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Not if it conflicts with their religious beliefs. Joel Send a noteboard - 10/02/2012 04:20:32 PM
I am asking for this is much the same logic saying that Catholic employers should not have to pay for contraception.

Government forcing people to directly finance other people doing things that contradict the first peoples religious beliefs is a First Amendment infringement. Jehovahs Witnesses could reasonably raise the same objection Catholics have, and, in fact, a "public" healthcare mandate whose principal form is PRIVATE employers paying for healthcare makes it almost inevitable that such valid objections will be routine. It is just another fantastic reason we need ACTUAL public healthcare instead of the dogs dinner of "public" healthcare we got.
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Democrats bailing on Obama - War against the Catholic Church heats up - 09/02/2012 04:03:35 AM 1777 Views
This is not a war on Catholics, it is Obama being an idiot again. - 09/02/2012 04:52:01 AM 812 Views
For someone who used to be a Con Law professor - 10/02/2012 08:23:34 PM 697 Views
Also, kudos for linking to a source, and a fairly non-partisan one as well. - 09/02/2012 01:33:07 PM 885 Views
I am a non-partisan guy, so I only use unbiased sources! *NM* - 09/02/2012 04:02:50 PM 611 Views
Is there really such a thing? *NM* - 09/02/2012 04:11:30 PM 512 Views
You lost all credibility in the first line of your post. - 09/02/2012 04:49:23 PM 822 Views
The subject line didn't help. *NM* - 09/02/2012 06:04:11 PM 547 Views
But it added some flair to the discussion! *NM* - 09/02/2012 07:46:47 PM 484 Views
You actually think any of us has 'credibility' anymore in regards to neutrality? *NM* - 09/02/2012 06:46:13 PM 502 Views
It's one thing to have a bias. - 09/02/2012 07:28:51 PM 858 Views
Some would say putting a spotlight on it is more honest. *NM* - 09/02/2012 09:34:17 PM 461 Views
Ah, the Rupert Murdoch School of Objectivity. - 09/02/2012 10:15:57 PM 807 Views
Wow, talk about making a supernova out of a couple hydrogen atoms. - 09/02/2012 08:41:44 PM 674 Views
I'm somewhat suprised that Obama blundered this badly. - 10/02/2012 01:40:14 AM 1697 Views
Why? Have you not been paying attention? - 10/02/2012 02:03:43 AM 2128 Views
If I am not satisfied with Romney then my Plan B is to not vote. - 10/02/2012 10:58:34 PM 2162 Views
How does that help anything? Except Romneys election chances, of course. - 11/02/2012 01:08:22 AM 1979 Views
Bullshit. - 11/02/2012 04:29:31 AM 2320 Views
A vote for no one is a vote for more BS. - 11/02/2012 05:55:11 AM 2049 Views
Obama doing this actually impresses me to no end. - 10/02/2012 02:21:10 AM 2220 Views
He is already preparing to cave. - 10/02/2012 02:42:32 AM 2202 Views
Why are you even replying to me? What you said has little meaning to what I said. - 10/02/2012 03:33:27 AM 2000 Views
"And here I thought he was just another politician." - 10/02/2012 01:29:36 PM 2079 Views
Aaaaand you can put your hat back on now: Obama has already caved. - 10/02/2012 04:04:30 PM 2222 Views
So Jehovah Witness employers should not have to pay for blood transfusions? - 10/02/2012 03:57:47 AM 779 Views
Not if it conflicts with their religious beliefs. - 10/02/2012 04:20:32 PM 957 Views
Money is not the same as speech! - 10/02/2012 07:20:56 PM 676 Views
One last point - 10/02/2012 11:35:25 PM 1013 Views
The federal government forcing private groups to facilitate without committing sin also infringes. - 11/02/2012 01:03:30 AM 793 Views
You argument does not make sense - 11/02/2012 01:26:57 AM 675 Views
It was an analogy, not an equivalency. - 11/02/2012 01:48:14 AM 798 Views
Lets enhance your analogy making it closer to reality - 11/02/2012 02:19:41 AM 907 Views
Why could I not buy it with my own money? - 11/02/2012 03:46:33 AM 863 Views
Re: Why could I not buy it with my own money? - 11/02/2012 04:17:17 AM 2097 Views
In other words, I could. - 11/02/2012 04:21:05 AM 598 Views
Some more points - 11/02/2012 02:30:27 AM 926 Views
Sex is not a necessity either. - 11/02/2012 03:56:51 AM 875 Views
I can't believe you just said that - 11/02/2012 04:30:12 AM 709 Views
The widespread inability to believe that is deeply worrisome. - 11/02/2012 06:33:01 AM 869 Views
LMAO due to Obama's compromise (the word compromise should have a in it ) - 11/02/2012 12:12:57 AM 901 Views
Obama just got two weeks of being portrayed as "anti-church" to the point even Dems complained. - 11/02/2012 02:00:28 AM 826 Views
The polls disagree with you. - 11/02/2012 02:32:59 AM 791 Views
It is an interesting article, but not for the polls. - 11/02/2012 04:18:17 AM 837 Views
I wouldn't put too much into that poll anyway - 11/02/2012 05:37:05 AM 963 Views
I don't think it's quite the laughing matter you think it is - 11/02/2012 12:31:23 PM 832 Views
Nossy that was not Joel, that was me - 11/02/2012 01:56:39 PM 835 Views
I know that. - 11/02/2012 03:23:32 PM 928 Views
Understood. - 11/02/2012 07:51:14 PM 782 Views
mmm... - 11/02/2012 08:20:26 PM 841 Views

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