is taking their ruling and throwing it back at them. I’d like to see how they try to worm out of it. Judges don’t respect the Constitution, only what some other judge said some other judge said.
The “contraception mandate” is utter nonsense, as is “obama-care”.
The idea popped into my head from nowhere while at the grocery store. Sometimes I really have to wonder.
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