Quote Originally Posted by onthestrip View Post
Close a multibillion dollar company...rrrright. I have a feeling they are holding steadfast in their ways to gain sympathy once the fines start rolling in but they will not be closing. Pretty sure they would sell before foolishly closing.

Would certainly suck to work for a company whose owner can pick and choose what medicine they will cover, which is why I believe the government is right. I have no problem with churches being exempt but for profit businesses, whether owned by the most fundamentalist christian or an athiest shouldnt be able to opt out just because they dont like a certian pill that is deemed necessary for womens health
The morning after pill isn't a pill deemed necessary for a woman's health, it isn't widely used except as a backup for stupidity or rape, and there are other places to get it besides their employer. It isn't an expensive medication.
As for scoffing at closing a multimillion dollar business, I see this attitude quite a bit - it is as if it is beyond comprehension that people wouldn't sell out their spiritual values for money. That is the sort of mindset that thinks it is okay to hire out your spouse or your daughter if the money is right. Don't be mad - seriously, what would be the difference?

Speaking as someone who is not affiliated with a mainstream religion, it really bothers me that the government, with panting excitement by many seculars, are trying their darndest to rob people of their right to freedom of conscience unless they are closely tied to an organized religion. Seriously, that is the most terrifying thing I can imagine. My spiritual faith is one of the things most precious to me and the notion that I would not be allowed to follow it unless I am a "church" is stunning. And with the fine as large as it is for people who, on principle, don't want to pay for abortion related medication, it is the same as saying give up your values or go out of business. That's wrong.

And before someone brings up slavery and treating women differently than men, we have constitutional protections to back up laws keeping people from engaging in such things. This, in contrast, is an all out assault on personal conscience, IMO. Just because a secular person doesn't "get" it, doesn't mean it isn't important. All it really means is that the secular person just doesn't "get" it. This sort of heavy handed government pressed ideology could just as easily insist that businesses donate to support pornography - logically, there is no difference because it is just a tax with the beneficiary of the tax chosen by the legislature. This is simply a policy the government has chosen and it is willing to stamp on personal conscience to further it. If this were something like cancer, I might be able to see it. It isn't. It is for cheap, available medication that any woman could get if she wanted to. They are willing to erode the value of freedom of conscience just cause. Morning after pill, today. What tomorrow?