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procon

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2. If the Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion
Mon May 16, 2016, 11:35 AM
May 2016

Then why are religious organizations, or religious affiliated business treated differently than everyone else? They should have the same plusses and minuses that affect the rest of us, not be given preferential carve outs that unfairly enriches them at the expense of everyone else.

Religious institutions got out of providing full medical coverage for their female staff and employees, and now ancillary religious groups want the same special perk. This must save religious corporations millions in reduced insurance costs, but for the women who still need contraceptive prescriptions, it means they have to either pay out of pocket or find medical services through state agencies or some cash strapped community NGO. That means we, the taxpayers, are schlepping the bill for these religious tightwads can add more shekels to their coffers at our expense.

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