Two cases.
1) The Obama administration argues before the Supreme Court that religious groups should be subject to the same anti-discrimination hiring laws that every else is. In otherwords, they can't discriminate against someone based on various beliefs when hiring or firing.
2) The Obama administration issues a ruling that religious organizations must provide contraception and abortion services to their employees as a part of their health care. The narrow exemption that the administration permits includes organizations that only hire people who are a part of their belief system.
So let's see how this would work.
Me: I only hire people of my own religion therefore I qualify for the exemption
DOJ bureaucrat: You are not allowed to discriminate like that. You must hire someone who does not share your belief system. (and pay us a fine for violating our rules)
HHS Bureaucrat: You hired someone from out of your belief system so you no longer qualify for the exemption. (and pay us a fine for not having a qualifying health care plan)
So where exactly is the administration "compromising"? Talk about doublespeak.
2 comments:
It should be obvious that there can be no exceptions. The only just thing to do to protect religious liberty is to re-establish all those other freedoms we lost with the civil rights act of 1964. Until it is OK to not hire blacks (or anyone else you don't like) we are not free and everyone needs to be equally not free.
Couldn't agree with you more Prof. This country went off the rails when they started passing laws about who you could or could not do business with. I understand the motivation for antidiscrimination laws that apply to individuals as well as government, but they are not only an unConstitutional violation of our rights of association, they have also spawned a government bureaucracy that can dictate the smallest aspect of our lives to us, under threat of government force. Until we start rolling back the behemoth, we will not be free. It is not "small" government we need, but "limited" government. As large as needed to be as capable as needed of doing the few things delegated to it by the Constitution. Health care isn't one of those things.
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