02 August 2012
Court Thwarts ObamaCare Attack on Religion
A judge, John L. Kane, of the U.S. District Court of Colorado issued an injunction against the rules of the Obama administration that the health care payment plans under ObamaCare must provide for contraceptives. The Newland family owns the Colorado company Hercules Industries, which manufactures HVAC equipment and materials. They are a Catholic family and their company has several hundred employees to which they will have to supply Obama administration approved health care payment plans. They maintain that this violates their religious freedom and is in clear violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The Jimmy Carter appointed judge ruled that the Newland family case was sufficiently good that the injunction against enforcement by Obama's administration should be granted until the courts make a ruling in the case.
In the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court ruling, the right of individuals in a corporate association to freedom of speech was maintained. The Obama administration had claimed that freely associated people in commercial activities lost their freedom of speech. The Obama administration is now saying that people associated in a commercial activity lose their freedom of conscience or religious freedom. I do not think that claim will hold up any better with the Supreme Court than did their loss of another 1st Amendment right to free speech.
In the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court ruling, the right of individuals in a corporate association to freedom of speech was maintained. The Obama administration had claimed that freely associated people in commercial activities lost their freedom of speech. The Obama administration is now saying that people associated in a commercial activity lose their freedom of conscience or religious freedom. I do not think that claim will hold up any better with the Supreme Court than did their loss of another 1st Amendment right to free speech.
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