{"id":31933,"date":"2012-12-27T23:37:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T06:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/scotus-declines-to-block-the-contraception-mandate-for-the-moment.html"},"modified":"2013-05-01T07:40:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T13:40:55","slug":"scotus-declines-to-block-the-contraception-mandate-for-the-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/27\/scotus-declines-to-block-the-contraception-mandate-for-the-moment.html","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS declines to block the contraception mandate (for the moment)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Criminy sakes, people. \u00a0I have deep moral objections to a number of things that my tax dollars get spent on. Does that mean I get to wave my hanky and get the religious vapors and decline to pay my income tax? No, folks, it does not. \u00a0It means I render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and take legal political actions to try and get those policies changed.<\/p>\n

Suck it up, Hobby Lobby, et al. Your owners' religious beliefs don't trump the law, nor do they trump the religious beliefs of your employees.<\/p>\n

"Religious freedom," so expressed, has become the new "states rights."<\/p>\n

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Criminy sakes, people. \u00a0I have deep moral objections to a number of things that my tax dollars get spent on. Does that mean I get to wave my hanky and get the religious vapors and decline to pay my income tax? 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