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grey580
reply to post by Bone75
Oh my brain.
There's a zillion other regulations on the books in this country for businesses but somehow this one here is a deal breaker? BS.
And they are basing their decision on an assumption that someone "MIGHT" take one of these pills.
I find it highly ironic that these guys are using their first amendment right to take away the right of someone else to make a choice about their life.
I've said this before and I'll say it again. Your rights do not give you the right to take away the rights of others. That your rights begin where my rights end and vice versa.
And this sets a precedent. Christians can say no to contraceptives. Now can Jews refuse to employ people because they aren't circumcised?edit on 3-2-2014 by grey580 because: (no reason given)
ketsuko
reply to post by Flatfish
Well I suppose we should just move to an entirely centrally planned and government run economy then because the moment a person does not have the right to run their business as they see fit, we are definitely no longer anything resembling a free market. Why not let Obama build that as he claims?
On Thursday, Arizona State Rep. Steve Yarbrough's proposed legislation that, if passed, would allow businesses to refuse services to the LGBT community on the basis of religious freedom passed the Senate Committee on Government and Education.
The bill, SB1062, could be used to protect business that discriminate not only again the LGBT community but also unmarried women or those of different religions. According to Rep. Yarbrough, SB1062 could broadly be interpreted to allow, for example, a motel to refuse service to a same-sex couple on the grounds that it would “substantially burden” their freedom of religion.
No Christian should be forced to pay for someone's contraception. Period.
Hoosierdaddy71
This is also a man that closes his stores on Sunday so that the employees can go to church with their families. Good for him for sticking to his beliefs.
buster2010
Hoosierdaddy71
This is also a man that closes his stores on Sunday so that the employees can go to church with their families. Good for him for sticking to his beliefs.
Don't you mean lack of beliefs? His religion tells him he is not allowed to use contraceptives no where in the bible does it say he is not allowed to pay for someone else's contraceptives.
Aleister
reply to post by Hoosierdaddy71
Or he could just sell his store chain. Instead he wants to close it down, hurting every employee and every supplier. That's where he crosses the line from self-righteous to selfish.
Hoosierdaddy71
reply to post by buster2010
They don't give employees a bible or a prayer rug. They also don't take them away. They also give them the freedom to find employment somewhere that has an insurance policy they would like better.
Sremmos80
reply to post by Flatfish
No one is making you work for them to give them the ability to get into your rights. The government is FORCING this on EVERYONE. This is just about letting a company run the same way it has been running in the past and not forcing them to provide something they don't have to provide.
ketsuko
buster2010
Hoosierdaddy71
This is also a man that closes his stores on Sunday so that the employees can go to church with their families. Good for him for sticking to his beliefs.
Don't you mean lack of beliefs? His religion tells him he is not allowed to use contraceptives no where in the bible does it say he is not allowed to pay for someone else's contraceptives.
If you believe that contraception is murder, then paying for it is like paying for murder. That sort of violates the whole "Thou shalt not murder" bit. I understand how hard that may be for some of you to understand, but those of us who believe that life begins before birth don't exactly like being accessories to murder.
buster2010
Hoosierdaddy71
reply to post by buster2010
They don't give employees a bible or a prayer rug. They also don't take them away. They also give them the freedom to find employment somewhere that has an insurance policy they would like better.
Nice to see you admit you support discrimination. Is there anything else you would like forced on people? How about stoning a unruly child or making a slave of a girl that has never lain with a man. Those are in the bible why isn't this guy doing those things? Is he just another one of those pick and choose Christians?
ketsuko
If you believe that contraception is murder, then paying for it is like paying for murder. That sort of violates the whole "Thou shalt not murder" bit. I understand how hard that may be for some of you to understand, but those of us who believe that life begins before birth don't exactly like being accessories to murder.
buster2010
ketsuko
buster2010
Hoosierdaddy71
This is also a man that closes his stores on Sunday so that the employees can go to church with their families. Good for him for sticking to his beliefs.
Don't you mean lack of beliefs? His religion tells him he is not allowed to use contraceptives no where in the bible does it say he is not allowed to pay for someone else's contraceptives.
If you believe that contraception is murder, then paying for it is like paying for murder. That sort of violates the whole "Thou shalt not murder" bit. I understand how hard that may be for some of you to understand, but those of us who believe that life begins before birth don't exactly like being accessories to murder.
So you are saying that a woman should become pregnant with every cycle? Birth control keeps a woman from getting pregnant so there is no killing here. It's easy to see why people are backing this guy because they have no idea what birth control really is and what it is used for. And you must really be upset with God seeing how many babies he kills every year by way of miscarriages.