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17th February 2012

Link reblogged from Omnia Valore with 1 note

EWTN Sues Federal Government Over HHS Requirements →

omniavalore:

Do the work, EWTN! Bravo.

1. Like EWTN, thousands of religious organizations self-insure, so they will still (despite the recent “accommodation”) be forced to pay for these services in violation of their religious beliefs.

2. The White House statement does not stipulate which religious organizations are permitted to claim the new exemption and whether it will extend to for-profit organizations, individuals or nondenominational organizations.

3. Money is fungible, and many religious organizations may still object to being forced to pay money to an insurance company which will turn around and provide contraception to its employees for free.

If religious organizations are as such, and therefore tax exempt and receiving no government aid as the law requires, then as far as I know they are not held liable under the new law. Individuals and the heads of for-profits and non-denominationals have to realize that they are not paying their employees out of pocket. Their company is, and their company does not have first amendment rights. Their employees, however, do, and are entitled to protections from restrictions imposed by their employer’s prejudices and not their own. That’s also what the Civil Rights Act is for. Those employers may not like what an insurance company MAY potentially pay out to their employees, but it’s also none of their business what a man or woman is medicated for unless it is necessary for them to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Source: omniavalore

  1. impuretale reblogged this from omniavalore and added:
    are as such, and therefore tax exempt and receiving no government aid as the law requires, then as far as I know
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