Hobby Lobby

Jun 30, 2014 Companies are not required to pay for employees' contraceptives for women if they have religious objections, the Supreme Court ruled today.

The Court upheld a June 2013 ruling by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals protecting Hobby Lobby and the Green family from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate. That mandate would have required Hobby Lobby and co-founders David and Barbara Green to provide and facilitate, against their religious convictions, four potentially life-terminating drugs and devices in the company’s health insurance plan.

The Greens argued that the mandate substantially burdened their religious beliefs in violation of a federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. “This is a landmark decision for religious freedom. The Supreme Court recognized that Americans do not lose their religious freedom when they run a family business,” said Lori Windham, Senior Counsel for The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and counsel for Hobby Lobby. “This ruling will protect people of all faiths.

The Court’s reasoning was clear, and it should have been clear to the government. You can’t argue there are no alternative means when your agency is busy creating alternative means for other people.”.

June 2014 » The Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby March 2014 » U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Burwell v.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (previously Sebelius v. Kay Jamison Una Mente Inquieta Pdf To Jpg here. Hobby Lobby Stores) on March 25 to determine whether the government has the power to force family business owners to act against their faith based solely on their companies’ form of organization November 2013 » U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up Burwell v.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (previously Sebelius v. Keygen Edison 5001 more. Hobby Lobby Stores), a landmark case addressing the Constitutionally guaranteed rights of business owners to operate their family companies without violating their deeply held religious convictions.