Papantonio: Religious Promotion Will Backfire on Republicans

[GoLeft TV]

The Supreme Court’s recent Hobby Lobby decision has raised a lot of interesting questions from critics, including what would happen if the owners practiced a religion other than Christianity?

Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio discusses this with political commentator Chauncey DeVega.

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1. Supreme Court

"politicians in robes." Absolutely!

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2. they're not really worried about that because christians are a strong majority

overtly christian businesses risk alienating a portion of their market, but for the most part they can get away with it.

any other religion and the business is pretty much doomed to being a niche market catering only to that religion.

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3. I thought Papantonio was too smart to pull this

Hobby Lobby is not imposing their religious beliefs on their employees (forcing their employees to abide by their religious beliefs). The employees are still free to buy any contraceptive they want to.

Why are people making false arguments instead of directly attacking the real problem here, that Hobby Lobby thinks it should be exempt from a general health law regarding women's health, because of their religious beliefs, when that law does not require any of their employees to use the contraception methods HL claims to oppose, and does not requiring any of Hobby Lobby owners to do so either.

They are claiming that their religious belief should exempt them from paying for any health care that "might" include something they oppose. And if they can do this, so can any other religion.

This is still an important issue, but it doesn't help to frame it the wrong way just for "points". I don't think this should be acceptable even for non-profit religious groups. Because it affects people who may not be of the same beliefs as they are.