Religious beliefs and devotions are formed in the minds and hearts of individuals, so said a recent court ruling.
How far can a fictitious entity that is invisible, intangible, existing only in contemplation of law and formed to create profits for it's shareholders go in exercising it's Freedom of Religion?
All the way, just as if it were a flesh and blood, mind and heart individual?
Not true. A commonly held corporation, meaning an entity that is owned primrily by the public at large, is amoral and non religious, for the simple reason that it is an inanimate object, with no ability to reason or believe. All of the persons working at a public corporation are employees of that corportation, including the CEO and the board of directors. The employer is an everchanging collection of stockholders, few of which have any say in the operation of the corporation.
However, there are corporations which are owned by a single individual, a family, or a small group of like minded individuals. These corporations can, and often do, exhibit the morality and the religious beliefs of the private owners, just like any other individual business owner or partnership. Hobby Lobby and the Green family fall into this group, and that is what the court is debating.
The right of a public corporation to freedom of speech, does not equate in any way to the right of a public corporation to freedom of religion.
It is a violation of the 1st Amendment for the SCOTUS to endorse the religious beliefs of any person irrespective of whether or not that is an individual or a corporation.
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Lo-Lo poster in action.