This case is pretty much a no-brainer, and the only questionable thing is why the Obama administration...
This case is pretty much a no-brainer, and the only questionable thing is why the Obama administration has forced the issue. It's very simple: if an organization is explicitly religious, even if it is not a church, and if it believes that contraception violates their beliefs, then it shouldn't be required to provide insurance that includes contraceptive coverage.
The key here is that there is no compelling reason to substantially burden the free exercise of religion, because the government could, for example, easily and simply hand out free contraception, without the insurance coverage paying for it, and that would satisfy the supposed state interest while not burdening the rights of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Obama is just bullying a bunch of nuns here.
The key here is that there is no compelling reason to substantially burden the free exercise of religion, because the government could, for example, easily and simply hand out free contraception, without the insurance coverage paying for it, and that would satisfy the supposed state interest while not burdening the rights of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Obama is just bullying a bunch of nuns here.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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