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ieoeja

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44. What I find most confusing about this case is, how do Mennonites distribute product across country?

Tue Jul 1, 2014, 04:09 PM

Jul 2014

They have a religious objection against using automated vehicles. Are they transporting everything cross country by mule train?

The Mennonites I know have no problem with this because they hire non-Mennonites to do it for them. So they're not sinning, but their employees are. But that would be the exact same thing in this case. Clearly the Hobby Lobby owners object to other people sinning on their dime.

How do they accomplish this incredible feat?

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This is what I find most disturbing about the Hobby Lobby case... [View all] Bjorn Against Jun 2014 OP

I thought of another angle on this line of thinking earlier today.... VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #1

Whoa! ewagner Jul 2014 #33

Excellent point! smirkymonkey Jul 2014 #63

Exactly what I was thinking marked50 Jun 2014 #2

Welcome to DU, marked50! calimary Jul 2014 #21

Scalia did warn us. atreides1 Jul 2014 #51

Welcome. Heartily agree. Skidmore Jul 2014 #28

K&R. And to think people worried about JFK. bullwinkle428 Jun 2014 #3

that's what I was thinking KT2000 Jul 2014 #4

Just to be clear... theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #12

Yes - I know that KT2000 Jul 2014 #23

Thanks for the additional background info. theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #27

So Hobby Lobby was the Catholic Church's proxy. IggleDoer Jul 2014 #52

I don't know KT2000 Jul 2014 #55

Evangelicals initially supported birth control RainDog Jul 2014 #24

Oh, I agree theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #29

very true G_j Jul 2014 #5

A lawer for Hobby Lobby proudly stated that HeiressofBickworth Jul 2014 #6

All five are very conservative hardliners LibDemAlways Jul 2014 #7

It definitely describes a politically activist decision, it reminds me so much of Bush v. Gore BootinUp Jul 2014 #8

New name: The Papal States of America. ErikJ Jul 2014 #9

Yeah, that would sum it all up, except for those moments when the truedelphi Jul 2014 #46

This deserves a Kick and Recommendation. But I believe some will want kid gloves on for the elephant Anansi1171 Jul 2014 #10

The Pope will be proud of his flock today. progressoid Jul 2014 #11

And he'd excommunicate them if they had voted differently dickthegrouch Jul 2014 #40

I don't see him excommunicating Sotomayor caraher Jul 2014 #67

Yeah, well this is what happened when I broached this subject months ago theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #13

Your well written OP did not get ONE SINGLE truedelphi Jul 2014 #47

True but also I'll bet their image of contraceptives is only to encourage recreational sex. Kablooie Jul 2014 #14

The thing that gets me about Hobby Lobby Stonepounder Jul 2014 #15

conservative hypocrisy Skittles Jul 2014 #17

I don't think they are even ohheckyeah Jul 2014 #42

Exactly BlueinOhio Jul 2014 #20

I think that is a great idea classykaren Jul 2014 #53

k&r... spanone Jul 2014 #16

Yes! stage left Jul 2014 #18

We have to call them what they are; dangerous. mountain grammy Jul 2014 #19

K&R Little_Wing Jul 2014 #21

TRUTH!!!! BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #25

Courageously spoken, BrotherIvan! Small Accumulates Jul 2014 #57

Welcome back.. good post. Cha Jul 2014 #26

I'm Catholic and I agree with you. K+R nt IronLionZion Jul 2014 #30

Well thought out. Trillo Jul 2014 #31

You know they probably spent way more money taking this to the Supremes than they mnhtnbb Jul 2014 #37

That is a very good point! n/t truedelphi Jul 2014 #48

Thank you for writing this up. And it is galling Ilsa Jul 2014 #32

It's not about religious freedom at all. yellerpup Jul 2014 #34

They can be removed by impeachment - TBF Jul 2014 #35

I love that House of Idiots. May I use it? underthematrix Jul 2014 #38

I'm surprised everyone doesn't TBF Jul 2014 #43

Impeach the Felonious Five! lark Jul 2014 #36

Privatizing theocracy alfredo Jul 2014 #39

Others are finally taking notice and are speaking up theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #41

What I find most confusing about this case is, how do Mennonites distribute product across country? ieoeja Jul 2014 #44

Mennonites v. Amish Freddie Jul 2014 #54

Unlike the Amish, Ineeda Jul 2014 #61

Yeah, those five are not about legal reasoning but about rationalizing their prejudices tclambert Jul 2014 #45

Agree. This is about theocracy with a helping of laissez faire. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #49

I disagree with the idea of removing Supreme Court justices from the bench Distant Quasar Jul 2014 #50

EXCELLENT post.nt m-lekktor Jul 2014 #56

I wonder if Clarence Thomas is still watching porn albino65 Jul 2014 #58

Beautifully argued, Bjorn Against Small Accumulates Jul 2014 #59

what I think is interesting demigoddess Jul 2014 #60

Right Wingers use the abortion issue for only ONE reason... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #62

Would be sad if the sand fleas of a thousand camels had a field day rummaging in the tender indepat Jul 2014 #64

They are Substituting the Religious Doctrines of Opus Dei for Scientific Fact and the Constitution AndyTiedye Jul 2014 #65

Yep, and it's about everyone faced that facts about what is going on theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #69

When I expressed reservations about such a Catholic-packed SC catrose Jul 2014 #66

Thank you for making this point. I had this uneasy, queasy feeling after liberalla Jul 2014 #68

The power of the SCOTUS has far exceeded what our founders had in mind. rhett o rick Jul 2014 #70