Sorry but I want to scold you.

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77. That's a really desperate attempt to exonerate Hobby Lobby.

But who is responsible for the situation?...not HL they just can now follow the law.

Yes, the case just magically appeared before the SCOTUS. Hobby Lobby was a completely innocent bystander.

And I've got this Nigerian prince friend who's got a great deal for you.

Hobby Lobby was perfectly happy to provide birth control for years. Then two years ago, a conservative group approached them about suing the government. They agreed to bring suit. And they agreed to press, and fund, that suit all the way to the SCOTUS.

That is not an innocent bystander. They sure as hell knew they were inserting themselves between their employees and their doctors. And they paid a shitload of money and took a shitload of effort to do so. And apparently the status quo was just fine until they thought they might score political points.

If they arrest you and take you to court, and the judge rules you were right, is it fair for the defense to come after you to ruin you?

So many screwed up parts here.

First the trivial: If you were arrested, then you are the defense. The state that arrested you is the prosecution. You'd be ruining yourself if the defense "came after you to ruin you".

Second, if you were arrested, you were forced to do something against your will - go to jail, and then go to trial. Hobby Lobby was happily paying for birth control for years. If it was such a horrific burden on their religious beliefs, don'tcha think they'd have sued before someone sought them out? Dont'cha think back before coverage was required by law, they wouldn't have covered these forms of birth control? Don'tcha think they'd have demanded their retirement plans not profit from other people's birth control? Don'tcha think they wouldn't send large piles of money to China, the abortion capital of the planet?

And no, "we didn't know" is a bullshit excuse. People keeping kosher know to ask "does this have pork in it?" If it was such a horrific religious affront, they'd have specified no coverage for those birth control devices when they started the health plan. Long before the ACA existed.

Hobby Lobby spent a lot of time, money and effort in order to get in between their employees and their doctors. But Chinese babies? They can be slaughtered to help Hobby Lobby's bottom line.