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Showing posts with label freedom of conscience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freedom of conscience. Show all posts
Hobby Lobby doesn't have to provide objectionable forms of birth control (abortifacients) to its employees, because paying for that would violate sincere religious beliefs held by its owners.
That's what most moderately-informed Americans are likely to take away from the most recent Supreme Court decision in favor of the family-owned company. Some conservatives have expressed disappointment that the decision, as written by Justice Samuel Alito, wasn't broader, and the precedent it set was indeed deliberately narrow. But it's still a win for religious liberty, and after the debacle last winter concerning Arizona's Senate Bill 1062, it's good to have another chance to present religious liberty, and in particular the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), in a more positive light.
We should seize that chance. Americans are in real danger of losing sight of the value of religious freedom. Coming off a victory like this, we need to redouble our efforts to explain to them why they should care...
"birth control is not my boss's business" chant the people trying to require bosses to cover birth control.
— Timothy P Carney (@TPCarney) June 30, 2014
#SCOTUS: Victory in Hobby Lobby. This is a great day for liberty.
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) June 30, 2014
Don’t overread Hobby Lobby. The Court makes clear women can still get coverage and it isn’t opening the door wide to religious claims.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 30, 2014
#BREAKING: White House will consider whether president can act on his own to mitigate effect of Supreme Court contraception ruling
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 30, 2014
Reminder: Hobby Lobby already provides insurance that covers 16 types of contraceptives. http://t.co/U95tZCBqLx
— Drew Cline (@DrewHampshire) June 30, 2014
The delicious irony in that statement and hashtag. You don't see it do you?.@SandraFluke
— RightGirlNYC (@RightGirlNYC) June 30, 2014
Not accurate. No one is being denied anything. The employer is just not forced to pay for it. Try being intellectually honest. @SandraFluke
— AngieSenseiofSass (@Artist_Angie) June 30, 2014
Expect Dems to attack RFRA now RT @emzanotti: "Regulations here violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act." - Alito
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) June 30, 2014
.@amandacarpenter Hilariously, RFRA was a Chuck Schumer brainchild. They have no one to blame but themselves!
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) June 30, 2014
@Adam_Jacobi Democrats joined GOP in passing the RFRA 97-3 in the Senate. Not sure why the left is whining.
— YpsiTuckyBoy (@YpsiTuckyBoy) June 30, 2014
In 2014, a woman’s right to contraception shouldn’t be up for debate. 99% of women will use contraception in their lives.
— Senator Kay Hagan (@SenatorHagan) June 30, 2014
@SenatorHagan SCOTUS decision doesn't stop this. Where did you read that partisan drivel? HL still pays for 16 of 20 methods. Seems partisan
— Christopher Duffy (@CRTinyDuffy) June 30, 2014
.@SenatorHagan Relax. No "rights" are being denied. Stop being intellectually dishonest. Very limited ruling & you know it
— surebeatsworkin (@surebeatsworkin) June 30, 2014
@SenatorHagan You're either too dense to understand the decision or being disingenuous. Which is it?
— WilliamTeach (@WilliamTeach) June 30, 2014
God bless @SCOTUSblog for RTing the LOL-worthy tweets from folks who think they run the Supreme Court's official twitter account.
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) June 30, 2014
The passive aggressive way @SCOTUSblog is answering right now is horrible considering the position they just put women in. Not okay.
— Dumb of the Day (@WollyWollenberg) June 30, 2014
Can't believe we live in a world where we'd even consider letting big corps deny women access to basic care based on vague moral objections.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) June 30, 2014
The current Supreme Court has headed in a very scary direction. #scotus#hobbylobby
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) June 30, 2014
Elizabeth Warren thinks Christian belief is a "vague moral objection" @elizabethforma
— Leroy Whitby (@LeroyWhitby) June 30, 2014
@elizabethforma It's shameful that you'd spew such ridiculous inaccuracies. Shows lack of character on your part. #mapoli
— ldm8571 (@ldm8571) June 30, 2014
Leave it to the Faux Indian to misrepresent the SCOTUS decision. @elizabethforma
— S (@AvgJosephine) June 30, 2014
Maybe women should organize a safe-sex fuck-in at every Hobby Lobby across the country. In the glitter aisle. JUST A THOUGHT.
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) June 30, 2014
.@JessicaValenti What I most enjoy about your Twitter feed is the sophistication and nuance.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) June 30, 2014
If you think those who control corporations deserve greater control over your personal life, the Hobby Lobby ruling is a winner for you.
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) June 30, 2014
.@PaulBegala <~~ This is one dumb Texan! U Cons down there need to revoke his Texas privileges quickly.
— ConservativeBlackMan (@Thomasismyuncle) June 30, 2014
@PaulBegala And if you think that said corporations must pay for your personal decisions, then the HL ruling is a loser for you.
— Rich Kaszak (@RichKaszak) June 30, 2014
@PaulBegala The employer that I chose? Much rather have that than the tyrannical government making the decision. #nodoubt
— Jimmy Russells (@JimmyRussells5) June 30, 2014
SCOTUS took an outrageous step against women's rights, setting a dangerous precedent that permits corporations to choose which laws to obey.
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) June 30, 2014
Oh noes, we can't have people picking and choosing which laws we apply in America can we @NancyPelosi, have you talked to @BarackObama?
— just another mo (@JustAnotherMo) June 30, 2014
Allowing CEOs to limit the medical procedures available to employees is a gross violation of workers’ religious rights. #NotMyBossBusiness
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) June 30, 2014
@NancyPelosi So having an abortion is a religious experience, like a sacrament?
— Tom Cruz'n (@TinPotDickTator) June 30, 2014
@NancyPelosi Are you on some kind of medication? Religious rights violation? #INSANE.
— Jacob Mathews (@jacobmathews) June 30, 2014
Where does it say employers can limit medical procedures @NancyPelosi?
— Hair (@SHannitysHair) June 30, 2014
Women's access to birth control should not be denied because of their employer's religious beliefs.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) June 30, 2014
They can still buy it themselves, they aren't denied access. @lenadunham
— Star Chamber-Maid (@StarChamberMaid) June 30, 2014
@lenadunham years ago bought birth control myself,didn't expect anyone else to be responsible for it.Each state has programs to get it cheap
— kim (@kzip79) June 30, 2014
Today's disappointing #SCOTUS decision to restrict access to birth control puts employers between women and their doctors. #TrustWomen
— Wendy Davis (@WendyDavisTexas) June 30, 2014
@WendyDavisTexas Nothing is restricted. Stop being dishonest. I can't wait to not vote for you.
— StacyinNTX (@StacyinNTX) June 30, 2014
@WendyDavisTexas Women can buy everything today they could yesterday. Having someone not buy something for you isn't restricting your rights
— Tankpuncher (@Tankpuncher) June 30, 2014
Are there buffer zones at #HobbyLobby stores?! Because I'm getting in some faces and "counseling" some ppl this week!! #BoycottHobbyLobby
— Drew You (@DrewPeeBawls) June 30, 2014
No way a business should be able to push it's religious views onto the workers it's already raping. #BoycottHobbyLobby
— Trills (@TrillyTrills) June 30, 2014
Well time we lynched a few corporations...
They are ppl per COTUS and too many are enemies of We The People...
#BoycottHobbyLobby
— Middle Class Warrior (@ZeitgeistGhost) June 30, 2014
RWNJs on #SCOTUS won't be happy until all women are forced to stay home,barefoot&pregnant while obeying abusive husbands #BoycottHobbyLobby
— AC (@Abhinary) June 30, 2014
This whole #BoycottHobbyLobby idea is brilliant, save the money you don't spend and use it to pay for your own birth control? #forAmerica
— A Vermonster in DC (@DCviaVT) June 30, 2014
Thank you #SCOTUS. I am now going to sacrifice a goat in the lobby of my NY co-op. Take that, upper west side. #HobbyLobby
— Elayne Boosler (@ElayneBoosler) June 30, 2014
With progressives having a meltdown over the relatively narrow result of Hobby Lobby this morning, the attorney for the winning side provided a little reality check outside the court. Lori Windham represented Hobby Lobby's owners in the court case, and CNN caught up with her outside shortly after the ruling was announced. Windham proclaimed this "a great day for religious freedom," but when the CNN reporter offered the argument that the ruling allowed employers to get between a woman and her doctor on birth control, Windham bristled:
CNN: We heard the demonstrators today saying, "Look, the employers should stay out of our business," that this decision will now essentially bring the employer into what should be a very private decision-making process between a woman and her doctor, now that the justices ruled that Hobby Lobby no longer has to cover four types of contraception. What do you have to say to the other side?
WINDHAM: Hobby Lobby would love to stay out of this, and leave this decision to a woman and her doctor. It's the federal government that told them that they had to be involved and cover these things, even though they violated the Green family's faith.
No kidding. Windham expertly skewers the "keep your rosaries off of my ovaries" argument in connection with the HHS mandate, which argues simultaneously that birth control is a private choice but that employers should directly foot the bill for it. A truly private choice would be between a woman and her doctor with the woman paying for whatever choice she makes. And that is still the case now, even post-Hobby Lobby, since this case has nothing to do with access to contraception — merely who pays the bill.
The Supreme Court ruling has some interesting language in it, mainly regarding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) that passed on an overwhelmingly bipartisan Senate vote (97-3) and was signed into law by Bill Clinton. HHS had argued that it didn't apply to corporations, especially for-profit corporations, but the court rejected that argument.
@NARAL It's ridiculous that birth control is not covered, yet Viagra is. The irony and oppression is obvious.
— David Sedbrook (@DavidSedbrook) March 25, 2014
No kidding. Hobby Lobby actually pays to cover 16 different types of contraceptive drugs. http://t.co/vdHfbNJxTg
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) March 25, 2014
Someone please explain the Hobby Lobby case to Barbara Boxer.Women are not being denied access to birth control.She sounds totally confused.
— Nancy Doyle (@NancyEDoyle) March 25, 2014
Corrupt judge in Boston gives "permanent custody" of Justina Pelletier to DCF that is killing her #FreeJustina
— Susan Murphy (@AvgUSAConserv) March 25, 2014
