What most people don't understand is that Hobby Lobby was not trying to force their beliefs on others.....Hobby Lobby was trying to get the Supreme Court to confirm that in the US of A, we can live our beliefs as long as the beliefs don't hurt other people. And there is no way that couples cannot get what they want by other means...just not from Hobby Lobby.
Melissa Thompson - 10 years ago
This decision does not take into account that we are a country of hundreds if not thousands of different religions. The constitution is very clear in protecting individual religious freedoms but that right applies to ALL religions. With this decision there is nothing to prevent an employer (now deemed an individual by citizens united) from using their faith to deny an employee anything from medical care to safety and protection. The idea that Hobby Lobby claimed religious objection to providing "access" to contraception while providing coverage for vasectomies and viagra is misogynistic, but knowing they actually take their money and invest in drug companies that make the drugs they now deny their female employees is disgraceful.
What most people don't understand is that Hobby Lobby was not trying to force their beliefs on others.....Hobby Lobby was trying to get the Supreme Court to confirm that in the US of A, we can live our beliefs as long as the beliefs don't hurt other people. And there is no way that couples cannot get what they want by other means...just not from Hobby Lobby.
This decision does not take into account that we are a country of hundreds if not thousands of different religions. The constitution is very clear in protecting individual religious freedoms but that right applies to ALL religions. With this decision there is nothing to prevent an employer (now deemed an individual by citizens united) from using their faith to deny an employee anything from medical care to safety and protection. The idea that Hobby Lobby claimed religious objection to providing "access" to contraception while providing coverage for vasectomies and viagra is misogynistic, but knowing they actually take their money and invest in drug companies that make the drugs they now deny their female employees is disgraceful.