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To: NYer

It wasn’t sweeping enough. The court should have said that the constitution does not provide the government ANY authority to force employers to violate their religious beliefs in ANY capacity when it comes to the commerce and employment they engage in. In fact, this is a blatant violation of the Establishment Clause. No business should be forced to engage in commerce against their will or provide benefits to their employees against their will, especially when such activity would violate the moral beliefs of their owners. Both are voluntary business transactions, and businesses may make their terms with a wide berth of authority.

Businesses don’t have to serve you
Businesses don’t have to employ you
Businesses don’t have to pay for your Christmas list


3 posted on 06/30/2014 3:11:54 PM PDT by Viennacon (Rebuke the Repuke!)
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To: Viennacon

They should have said the Constitution doesn’t give the Federal government any authority regarding health insurance AT ALL.

But since they didn’t, this is better than a kick in the teeth with a hobnailed boot.


5 posted on 06/30/2014 3:47:03 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I don't feel obligated to provide you with a non-boring gun.)
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To: Viennacon

I guess it was because a family owns Hobby Lobby and they all practice the faith in their business even playing religious music in their stores during the day.


6 posted on 06/30/2014 3:47:25 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Viennacon
It wasn’t sweeping enough. The court should have said that the constitution does not provide the government ANY authority to force employers to violate their religious beliefs in ANY capacity when it comes to the commerce and employment they engage in.

Like baking wedding cakes for homosexuals. I hear you. Perhaps you missed Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg's 35 page written dissent. She claims the decision is “of startling breadth”, that would mean that corporations could "opt out of any law … they judge incompatible with their sincerely held religious beliefs". The feminists have had a hey day with this ruling. Some have threatened to burn down Hobby Lobby stores (where, of course, none of them ever shop). Lol!

8 posted on 06/30/2014 4:01:16 PM PDT by NYer ("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
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To: Viennacon

10 posted on 06/30/2014 8:02:13 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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