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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Excellent point. As a Catholic, you can "opt-out" of using contraception. As a Catholic employee, you can refuse to use contraception. As a Catholic employer, you have *no* right to "opt" your non-Catholic employees out of contraception coverage. Sorry, there's no "there" here. [/quote]

But this is the heart of the issue and the violation of the Consitution's protections of religious freedom:  [i]why[/i] do Catholic employers have to pay their empoloyer-portion of their employees' healthcare to cover contraception when it violates their fundamental religious tenents?  It's unconstitutional and a very slippery slope.  This now, what's next??  Just because you agree with the specifics of contraception coverage now, the next erosion of rights under the Constitution you may not be as happy about.  It's a bigger issue, folks, than just contraception.  [/quote]

What if ingesting hallucinogenic drugs was an integral part of your religion?  That was exactly the case the Supreme court considered, and concluded that American society can choose to work around your religious issues (to a degree) but the constitution doesn't guarantee you the ability to ignore laws of general applicability, except where they are interfering in the inner workings of the church (for example, of course they can't force Catholic congregations to hire women to service as priests).

You can't stand up and say "I'm a Quaker and paying $10,000 a year in taxes to support the Defense Department violates my deeply held religious beliefs, so I going to donate that money to a soup kitchen."  Lots of people's moral beliefs get stepped on in lots of ways by the government, but that doesn't mean the constitution guarantees you the ability to opt out of those rules.[/quote]

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