The Supreme Court is not expected to rule until June in the case of Sebelius vs. Hobby Lobby. At stake is whether individuals lose their religious liberty simply because they start a business.
The owners of the Hobby Lobby chain have a deeply held religious belief that certain forms of contraception cause an abortion, something they, as Christians, vehemently oppose. As such, they object to paying for health insurance that provides those forms of contraception on the grounds of their religious freedom. You know, that “Congress shall make no law” part of the First Amendment.
The Obama administration has a different idea on this. They seem to believe the First Amendment reads, “Congress shall make no law…but a president with a pen and a phone allows him to bypass Congress…”
The central question of the Hobby Lobby case is whether people lose their religious liberty once they open a business. Hobby Lobby is a privately owned company, not a publicly traded one. As such, it is an extension of its owners – not millions of stockholders with diverse views. It is owned by one family, and that family is unified in its beliefs.
Reading the Democrats side of this argument, one would thing Hobby Lobby was trying to forbid their employees from even using certain types of contraception. Maybe Hobby Lobby should’ve just said, “If you like your contraception, you can keep your contraception. Period.”
The fact is some religions oppose some or all forms of birth control, not because they hate women but because they believe that is what God commands. That may not be what you believe. It’s not what I believe. But I do support other people’s right to their religious beliefs, and I would hope they would support mine.
I believe everyone should be free to use whatever type of birth control they want, but they DO NOT have the right to force their employer to pay for it. Democrats argue that contraception is a healthcare product. Toothpaste is a healthcare product too, are they going to force companies to pay for their employees toothpaste?
If you can’t afford the nominal cost of contraception you probably should find a better use for your time than sex … like looking for a better paying job.
That’s my common sense opinion. Now we will just have to hope the Supreme Court still has some common sense.
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