McCamy Reports: Church of Christ,Scientist Membership Doubles as Employers Convert in Record Numbers
Just hours after today's Supreme Court ruling in the Hobby Lobby case, the Church of Christ, Scientists---better known as the Christian Scientists---began to get calls.
"Most of them were from business owners, asking if it was true that our faith teaches that illness should be treated with prayer, not medicine. One of them asked how much the average priest charges by the hour. When I mentioned that our Church operates over a 1000 Reading Rooms located around the country which are available for anyone to use, free of charge, he seemed pleased. 'A library is a lot cheaper than a cardiologist,' were his exact words, I believe."
In its controversial ruling today, the Supreme Court said that employers' right to religious expression trumps their employees right to health care under the Affordable Care Act. In the case of Hobby Lobby, said a majority of the Justices, the federal government could not compel an employer to pay for medical treatments that the employer considered sinful.
"Ten thousand dollars to take out a gallbladder. Now that's sinful," said one business owner who asked not to be named. "I already have to pay time and a half for overtime and now I have to pay for insurance, too. Well, not anymore. I'm converting. Starting right now, I'm a Christian Scientist. If the guy who drives the folk lift gets chest pain, I'll get down on my knees and pray for him right there is the lumber yard. I'll send his widow a nice fruit basket, too."
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