Obama admin. drops appeals in three for-profit mandate cases

[theHandpuppet]

Source: Catholic News Agency

Washington D.C., Sep 4, 2014 / 04:47 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious freedom advocates are voicing hope as the Obama administration drops its appeal in three lawsuits involving for-profit companies that object to the federal contraception mandate.

The Department of Justice has dropped its appeals in The Seneca Hardwood Lumber Company v. Burwell, Armstrong v. Burwell, and Briscoe v. Burwell, according to Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing numerous individuals and organizations that have sued over the mandate.

“The administration was right to abandon its fight against the family businesses involved in these particular cases in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling in June,” said Matt Bowman, senior legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, in a Sept. 4 statement.

“In a free and diverse society, we respect the freedom to live out our convictions. For these families, that means not being forced to participate in distributing abortion drugs and devices.”....


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Score one for the anti-choice fascists.

[DonViejo]

1. The admin probably feels its' "way around"

the decision is legit

Obama introduces new birth control accommodation so hopefully religious nonprofits will stop suing the government
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/11384611

[theHandpuppet]

2. Yes, but as I pointed out in the same thread to which you linked

No accommodation will ever be enough for the anti-choice forces. Every time the President has provided an "accommodation" they have complained it doesn't go far enough and want even more concessions.

[DonViejo]

3. We're on the same page...

that's why I said, "The admin probably feels its' 'way around'
the decision is legit." The religionists will never be happy with it though, they'll probably still be fighting it fifty years from now.