...In reality, (click here) Justice Sotomayor only stayed the court of appeals' denial of Little Sisters' request for an injunction; in other words, her ruling only temporarily stops the government from enforcing the regulation against Little Sisters and its co-plaintiffs. How the case will ultimately turn out is far from clear.
But as Georgetown Law School's Marty Lederman points out in a new post at Balkanization, the hitch is not in the law, but in Little Sisters' case itself....
This has to be the most ridiculous lawsuit against the federal government I have ever heard of. None of these religious lawsuits belong in the courts. The only reason they are there is because the Robert's Court allows religious activism by the courts.
The law is clear here, there is a separation of church and state. The organizations across the board have to offer female needs in their health care plans and that includes contraception.
These lawsuits treat the benefit of receiving contraception as a health care benefit as if it is an infectious disease to their souls. That is ridiculous.
Religion in practice in the USA is about setting limits and challenging self-control. It is about being a devoted follower of the faith and the condition of the soul when one passes in death. The USA demands all entities in the USA be equal, including that of religious organizations. These organizations cannot be allowed special status to exemption of any laws as it would create a sought after class that would be warped into a parallel governing within the country.
Churches are provided a non-profit status in their taxation assessments because the USA allows non-profits to exist within it's borders. That does not mean churches are exempt from other laws that every other person, organization or corporation is required to abide within. This is some of the most egregious requests of the courts ever engaged. These suits are turning the USA into a confusing stack of court decided statues that muddle the reality of life in the USA.
Just because an organization is required to offer it's employees contraception doesn't mean those in the organization have to practice contraception. Using contraception is an individual choice. Allowing churches to refuse that decision by their employees within their health care insurance is a dictate. Dictates are not law in the USA.
In allowing any religious organization exemption from USA law because they believe, in their magical thinking, they are contaminated by a law that benefits women, then the USA has regressed into a time when women were oppressed by their very status as a child bearer. Now if a church wants to oppress their own members into pregnant servitude, then there is no better example than the Catholic Church. If the Catholic Church surveys their members globally they will find themselves outstanding in the number in poverty while having large families. Little Sisters of the Poor indeed.
The indulgence of the religious during the Bush/Cheney years served them well in politics, but, the exploitation of that political paradigm in the USA is hideous and causes hardship with a democracy where women seek careers and in instances are inhibited by their status as child bearer. Additionally, the USA bases it's economy in capitalism where by citizens work and carry their own responsibility. In order to survive in the USA any person requires employment or the benefit of unemployment, but, nowhere in the USA landscape is there Pregnancy and Child Rearing Pay.
The oppressive request of these religious organizations should never be honored by the courts of the USA. They are oppressive, victimizing and do not recognize the reality of living in the USA by their very members. The USA is a sovereign authority and the Catholic Church knows the oppression of other sovereign authority across this Earth. While the religious enjoy thinking about a spotless soul and attempting to achieve one that does not allow for a religious authority to dictate to the sovereignty of the USA. The USA allows for an understanding the individual is the most important aspect of it's democracy. The government does not dictate religious doctrine, it levies laws.
The USA has been an asset to every religious organization that has sought members into their faith. The right to practice religion in the USA is always a matter of individual freedom. That freedom/liberty will always exist in the USA. What is not part of that liberty is the right of an individual or any organization to dictate the outcomes of USA laws. No organization can impose designer laws of gods on the people of this nation. To that end these requests of our courts is hideous and setting up precedent that could offend the sovereignty of this nation. It is out of the question.
If the Catholic Church believes it can dictate the purpose of a woman's body in the USA, they are sadly mistaken. Individual liberty is at stake and in no way should any organization be allowed exemption from the law. The Robert's Court is making decisions to once again taint the political speech in this country. The Congress should be reviewing every decision of this court that continues to insult the Constitution of this country!
Any religious person will tell you the USA allows for the freedom of choice in all aspects of life. It is that challenge to a religious life any deity seeks a pure heart and mind. If a religious person is not allowed to assault that challenge there is no gain for their purity and the dictate has created a faux reality to redemption. The exemption from laws in the USA is an assault on the US Constitution as well as an assault on the soul.
The law is clear here, there is a separation of church and state. The organizations across the board have to offer female needs in their health care plans and that includes contraception.
These lawsuits treat the benefit of receiving contraception as a health care benefit as if it is an infectious disease to their souls. That is ridiculous.
Religion in practice in the USA is about setting limits and challenging self-control. It is about being a devoted follower of the faith and the condition of the soul when one passes in death. The USA demands all entities in the USA be equal, including that of religious organizations. These organizations cannot be allowed special status to exemption of any laws as it would create a sought after class that would be warped into a parallel governing within the country.
Churches are provided a non-profit status in their taxation assessments because the USA allows non-profits to exist within it's borders. That does not mean churches are exempt from other laws that every other person, organization or corporation is required to abide within. This is some of the most egregious requests of the courts ever engaged. These suits are turning the USA into a confusing stack of court decided statues that muddle the reality of life in the USA.
Just because an organization is required to offer it's employees contraception doesn't mean those in the organization have to practice contraception. Using contraception is an individual choice. Allowing churches to refuse that decision by their employees within their health care insurance is a dictate. Dictates are not law in the USA.
In allowing any religious organization exemption from USA law because they believe, in their magical thinking, they are contaminated by a law that benefits women, then the USA has regressed into a time when women were oppressed by their very status as a child bearer. Now if a church wants to oppress their own members into pregnant servitude, then there is no better example than the Catholic Church. If the Catholic Church surveys their members globally they will find themselves outstanding in the number in poverty while having large families. Little Sisters of the Poor indeed.
The indulgence of the religious during the Bush/Cheney years served them well in politics, but, the exploitation of that political paradigm in the USA is hideous and causes hardship with a democracy where women seek careers and in instances are inhibited by their status as child bearer. Additionally, the USA bases it's economy in capitalism where by citizens work and carry their own responsibility. In order to survive in the USA any person requires employment or the benefit of unemployment, but, nowhere in the USA landscape is there Pregnancy and Child Rearing Pay.
The oppressive request of these religious organizations should never be honored by the courts of the USA. They are oppressive, victimizing and do not recognize the reality of living in the USA by their very members. The USA is a sovereign authority and the Catholic Church knows the oppression of other sovereign authority across this Earth. While the religious enjoy thinking about a spotless soul and attempting to achieve one that does not allow for a religious authority to dictate to the sovereignty of the USA. The USA allows for an understanding the individual is the most important aspect of it's democracy. The government does not dictate religious doctrine, it levies laws.
The USA has been an asset to every religious organization that has sought members into their faith. The right to practice religion in the USA is always a matter of individual freedom. That freedom/liberty will always exist in the USA. What is not part of that liberty is the right of an individual or any organization to dictate the outcomes of USA laws. No organization can impose designer laws of gods on the people of this nation. To that end these requests of our courts is hideous and setting up precedent that could offend the sovereignty of this nation. It is out of the question.
If the Catholic Church believes it can dictate the purpose of a woman's body in the USA, they are sadly mistaken. Individual liberty is at stake and in no way should any organization be allowed exemption from the law. The Robert's Court is making decisions to once again taint the political speech in this country. The Congress should be reviewing every decision of this court that continues to insult the Constitution of this country!
Any religious person will tell you the USA allows for the freedom of choice in all aspects of life. It is that challenge to a religious life any deity seeks a pure heart and mind. If a religious person is not allowed to assault that challenge there is no gain for their purity and the dictate has created a faux reality to redemption. The exemption from laws in the USA is an assault on the US Constitution as well as an assault on the soul.
