I’m not sure of the long-term impact of this ruling. When I first heard it, I thought it was a disaster that would cause an avalanche of consequences. Actually reading the opinion, I think the attempt to direct a narrow interpretation on simply extending the accommodation previously arranged for nonprofits to ”˜closely-held’ companies is more of a comment on the ”˜least restrictive’ clause than an endorsement of corporate religious views.
Had there not been an existing structure in place to extend to these companies, I believe the Supreme Court would have ruled differently. Time will tell if future Court decisions expand this understanding or follow a more narrow interpretation of this verdict. For the moment, I’m hopeful this isn’t the disaster I thought it was at first.
Let’s be clear: the rights of actual, living individuals lost to the rights of companies this week.
Read it all and make sure to read yesterday’s comments also.
The actual rights of living persons who own companies were upheld. The government has other options not requiring the infringement of religious liberties and is required to utilize them.
It astounds me how hostile the Episcopal Church is to Christians.
[blockquote] Let’s be clear: the rights of actual, living individuals lost to the rights of companies this week. [/blockquote]
What else is new? Thousands of actual, living individuals (me included) lost our church buildings and other properties to a long dead TEC.
But you know what? That’s not where our treasure is – the Episcopalians can’t touch it.
Amazing how a “right” that didn’t exist a very few years ago is now vital and indispensable. And that’s only one of the distortions, not to mention outright lies, being spread about.
The Episcopal Church is a member of the “Religious Coalition for
Reproductive Choice” ( see http://rcrc.org/homepage/about/coalition-council/).
TEC is a mere shill for the views of that organization.