No matter how the government spins the issues and tries to frame the semantics, the science, history, and tradition are on the side of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga.
Month: February 2014
Challenge to Affordable Care Act Contraceptive Mandate Could Save Nation from Dangerous Path
Does running a business mean you have to silence your conscience? Next month, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that will decide that question.
High Court Should Nix Contraception Order
The First Amendment’s language on freedom of religion could not be more clear: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
Mandates Make Martyrs Out of Corporate Owners
The government can’t force individuals to forfeit their free exercise rights when they incorporate a business…
Why is RFRA Still Valid Against the Federal Government?
Does the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) entitle a for-profit corporation to an exemption from the requirement of providing employees with health coverage that includes contraception, on the ground that the owners of the corporation have religious objections to providing such coverage?
Congress Answered This Question: Corporations are Covered
The threshold issue in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores is whether any plaintiff’s free exercise of religion is substantially burdened within the meaning of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Obama’s War on the First Amendment
Hobby Lobby has courageously stood up for its religious principles against this requirement despite the threat of fines of $1.3 million daily for not complying with this Obamacare mandate.
Hobby Lobby Files Supreme-Court Brief Challenging DOJ Arguments
The Green family’s lawyers argue that the owners of the craft store chain “exercise their faith through Hobby Lobby, and those beliefs are entitled to protection.”
STRANGE: Defending Faith from Federal Bullies
As Attorney General of Alabama, I am proud to see our state, along with 20 other states, stand shoulder to shoulder with the Becket Fund in opposing the Department of Health and Human Services mandate.
Jindal Warns of ‘Silent War’ on Religion in Reagan Library Speech
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal blasted the “silent war” that he said is undermining the nation’s basic principles in a major speech Thursday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.