2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBirth Control Access is Not a War on Religion
Interesting article that clearly spells out why inclusion of women's health services (even for Catholic employers) is not a violation of the First Amendment.....
http://www.sapphirewire.com/2012/control-issues/
napoleon_in_rags
(3,991 posts)What the disagreement with Obama is about is their supposed right to prevent OTHER people from getting it, which they don't have because that interferes with THEIR religious rights.
This kind of stuff comes up in institutional settings. You have a disabled person, who has a right to choose their meals in accordance with their likes and faith, but needs help to prepare it from paid staff because they are disabled. If the disabled person is a Christian and wants to have bacon for breakfast, but his staff is a Muslim who thinks eating pork is a sin, does the Muslim have to cook it for him? Yes, he has to cook it or quit, because to not do it would be him forcing his religious views on the disabled person, which is a violation of the constitution. The institutions commitment to the Muslim is to not require him to eat pork, which it isn't.
catrose
(5,079 posts)How they can claim that they simply can't fill prescriptions that are against their religion is beyond me.
Lasher
(27,683 posts)As their tender sensitivities are a clear sign of a higher calling.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Video: Lawrence O'Donnell interview with Dan Boies - Constitutionality of birth control mandate
VIDEO segment here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/#46320611
It's a 'must see' interview.