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By Ed Kilgore July 14, 2014 3:20 PM
Now and then, its necessary to take notice of some bad media habit exemplified by Politico, just so they know were watching. Maybe Im in an irritable mood or something, but todays piece by Kyle Cheney entitled GOP governors see scant Hobby Lobby fallout struck me as a pretty classic case of buying spin. I mean, look at these quotes from Chris Christie and Scott Walker:
Republicans interviewed at the National Governors Association summer meeting here this weekend described the high court ruling exempting some religious owners of for-profit businesses from the Obamacare contraceptive coverage requirement as a welcome brake on President Barack Obama and his intrusive health law. And they didnt see it causing problems.
No, said New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie when asked if he was concerned that some New Jersey women could lose birth control coverage.
Asked why not, he added, Because Im not.
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CTyankee
(63,771 posts)this new "offensive" line from the RW is just that...offensive...
keep going, you idiots...giving you enough rope...
sheshe2
(83,356 posts)I say, have at it. I'll provide the shovel.
We need to GOTV 2014!
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)"in a decision of startling breadth," would allow corporations to opt out of almost any law that they find "incompatible with their sincerely held religious beliefs."
Here are seven more key quotes from Ginsburg's dissent in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby:
"The exemption sought by Hobby Lobby and Conestoga would
deny legions of women who do not hold their employers' beliefs access to contraceptive coverage"
"Religious organizations exist to foster the interests of persons subscribing to the same religious faith. Not so of for-profit corporations. Workers who sustain the operations of those corporations commonly are not drawn from one religious community."
"Any decision to use contraceptives made by a woman covered under Hobby Lobby's or Conestoga's plan will not be propelled by the Government, it will be the woman's autonomous choice, informed by the physician she consults."
"It bears note in this regard that the cost of an IUD is nearly equivalent to a month's full-time pay for workers earning the minimum wage."
"Would the exemption
extend to employers with religiously grounded objections to blood transfusions (Jehovah's Witnesses); antidepressants (Scientologists); medications derived from pigs, including anesthesia, intravenous fluids, and pills coated with gelatin (certain Muslims, Jews, and Hindus); and vaccinations[?]
Not much help there for the lower courts bound by today's decision."
"Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk the [Constitution's] Establishment Clause was designed to preclude."
"The court, I fear, has ventured into a minefield."
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/best-lines-hobby-lobby-decision
That ruling is a stunning example of a nation going backwards.