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It's interesting to note that with all the hullabaloo about Hobby Lobby not wanting to pay insurance for birth control for women, they will pay for a man's Rx to take Viagra, Cialis, etc.
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That seems consistent with what I understand their beliefs to be, no? They're not against birth control per se, but against drugs that act once conception has taken place.
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I'm not saying their stand is right or wrong. I just think they have a right to decide.... Just as they have a right to decide to close on Sunday when that is also outside the norm.
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But corporations also must abide by all applicable Federal and State laws, so they don't have the right to fully decide how to run their businesses. The Hobby Lobby owners felt strongly enough about this to pursue it and get the law changed, and I personally don't have a quarrel with it except for the "can of worms" aspect as noted by Judge Ginsburg.
Not to put words in Redwitch's mouth, but this may be what she was alluding to -- that this opens the door for any privately-held company owned by zealots of any stripe to claim that they shouldn't be forced to comply with XYZ law because of their own religious or moral beliefs. And their beliefs could be any danged thing. I don't think that's gonna happen because, well, judicial bias comes into play again.
[Gah, sorry to rehash. I just realized I missed a page of posts, so some of this has already been said.]