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Louisiana1976

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28. Hobby Lobby would rather its female employees be barefoot and pregnant.

Reply to BrotherIvan (Reply #13)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 03:29 PM

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Maybe they taught me wrong in school but.... [View all] boston bean Jun 2014 OP

I think so boston JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #1

Me, too. Am I ever disgusted. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #26

Catholic school grad here HockeyMom Jun 2014 #2

I learnt the same at a private catholic school BootinUp Jun 2014 #3

Because those women can buy birth control on their own? quinnox Jun 2014 #4

Really you don't? Go read Ginsburg's dissenting opinion on the matter. boston bean Jun 2014 #7

They are already paying for insurance coverage Bettie Jun 2014 #8

I believe this entails all contraception. IUD's, the pill, plan b, the patch, shots, injections. boston bean Jun 2014 #12

And it should all be covered Bettie Jun 2014 #16

I figured you understood. But I believe some might not think it all the way through. boston bean Jun 2014 #17

And yet Viagra is still covered for men...[n/t] Maedhros Jun 2014 #34

So if the road only leads to their church you can build your own road to go elsewhere!!! Tikki Jun 2014 #9

Will you say the same when you have to pay for essential medication? BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #13

Hobby Lobby would rather its female employees be barefoot and pregnant. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #28

Which is funny because they probably don't want to pay for maternity leave BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #39

How would you feel if they were allowed to exclude pregnancy coverage for single women? Gormy Cuss Jun 2014 #15

True. You give them an inch, they'll want a mile. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #29

Hope you never work for Jehovah's Witnesses and need blood transfusion coverage. Starry Messenger Jun 2014 #19

Hmm, then I wouldn't work for jehovah's witnesses then quinnox Jun 2014 #20

No, they aren't. Starry Messenger Jun 2014 #21

In theory, yes. In practice - not always. REP Jun 2014 #22

Maybe women of the same religious beliefs need apply for work? lunatica Jun 2014 #35

Fundie Christians are deliberately moving the goalpost. Anansi1171 Jun 2014 #5

Exactly. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #31

There can be no freedom of religion with freedom from religion other than no one can make you have TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #6

Yeah, but that was then. MoonRiver Jun 2014 #10

It's all about which religion jeff47 Jun 2014 #11

Hobby Lobby is not a religious institution. It's an employer and should be held to the law. Gormy Cuss Jun 2014 #14

Right. The Activist Justices fucked over America today. nt valerief Jun 2014 #25

It's a pity at least one of these right-wing justices can't be impeached and then Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #32

Impeached. That's just a few letters away from impaled, isn't it. valerief Jun 2014 #37

I don't see this as them pipi_k Jun 2014 #18

No, the religious belief of NO contraception, boston bean Jun 2014 #23

That was then... joeybee12 Jun 2014 #24

Having attended a religious school that gave the same lip service, LadyHawkAZ Jun 2014 #27

According to the opposition, yep, you had it wrong. malthaussen Jun 2014 #30

Because the Catholic Church says so Bickle Jun 2014 #33

Ronald Reagon is still killing us maindawg Jun 2014 #36

I guess I had the same bad teachers that you did............ wandy Jun 2014 #38