Should I ignore this, or point out how not every religious organization goes this far? But go ahead and assert your point with terrible generalizations.
So your solution is to do to them what they do to you. Effective...If immature. We're better then that. At least, I like to think we are.
I sure hope you find the other half.
In all seriousness, I'm not so worried about the ruling as I am about the precedent it will set.
Basically, it's not okay to discriminate against religions but it's okay to discriminate if you're religious. I'm not okay with that. This country is trying to trend towards a theocratic oligarchy and it (the future) is not looking bright.
so if corporations are people and can hold religious views, why don't we start putting them in prison when they do shady shit? seize all assets, seize all employees responsible for shady shit, everything. if you're a person capable of religious beliefs, you're capable of ethical thought.
If corporations are people why hasn't GM been put on deathrow for multiple counts of criminally negligent manslaughter.
I'm mostly worried about this definition of religious freedom as anything other than the personal practice of one's religious believes. It looks like they want to define religious freedom to mean the ability to prevent someone else from doing something you disagree with.
if more religious people had been using condoms the world would be a better place
I can certainly agree with that.
Its problematic to a certain extent, especially if this is used as precedent for something even dumber down the line.
Like y'all are doing here? Holyyy shittt
Well, in this particular context it isn't so awful. At least I don't think so, but it could potentially open some doors that few want to see opened.
Government really should be a non-factor in this discussion. Unfortunately though... here we are.
imo it should be:
"Get the government out of my birth control!" NOT "Government, please, force those people to pay for my birth control."
What I see here is people being ok with discrimination as long as people agree with their pov.
What is this shit? We tolerate religious bullshit because we're tolerant guys. We know they're stupid, and we're fixing it slowly. Yes, we might not see the changes we want in our lifetimes, but things are changing for the better. This is not the battle you guys are acting like it is.