More Hobby Lobby talk

[mota bhai 2,675]

Belief requires consciousness, and no inanimate entity has that. But the owners of both nonprofit and for-profit corporations do have beliefs, and do exercise them. And one of the ways in which they do so is by honoring religious constraints on the ways in which they use their property. Similarly, a restaurant does not and cannot have religious beliefs. But if the owner happens to be an Orthodox Jew, a law requiring him to serve nonkosher food in that restaurant would burden his free exercise of religion. The government could not get around that by claiming that it was merely imposing a mandate on a building that has no beliefs of its own. Just as people can speak through corporations that they control even though the corporations have no beliefs of their own to express, so too they can use a corporation to adhere to religious beliefs.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/07/10/missing-the-point-on-hobby-lobby-rejoinder-to-david-post/

[Jacque67 7,328]

The ruling shifts responsibility upon insurance companies to provide people with contraception rather than an employee's company. Lot more cost effective.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

If a Jewish guy wishes to open a restaurant and serve only Kosher food, why should that bother anyone. Don't eat there. I go to restaurants all the time that serve only kind of food. I.E seafood, BBQ, Chinese,etc

I hate going to a restaurant and dealing with smokers. However if I wanted to open a restaurant and allow smoking, then vote with your dollars and don't eat there.

How did it become a mandate in this country that an employer had to take care of your medical needs, of any kind

[Jacque67 7,328]

If a Jewish guy wishes to open a restaurant and serve only Kosher food, why should that bother anyone. Don't eat there. I go to restaurants all the time that serve only kind of food. I.E seafood, BBQ, Chinese,etc

I hate going to a restaurant and dealing with smokers. However if I wanted to open a restaurant and allow smoking, then vote with your dollars and don't eat there.

How did it become a mandate in this country that an employer had to take care of your medical needs, of any kind

+1

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

If a Jewish guy wishes to open a restaurant and serve only Kosher food, why should that bother anyone. Don't eat there. I go to restaurants all the time that serve only kind of food. I.E seafood, BBQ, Chinese,etc

I hate going to a restaurant and dealing with smokers. However if I wanted to open a restaurant and allow smoking, then vote with your dollars and don't eat there.

How did it become a mandate in this country that an employer had to take care of your medical needs, of any kind

Decades ago, some idiots thought that leaving all health care to profit oriented businesses would bring about the best health care system in the world. Truth be told, some idiots still believe that.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

My health care is not profit oriented and is ok. Nothing special. Not sure what you're trying to say here.