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Federal Judge: Hobby Lobby Must Offer Morning-After Pill

Nov. 19, 2012 9:02pm Jason Howerton

FILE – In this Sept. 12, 2012 file photo, a woman walks from a Hobby Lobby Inc., store in Little Rock, Ark. Christian pastors plan to deliver petitions to Hobby Lobby officials in protest of the Oklahoma-based company s lawsuit challenging health care guidelines that require the coverage of the morning-after pill. (Credit: AP)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge Monday rejected Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.’s request to block part of the federal health care overhaul that requires the arts and craft supply company to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after and week-after birth control pills.

In a 28-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton denied a request by Hobby Lobby to prevent the government from enforcing portions of the health care law mandating insurance coverage for contraceptives the company’s Christian owners consider objectionable.

The Oklahoma City-based company and a sister company, Mardel Inc., sued the government in September, claiming the mandate violates the owners’ religious beliefs. The owners contend the morning-after and week-after birth control pills are tantamount to abortion because they can prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in a woman’s womb. They also object to providing coverage for certain kinds of intrauterine devices.

At a hearing earlier this month, a government lawyer said the drugs do not cause abortions and that the U.S. has a compelling interest in mandating insurance coverage for them.

In his ruling denying Hobby Lobby’s request for an injunction, Heaton said that while churches and other religious organizations have been granted constitutional protection from the birth-control provisions, “Hobby Lobby and Mardel are not religious organizations.”

“Plaintiffs have not cited, and the court has not found, any case concluding that secular, for-profit corporations such as Hobby Lobby and Mardel have a constitutional right to the free exercise of religion,” the ruling said.

Heaton wrote that “the court is not unsympathetic” to the problems cited by Hobby Lobby and their owners, the Green family. He said the health care law’s expansion of employer obligations “results in concerns and issues not previously confronted by companies or their owners.”

“The question of whether the Greens can establish a free exercise constitutional violation by reason of restrictions or requirements imposed on general business corporations they own or control involves largely uncharted waters,” Heaton wrote.

Hobby Lobby’s attorney said the companies’ owners will appeal.

“Every American, including family business owners like the Greens, should be free to live and do business according to their religious beliefs,” Kyle Duncan, general counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, said in a statement.

The morning-after pill works by preventing ovulation or fertilization. In medical terms, pregnancy begins when a fertilized egg attaches itself to the wall of the uterus. If taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, it can reduce a woman’s chances of pregnancy by as much as 89 percent.

Critics of contraception say it is the equivalent of an abortion pill because it can prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus. The lawsuit also alleges that certain kinds of intrauterine devices can destroy an embryo by preventing it from implanting in a woman’s uterus.

Hobby Lobby is the largest business to file a lawsuit against the mandate.

Hobby Lobby calls itself a “biblically founded business” and is closed on Sundays. Founded in 1972, the company now operates more than 500 stores in 41 states and employs more than 13,000 full-time employees who are eligible for health insurance coverage. The company, which is self-insured, has said it will face a daily $1.3 million fine beginning Jan. 1 if it ignores the law.

“It is by God’s grace and provision that Hobby Lobby has endured,” said David Green, founder and CEO. “Therefore we seek to honor God by operating the company in a manner consistent with biblical principles.”

The Green family has said it has no moral objection to the use of other contraceptives and will continue covering them for its employees.

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mildot rider
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:51pm
It is way past time for Real Americans to stand up and tell the Commie controlled government to shove it. Just defy the order. Simple. Do not comply even if it means altercation. The Anti-Christ will push you directly into the ovens if we don’t stand up for ourselves.

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- wheels
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:15am
  Apparently judicial knowledge of the 1st Amendment is in very short supply these days. Judges keep forcing locals to tear down nativity scenes as they put their “boot on the throat” of those who won’t comply with mandates that contradict their faith. At least half of people “of faith” supported the re-election of this tyranny, so where does that leave us, friends? If the other half of us don’t stand against, vast darkness will insue, reaching a point of bloodshed when it will be too late to stand. The Globalists will have chains on our children & grandchildren…”the generation that loses freedom will never taste it again”. Time to turn off Jersey Shore & put down the damn smartphones and FIGHT for the sheeple, if you are awake!
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 1:21am
  “If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were once our countrymen.”
  ~ Samuel Adams
  
  “When vain aspiring men possess highest seats in govt, the country will need experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”
  ~ Samuel Adams
  
  I know there are real Patriots with grit in this country. Dont wait too long or all will be lost.
  
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OKTransplantInPA
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:48pm
Hobby Lobby: Threaten to close shop and send all your employees to the unemployment line. Obama’s law is not in line with God’s laws and God’s laws are all we are required to obey. Read the Declaration of Independence; it is as clear as day. Refuse to Comply!

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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:05pm
  Just yank the medical benefits.
  
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- liltexasgal
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:13pm
  Agreed.
  
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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:22pm
  Make them all 28 hour. America,The Home of the Part Time Job.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:39pm
  It may not be long before they say that part time employees must receive medical benefits if you offer it to full time employees.
  
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- Lt_Scrounge
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 11:50pm
  Hobby Lobby can simply do what a LOT of retailers and service sector companies are doing. Kroger has already announced that since it can not afford to pay for the Obamacare required insurance, or the penalty for not providing it, they will be limiting ALL hourly employees to only 28 hours a week. This will cut the average full time employees paycheck by 30% and cost them the insurance that they were receiving as well. All at a time when inflation is bound to increase, AND they will be punished for not buying insurance on their now even lower paychecks.
  
  The problem with insurance in this country was fixable without a 2700 page takeover of the healthcare sector of the economy. The costs of medical insurance can be decreased by buying the right kind of insurance POLICIES. A $5000 deductible major medical plan combined with a health savings account that rolls over from year to year, or with a supplemental policy to cover the $5000 deductible would save the average person thousands of dollars a year. Unfortunately, most people aren’t well enough educated on how to buy insurance to make an informed buying decision.
  
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- AlwaysAmazed
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:23am
  Option A) Hobby Lobby closes stores and goes Galt until dictate is overturned.
  Result: Punishes Hobby Lobby – Punishes Employees – Punishes America – Punishes DC.
  
  Option B) Hobby Lobby refuses to pay healthcare premiums and pays ever-increasing fines.
  Result: Punishes Hobby Lobby – Punishes Employees – Punishes America – Rewards DC.
  
  Option C) Hobby Lobby makes all employee part-time and eliminates all health care costs.
  Result: Rewards Hobby Lobby – Punishes Employees – Rewards America – Punishes DC.
  
  Option ‘C’ looka to be the least intrusive.
  
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- Publius
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:15am
  Close all shops in the states with the highest unemployment and highest Medicair/aide participants.. Break their systems.
  
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ellietoo
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:47pm
Isn’t a business made up of people who have constitutional rights? Does our constitution not give all people the right to practice the religion of their choice and prevent the government from interfering with the free exercise of it? What is so flippen hard to figure out about that?
OK, you Christians that didn’t vote! This is the government you have helped to give us!

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- Jaimo
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:02pm
  The only religion that has special dispensation is Islam. We wouldn’t want to hurt their wittle bitty feelings or anything.
  
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drs1969
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:44pm
Yes. If businesses could reorganize as churches, they could argue on religious grounds. That’s what the Muslims are doing, to beat the system.

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- liltexasgal
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:16pm
  Not a bad idea at all.
  
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randy
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:39pm
Keep poking the hornet nest you liberal, marxist, God hating, America hating, evil b@stards.
I pity you all when the good people of this country finally has had enough.
I hope I see it in my lifetime….

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- Dawn
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:55pm
  Since this Judge, deems it necessary, to force Hobby Lobby, to provide access to the morning after pill, then, I am sure, said Judge, would find it reasonable, that, We The People, deem it necessary, for said Judge, to attend the Church of our choosing weekly.
  
  What??? Wouldn’t that be fair????
  
  Oh yeah, I forgot, do as I say, not as I do!
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- marybethelizabeth
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:16pm
  It’s a fallacious argument that because a health care program has a clause compensating health care providers for contraceptive prescriptions that an employer is offering the contraceptives.
  
  Religion is a protected class and discriminating against people who don’t hold your religious beliefs is a violation of the law.
  
  On the other hand, how many of Hobby Lobby products come from countries with repressive regimes or were produced with slave labor?
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:31pm
  Don’t offer medical benefits. If/When the government forces you to provide benefits that violate your religous beliefs you have to then choose between your dedication to your business or your dedication to God. If necessary, close up shop, lay off your employees.. Remember that you are not really free in this country and must do what the State demands, especially if you are in the practice of doing that most basic of life, working, producing, profiting.
  
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- randy
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:33pm
  @MARYBETHELIZABETH
  
  Do you really think anyone gives a rats @ss what you think?
  
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- Dawn
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 11:21pm
  Marybethelizabeth
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:16pm
  My comments, to your comments, of my original comments, I am breaking them down, hopefully making it easier to follow.
  
  Marybethelizabeth said,
  It’s a fallacious argument that because a health care program has a clause compensating health care providers for contraceptive prescriptions that an employer is offering the contraceptives.
  
  Religion is a protected class and discriminating against people who don’t hold your religious beliefs is a violation of the law.
  
  Dawn’s reply,
  The United States was based upon Judeo Christian Beliefs, giving everyone the right to practice their own religion, or not to practice religion at all. Also, believing in the free market system, giving you, the right, to purchase any form of contraceptive you wish, if not provided through the insurance provided by your employer, being the free market, you are able to purchase these items very reasonably, and if that is too steep for you, there is always Planned Parenthood. So one could, accuse your argument, of being fallacious.
  
  Marybethelizabeth said,
  On the other hand, how many of Hobby Lobby products come from countries with repressive regimes or were produced with slave labor?
  
  Dawn’s reply,
  If you don’t care for the products Hobby Lobby provides, or the repressive regimes they may come from, in America, that was, your choice to purchase from their facility or not. So as you stated, religion being a “protected class
  
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- Calm Voice of Reason
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 11:24pm
  @Randy, I concur with MARYBETHELIZABETH, so I suppose you could say that I give…attention to her. She raises a good point, you would do better to address it. These contraceptives are part of the insurance coverage, Hobby Lobby isn’t being told to pay for them in particular.
  
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- Dawn
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 11:30pm
  Marybethelizabeth
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:16pm
  My comments, to your comments, of my original comments, I am breaking them down, hopefully making it easier to follow.
  
  Marybethelizabeth said,
  It’s a fallacious argument that because a health care program has a clause compensating health care providers for contraceptive prescriptions that an employer is offering the contraceptives.
  
  Religion is a protected class and discriminating against people who don’t hold your religious beliefs is a violation of the law.
  
  Dawn’s reply,
  The United States was based upon Judeo Christian Beliefs, giving everyone the right to practice their own religion, or not to practice religion at all. Also, believing in the free market system, giving you, the right, to purchase any form of contraceptive you wish, if not provided through the insurance provided by your employer, being the free market, you are able to purchase these items very reasonably, and if that is too steep for you, there is always Planned Parenthood. So one could, accuse your argument, of being fallacious.
  
  Marybethelizabeth said,
  On the other hand, how many of Hobby Lobby products come from countries with repressive regimes or were produced with slave labor?
  
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- Dawn
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 11:31pm
  Dawn’s reply,
  If you don’t care for the products Hobby Lobby provides, or the repressive regimes they may come from, in America, that was, your choice to purchase from their facility or not. So as you stated, religion being a “protected class” is it not discriminating, to expect those, who don’t hold your belief, responsible to provide a product that violates their religious belief?
  
  I was merely making a point, one you further proved for me, thanks, Hobby Lobby should no more be forced to provide a product, or service, that goes against their beliefs, no more than one, should be forced to attend any church, or any place they don’t want to go.
  
  Lastly, FYI, my original comment was merely a sarcastic remark.
  
  Thanks for the debate!
  Dawn
  
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- thegreatcarnac
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 11:33pm
  I really hope patriotic Americans finally decide ‘enough is enough’ and rebel before I am too old to take part in it. I have decided that ‘enough-is-enough’ already. We need numbers but we don’t need everyone. Remember….even the American revolution did not involve everyone. About 15% to 20% of Americans fought the revolution. The other 80% were either loyalists or fence-sitters. We still won. It is sad to think we may have to do it again…..but it is fast coming to that conclusion.
  
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hades3
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:35pm
Federal judges hand down decisions that stress the “separation of church and state”, ruling in favor of those on the left. However, they ignor the part of the constitution that states, the governmnet is not allowed to “interfere with the practice thereof”, which seems too me would apply to Hobby Lobby’s right to exercise it’s religious beliefs.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:12pm
  The only rights you have are those that are determined by the government to be convenient to the State. The exercise of your religious beliefs is an annoyance to Government policy, therefore you do not have that right. Praying in the privacy of your own home does not inconvenience the State, therefore that is still allowed … for now. You live in a fascist country. The first step is acknowledging that fact.
  
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Skip63
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:32pm
It’s not Obummers fault, but those who voted for him. Your up against by the enemy of the constitution and it’s only going to get worse. Do any of you remember Glenn Beck telling everyone about “Top Down, Bottom Up”? This is it at It’s best folks. Your done America. I weep
This video talks about how the powers went against Gibson and others. It will make you sick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFALonjLay0&feature=youtu.be

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702TruthSeeker
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:32pm
if you pay for it, its your choice. if your employer pays for it, it’s their choice. you can also choose not to work for a company that chooses not to pay for services it believes are immoral. consumers can also choose to support a company that stands by their beliefs. too many people get hung up on what they believe in, and think that everyone else is wrong. you have the right to believe what you do, and so do other people. “pro-choice” is really the wrong term for what you believe, since you do not want those who believe murder is immoral to have a choice. look up population control, modern eugenics movement, and statistics on abortion and then tell me about “pro-choice”

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denkat56
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:29pm
Since when is it hobby lobby job to provide anymore than job, obamacare should cover the the meds.

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- Arkansan by Choice
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:32pm
  Since when is the Governments job to provide?
  
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Locked
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:27pm
““Plaintiffs have not cited, and the court has not found, any case concluding that secular, for-profit corporations such as Hobby Lobby and Mardel have a constitutional right to the free exercise of religion,” the ruling said.”

Yup, pretty much this.

Now, could we argue that Obamacare imposes unconstitutional tax burdens upon companies? Mmm… I would say so!

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- ItsMsBtch2U
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:55pm
  Any moron could conclude that “the plaintiffs have not cited” because there has NEVER been national health care!!
  
  What has the welfare to work program expanded to the judicial system? :::Ripping my hair out!!:::
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:16pm
  “unconstitutional” No such thing anymore.. unless the government is restricting the movement or practice of citizens. The only constitutional aspects are those that strenthen the State, the rest is ignored subjectively and randomly.
  
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Charybdis
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:27pm
“Plaintiffs have not cited, and the court has not found, any case concluding that secular, for-profit corporations such as Hobby Lobby and Mardel have a constitutional right to the free exercise of religion,” the ruling said.

Think for yourself, fool! This was the case that should have established the precedent. Because never before has such an unconstitutional attack on our liberties happened in these “uncharted waters”.

What a frickin’ coward!

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- drs1969
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:47pm
  Federal judges get paid from Tim Geithner’s Treasury. He who pays the piper, picks the tune.
  
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StandingOnMyHead
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:25pm
“[A] government lawyer said the drugs do not cause abortions”, so now this lawyer is a doctor? Looks like Hobby Lobby will adopt new hiring practices; women over 50 and males of any age, all else need not apply!

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Bookster
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:25pm
Simple answer, drop all health insurance and put the employees on the government plan.

Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Progressives are a virus.
Democrats are Godless.
MSNBC = Hell’s webcam.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:01pm
  Yup, stop offering medical benefits.
  
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Landon410
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:20pm
oh no…… there is no war on religion… the government isn’t forcing them to go against their religion…

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech…..

hmmmmmm

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Thornyrose13
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:20pm
Screw religious rights. Insurance coverage should be a private contract between employee and employer. If the employees don’t like that certain things are not covered, they can look elsewhere, or make sure they have funds set aside to cover what is not in the policy. Now the government it taking away our power to make any decisions for themselves.
People are putting the chains on their own necks and wrists, without even recognizing what is happening. When they cry for relief, who do they expect to save them?

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Plan B
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:19pm
I believe these morning after pills are available off the shelf without a doctors prescrition. Why should companies be forced to cover them?? I take an aleve everyday, It is not covered by my insurance and my husbands doc says he should take a baby aspirin every day-again, not covered by insurance. Am I missing something??

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- BlackCrow
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:34pm
  Nope. I’m 70% disabled Vet. VA healthcare, VA doctors, They gave me a list of over the counter pills and supplements and sent me to the drugstore of my choice with the wallet of my own.
  
  Government healthcare? From someone who knows, be afraid be very afraid.
  
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- castious
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 12:05am
  Hi Blackcrow i a 100% Va since 09 we who are in the VA system are already on Oblamer care the services went down the shiesthole real fast after the muslime in chief was sworn in :(
  
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13th Imam
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:18pm
Just Say NO.

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Winedude
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:17pm
It is between a woman and her doctor as to what medication she takes. It is absolutely no business of the employer. And yes, I am pro-choice and find the immediate person-hood at conception the most ridiculous argument of all…

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- Bookster
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:23pm
  And you would be wrong. Life begins at conception. It doesn’t matter if you believe it or not. God does and that is all that matters. God doesn’t need you to believe in Him to be true. Pro-choice = pro-infanticide.
  
  Liberalism is a mental disorder.
  Progressives are a virus.
  Democrats are Godless.
  MSNBC = Hell’s webcam.
  
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- F15Cheese
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:27pm
  That is the point! Freedom allows the woman to buy her own insurance, not have a company buy it for her in the mandated form of a federal government. You want it. Fine. BUY YOUR OWN INSURANCE!
  
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- Locked
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:33pm
  @Bookster
  
  “Life begins at conception.”
  
  Life is present BEFORE conception. Sperm and eggs are alive as well. Denying this is denying science. Someone once argued with me saying “if you have a tank full of sperm or eggs alone, they will never become a human!” I retorted “If you have a tank full of fertilized eggs, they will all be dead within a week without a human mother to sustain them.”
  
  Your definition of life is completely subjective in this case; it leans closer to “potential to become a living human” than “life.” The conservative way is to let the individual decide. The biblical way is the same. I don’t think (as a Christian) that God will allow a mother who has destroyed her child into heaven… but if she repents? Why not? Who is to say that’s not God’s will? Not I; I am not prideful enough to doubt God.
  
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- Arkansan by Choice
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:35pm
  Break an eagles egg….go to jail.
  Kill a fetus? No big deal!
  
  What the hell is wrong with these people?
  
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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:49pm
  So glad we have Bookster to tell us all what God thinks. Everyone should take a moment to thank him personally,..our modern day Moses.
  
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- JohnGaltLine
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:58pm
  “Immediate person-hood..?” So we’re still not certain what is produced from two humans (1 male and 1 female) procreating? You know, I was very concerned when my wife became pregnant. I wasn’t sure if she was going to give birth to a woodchuck or a refrigerator, or, just maybe, a human baby.
  
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- Aldo
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 11:33pm
  Winedude,
  Brilliant! How convenient for you. Pro choice. I love the term, it gives mothers the chance to feel good about their decision to kill their children. Perhaps other glossy terms such as pro convenience, or just too much trouble to be responsible for myself or anyone else. Lets call it like it is- in the US, it’s legal for a mother to kill her child any time up to the point of birth ( or a little after).
  Got it all you pro lifers! Quit your whining wine dude you can kill all the kids you want and we have to pay for it. Obambo has your back.
  
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- Rob in Katy
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 11:38pm
  This can be much simpler than the abortion issue, it is a who pays for it issue – don’t ask others to pay for your poor life choices. We can never win the religious argument with people that have no morals, we may be able to win the “if you steal from me, I will cut your hand off” argument though ;)
  
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- Bandit One
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 11:42pm
  ‘immediate person-hood at conception the most ridiculous argument of all’
  
  If it isn’t a baby, you aren’t pregnant and have no need of these services. Your statement makes no sense.
  
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- MarineBrat
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 9:15am
  You are correct. It is not the business of the employer to dictate the decisions between a woman and her doctor. Therefore, the government should not be able to force the employer to provide insurance for their employees. That would be the result of your arguement. If the buyer of the insurance (employer) has no choice in the matter, then they should not be required by penalty of law to provide the benefit. That would be a decision between the employer and employee! Keep the government mandate out of the decision. Problem solved; you are on your own to provide for your own healthcare. The company you work for has no business telling you what should or should not be covered. It is up to you to take care of yourself!!! Now that is independence!
  
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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:16pm
It’s just another tick-tock of the God’s clock. Gettin’ closer to ‘The Day of the Lord.’ And the Godless libs have got to be secretly scared witless; they should be.

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neverending
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:15pm
Tis only the beginning. hey jeffress and fischer and all you millions more like you – this okay with you? Oh I guess so just as long as you could blast the Mormons. So sorry for Hobby Lobby as they are the best.

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65Mustang
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:11pm
Well, “without firing a shot” are country can now claim we are a communist nation…thank you, you efen bastard, Obama.

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- neverending
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:16pm
  yeah no kidding.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:51pm
  Only for as long as the dollar holds out. Obamacare will probably kill it, in a few years.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 10:23pm
  Fascist, not communist. National Socialism as developed by Benito Mussolini. The marriage of Large Corporations with a highly autocratic centrally dominating federal authority. Private ownership is still allowed just as long as you follow the very strict guidelines of the central State authority. They will tell you who to hire, who to fire, how much to pay them or other compensation, what to produce and how much you are allowed to keep as profit. Of course, like all centrally controlled institutions, those with an in on the inner circle get special treatment (IE Solyndra, GM)
  
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Marine25
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:11pm
“…the Greens should be free to live and do business according to their religious beliefs,” Kyle Duncan, general counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, said in a statement.”

how about doing business according to the law?

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- Winedude
  Posted on November 20, 2012 at 2:03am
  Indeed! Thank you…your point is quite obvious to a thinking person…
  
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TROLLMONGER
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:09pm
Good job your honor!

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- Tractorboy
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:59pm
  Brothers and sisters in Christ please pray with me, Dear God, we pray for your protection for the Greens and their company, and what is in their hearts, to save your unborn children, may you lord, find a way to confound the wickednesses of man on this, may you lord, find a way to shepard this company through this valley of darkness and lift them up lord. we ask this in your sons name, Jesus, Amen.
  
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lisa61
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:07pm
NO way Hobby Lobby.. you keep fighting.. !!
no giving up on your faith & Honor..
we are behind you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KEEP UP THE GOOD FIGHT !!

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- Bronco II
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:13pm
  Fight the good fight and I too will pray and support Hobby Lobby.Remember when you have GOD with you then you are a MAJORITY. GOD BLESS stay strong keep the faith.
  
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LUCK THE FEFT
Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:07pm
This is absolutely unacceptable. Is this still America?

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- Nerzhul
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:11pm
  No, this is an Obamanation led by the dear leader, the messiah to us all.
  
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- MKbackintheUSA
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:19pm
  Depends on your definition of America. The United States of America has joined Latin and South American countries in believing in collective salvation, where salvation is dictated by a central government, whether they know it or not.
  
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- Timberline
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:20pm
  to answer your question: no, it really isn’t … and hasn’t been for quite a long time
  
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