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There is a difference between using religious beliefs to exempt yourself from the laws (e.g., we should be allowed to smoke peyote b/c of our religion; we should be able to have our kids work because of our religion) and the govt FORCING you to do something that is against your religious beliefs (e.g., distribute/pay for birth contol).  In your analogy the govt is NOT ALLOWING  individuals to do something, while with respect to the HHS mandate the govt is FORCING individuals to do something.  So your analogy breaks down, at least under current first amendment jurisprudence.[/quote]

So what about the interracial couple?  See, in my religion, black people and white people shouldn't marry.  Or converse.  Or interact.  So I simply will not allow black people in my hotel.  If you don't like it, don't stay in my hotel.  I mean, the gov't can't go FORCING me to rent rooms to black customers.  [/quote]

I don't think he/she can articulate a reason since they are many freedom of religion people who actually believe that they can discriminate based on the color of an individual's skin tone. Remember that was Bob Jones university's argument that the government could not force religious institutions to follow a law that was contrary to their religion. [/quote]

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