When religions decide they want to participate in financial ventures to benefit their members they can participate in creating hospital, schools, universities and community centers. But, where the religious doctrine ends as an authority is when that faith decides to include all peoples within their institutions.
While there have been statements of sympathy surrounding the faith leaders of religions that do not accommodate the modern day stresses women face in that, "I went to my employ with St. Saint Hospital knowing it was a religious institution.", there is a profound lack of respect within that statement for the differences we pride in the USA as diversity.
If the health care economy was different and was actually mired in the dynamics of the 50's and 60's there would be a far different opportunity for employment and it would even be accepted to think if a Methodist went to work for a Catholic Hospital they would have to seek health insurance elsewhere if they wanted to have a plan that was enamored with their personal beliefs.
But, this is not the 50's and 60's, this is however the 21st Century. In the 21st Century the USA has "HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS" that encompass large areas of cities and towns. There is often no employment, especially for health care workers, in any other institution than St. Saint Hospital. To believe employees of an institution, one with exclusive employment rights to the region, has the right to demand them to be treated differently than their faith or personal beliefs allow, INCLUDING, their own economic status due to the fact there is a MONOPOLY in health care in the USA, is an assault against the First Amendment.
Freedom of Religion also allows Freedom from Religion and to expect every employee of St. Saint Hospital to abide by the doctrine of the overriding CORPORATION with the primary shareholder being a church is a removal of citizen's rights and NO legislator at any level of government should be victimizing that ONE person that needs the health coverage in order to afford the well being of themselves and their children and THE LIMIT they place on the size of their family.
The GOP is Anti-American through and through and if the Robert's Court ever believes this is a matter of the churches having the right to oppress diversity in our country, then they are as stupid as we all think them may be!
Corporations are not religions and religions are not corporations. When that transformation takes place corporations have to abide by the law and not the doctrine!
While there have been statements of sympathy surrounding the faith leaders of religions that do not accommodate the modern day stresses women face in that, "I went to my employ with St. Saint Hospital knowing it was a religious institution.", there is a profound lack of respect within that statement for the differences we pride in the USA as diversity.
If the health care economy was different and was actually mired in the dynamics of the 50's and 60's there would be a far different opportunity for employment and it would even be accepted to think if a Methodist went to work for a Catholic Hospital they would have to seek health insurance elsewhere if they wanted to have a plan that was enamored with their personal beliefs.
But, this is not the 50's and 60's, this is however the 21st Century. In the 21st Century the USA has "HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS" that encompass large areas of cities and towns. There is often no employment, especially for health care workers, in any other institution than St. Saint Hospital. To believe employees of an institution, one with exclusive employment rights to the region, has the right to demand them to be treated differently than their faith or personal beliefs allow, INCLUDING, their own economic status due to the fact there is a MONOPOLY in health care in the USA, is an assault against the First Amendment.
Freedom of Religion also allows Freedom from Religion and to expect every employee of St. Saint Hospital to abide by the doctrine of the overriding CORPORATION with the primary shareholder being a church is a removal of citizen's rights and NO legislator at any level of government should be victimizing that ONE person that needs the health coverage in order to afford the well being of themselves and their children and THE LIMIT they place on the size of their family.
The GOP is Anti-American through and through and if the Robert's Court ever believes this is a matter of the churches having the right to oppress diversity in our country, then they are as stupid as we all think them may be!
Corporations are not religions and religions are not corporations. When that transformation takes place corporations have to abide by the law and not the doctrine!
