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What if Hobby Lobby was run by Muslims imposing Sharia law on workers?
Former Star Trek actor George Takei blasted Mondays decision by the Supreme Court allowing the craft store Hobby Lobby to opt out of the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act.
In a post on the website for his new play, Allegiance, the openly gay Takei called Mondays decision a stunning setback for womens reproductive rights.
The ruling elevates the rights of a FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION over those of its women employees and opens the door to all manner of claims that a company can refuse services based on its owners religion, Takei wrote.
He referred to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsbergs blistering 35-page dissent to the decision, saying, Think about the ramifications: As Justice Ginsbergs stinging dissent pointed out, companies run by Scientologists could refuse to cover antidepressants, and those run by Jews or Hindus could refuse to cover medications derived from pigs (such as many anesthetics, intravenous fluids, or medications coated in gelatin).
(O)ne wonders, he said, whether the case would have come out differently if a Muslim-run chain business attempted to impose Sharia law on its employees.
DOH!
Sulu corners the far-right tea brains with LOGIC!!
Some don't understand the meaning of "impose." No one is forcing HL employees to do anything. HL covers most forms of birth control. The message is that they will only do so much and the rest is up to you. If a woman can't prevent a pregnancy with a choice of 16 birth control options, then she will have to pay for her own morning after pill with her own money. Whaaaa