Missouri Man Is First Private Business Owner to Sue HHS Over Contraception Mandate

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20. To stop the slippery slope? The Supreme Court put limits on religious freedom. 1878 Reynolds v. US

"In Reynolds vs. U.S., the court unanimously rejected a Mormon's challenge to a federal law banning bigamy, saying religious practices judged to be criminal had no constutional protection" (Smithsonian mag., Jan 2012, p. 74).

This is one of many court rulings putting limits on religious freedom; specifically when it contradicts the laws of our country.

Similarly? When a Quaker pacifist wants to refuse to pay the portion of his income tax that supports war, and the Defense Department? He is NOT granted that exemption, from general law. He has to pay the full taxes, like everybody else.

Fact is, there is massive precident in American jurisprudence against allowing current radical Catholic demands for special exemption, for them, from the law of the land. In this case, from elements of Obama's health bill.