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Here's an interesting blog post about misconceptions about the ruling. I have to say I've seen every one of those.
http://catholicdefense.blogspot.com/...about.html?m=1Watch your links! http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/fa...corumetiquette
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostPage 9 on the court PDF here: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions...3-354_olp1.pdf It basically says that an exception was already in place for religious nonprofits so their employees could go through the government if they really wanted contraceptive coverage, and the Court said there's no reason this couldn't be extended for companies like Hobby Lobby as well.
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Originally posted by DesertBerean View PostHere's an interesting blog post about misconceptions about the ruling. I have to say I've seen every one of those.
http://catholicdefense.blogspot.com/...about.html?m=1
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Originally posted by DesertBerean View PostHere's an interesting blog post about misconceptions about the ruling. I have to say I've seen every one of those.
http://catholicdefense.blogspot.com/...about.html?m=1"I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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No effect, huh? They were telling Hobby Lobby they had to pay, what, 1.3 million PER DAY for their non compliance! I guess the other companies in question were also facing that fate. Of course those penalties were suspended pending the SCOTUS ruling and are now moot.Watch your links! http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/fa...corumetiquette
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Originally posted by seer View PostNo PM, I don't think any employer should be forced by law to pay for health insurance, and if they do can provide or not provide whatever specifics they choose. Since when does the government get to tell a private business what benefits they have to offer?
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Unintended consequences:
So, now you work for a company owned by Jehovah's Witnesses. They will now be allowed to deny coverage for your needed blood transfusion on religious grounds.
Great move, people!
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Originally posted by NormATive View PostUnintended consequences:
So, now you work for a company owned by Jehovah's Witnesses. They will now be allowed to deny coverage for your needed blood transfusion on religious grounds.
Great move, people!
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Even if that were true - and it likely isn't - the hospital/doctor CAN'T deny life saving service in an emergency. You can get your transfusion and set up a payment plan."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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It seems to me as though too much of the commentary on this topic has ignored the test set up by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which states that a generally applicable law which violates religious freedom may be enforced given that:
1. the law is pursuing a compelling state interest
2. the state is pursuing the means which is least restrictive with respect to religious liberty
Essentially, the decision was made on the grounds that there were less restrictive means available to the government if it wanted to make contraceptives widely available. It doesn't have to impose on the religious consciences of a certain category of businesses in order to accomplish that aim.
Providing a life-saving procedure could easily be judged to be a more compelling interest than providing contraception, such that a transfusion can be mandated as part of uniform coverage and contraception be provided for only through, for example, government vouchers... or, in some cases, simply the same system (insufficient though it is) which the Obama administration already set up for religious non-profits.
The Supremes will almost always make decisions based on the tiniest possible legal distinction and with the narrowest possible consequences (that they'll admit to), and this decision is no exception.Don't call it a comeback. It's a riposte.
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostEven if that were true - and it likely isn't - the hospital/doctor CAN'T deny life saving service in an emergency. You can get your transfusion and set up a payment plan.Watch your links! http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/fa...corumetiquette
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In his decision, Alito expressly said that the decision would not extend to blood transfusions or vaccinations. However, he did not explain why.
As for the notion of getting rid of employers' insurance, if such a change is to be made, I would prefer it be made wholesale to leaving individual people here and there out in the cold in the meantime."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostI got that - I dunno, it sounded like you thought the scope was so limited that it would have no practical effect. It actually will affect some companies - but it's greater impact is in curtailing the regulatory influence.
"I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostIn his decision, Alito expressly said that the decision would not extend to blood transfusions or vaccinations. However, he did not explain why.
As for the notion of getting rid of employers' insurance, if such a change is to be made, I would prefer it be made wholesale to leaving individual people here and there out in the cold in the meantime.Don't call it a comeback. It's a riposte.
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Originally posted by Psychic Missile View PostMost governments tell private businesses what benefits they have to offer to an extent.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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