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“ … employers can impose their religious beliefs on their employees, and, of course, denying women the right to contraceptives as part of a health care plan is exactly that,” she said. “I find it deeply disturbing that we are going in that direction.”
Unless you can provide a source to your claim, I find it hard to believe HHS expected SCOTUS's ruling (the first case of its kind regarding the religious expression of for-profit businesses) in favor of Hobby Lobby, and that the implementation was a political ploy.
I believe it was the Blunt Amendment in 2012. I'm drinking beer and tending the grill and don't have time to research now.
Strawman argument. Again, no one is saying the ruling would deny women access to these contraceptives, but would instead limit it by restricting the comprehensiveness of the ACA policy.
The administration has limited the comprehensiveness of it over and over.
1) Bull. In case you missed it, the Supreme Court is basically saying companies don't have to play by the rules if they can find "religious" grounds not to. If you can't extrapolate that to it's logical conclusion, then you shouldn't be commenting on this topic. I look forward to the hypocritical outrage from the right-wing lunatics the moment some non-Christian company uses this court ruling to its favor.
2) Bull. The entire premise of Hobby Lobby's ludicrous claim was that they were "special, Christian people, and thus shouldn't have to follow the rules." They are not Christians - they are cheap, corporate "Christians" who only follow their religion when it is convenient, such as saving money via reduced health care costs... and yet, their "religious convictions" go right out the window when it comes to saving money via exploiting slave labor overseas, including from China, the land of forced abortions.
Since the company, by it's actions, is clearly NOT Christian, the Supreme Court should have laughed at them and told them to come back after looking up the definition of "hypocrisy."
3) Bull. Corporations are not people. Corporations are not followers of a religion. They are nothing but legal constructs created to shield individuals from losing everything in the case of lawsuits, bankruptcy, etc. It is the height of insanity to claim that a corporation is "religious" and thus able to violate the law based on religious grounds while individuals are forbidden from doing the same thing. This is doubly true since corporations are rarely held accountable for their actions and individuals are increasingly using "the corporation" as a shield against all accountability. Now, we've just taken that to the next level and are allowing religious hypocrites and bigoted nuts to hide behind their "corporate faith" as an excuse to disobey the law and indulge in backward thinking and bigotry.
Clearly, there's no reasoning with you or any of the other people who are so blinded by their hatred of Obama, "liberals," and the ACA that you are unable to see just how terrible a ruling this is. Remember - the lunatics overseas that indulge in all sorts of barbaric acts are able to skirt the law based on "religion." Our worthless Supreme Court just allows corporations the SAME privilege. There is NO way that ends well.
Ya know what? Get rid of the ACA, aka Obama Care, and this whole mess goes away. Then there is the fact that the Federal Government needs to stay the he!! out of private lives and this health-care screw up is the perfect example of why. Oh, don't forget this is unconstitutional.
Ya know what? Get rid of the ACA, aka Obama Care, and this whole mess goes away. Then there is the fact that the Federal Government needs to stay the he!! out of private lives and this health-care screw up is the perfect example of why. Oh, don't forget this is unconstitutional.
Why is it that right wingers always want the government out of private lives when it is convenient but fanatically support the gov't telling women what they can and cannot do with their bodies? Decisions that should be between a woman and her doctor are continuously being infringed by the nut cases on the right.
Unfortunately, I can't say that I'm surprised. While the owners of Hobby Lobby may have been sincere, albeit misguided, in their objection to certain contraceptives being covered on religious grounds, SCOTUS's decision has the potential to significantly boost business owners' influence over their employees' ACA policies.
That is great news. The fight for religious freedom advances despite liberals who believe the right to free stuff trumps the 1st Amendment and religious freedom.
And they COVER 16 types. Quit whining, liberal! Why are ANY contraceptives covered after women have been paying for them for 50 (FIFTY) years without complaint? Preventative birth control can be purchased for less than $5.00 per month.
You liberals are the biggest bunch of whiners on the planet and are se easily manipulated it is a joke.
“At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.”-PJ O'Rourke
You just don't get it do you? Basically, those who cannot afford birth control, cannot afford a baby. Covering for contraception is a whole lot cheaper than paying for welfare and Medicaid. But hey, have it your way.
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