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In reply to the discussion: Is anybody else incredibly angry today? [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)So, I'm not surprised. I did read the whole opinion, and it seems that the majority hung it's hat on the exception that was carved out for religious organizations, it just gave a justification for that majority to say, "Well, if we can let the Catholic Church off the hook for paying for contraception by this dual insurance plan, then why can't it be used for the plaintiffs in this case?"
Look, if 100% of contraception and abortion being covered was part of the original ACA, we wouldn't have had the law passed in the first place. President Obama himself signed an executive order saying that abortion coverage would NOT be part of the ACA in order to get enough votes for passage. As time went on, and other exceptions were carved out, it was only a matter of time before the SCOTUS would use particular cases to put their own favorite exceptions in.
If you work for a religious organization, or a closely-held company run by a religious zealot (or family of them) you're going to be furthering their mission, and sometimes that mission might conflict with what you want for yourself.