Colorado: Judge Bars Penalties Against Employer, for Now

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 27, 2012

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction barring penalties against a heating and air-conditioning business ... The Obama administration’s health care legislation requires group health plans to offer women no-cost preventive care coverage for items including contraception. The business, Hercules Industries, is run by a family whose Roman Catholic beliefs condemn contraception, but it does not qualify as a religious employer exempt from offering the coverage. Hercules Industries went to court, and Judge John Kane of Federal District Court in Denver issued a preliminary injunction on Friday keeping the government from penalizing the company for its health plan while its lawsuit proceeds ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/us/colorado-judge-bars-penalties-against-employer-for-now.html

[2ndAmForComputers]

1. This is, of course, not a judgment of the merit of the case.

Let's all hope the final decision is against those fundy employers.