Roman Catholic Business Owner Gets Temporary Injunction Against Obamacare
In his order, Colorado District Judge John Kane said that the government’s arguments “are countered, and indeed outweighed, by the public interest in the free exercise of religion.”
The case still must be aired out in court, but lawyers representing Hercules savored the temporary victory.
“Every American, including family business owners, should be free to live and do business according to their faith. For the time being, Hercules Industries will be able to do just that,” said Matt Bowman, legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, the Arizona-based organization representing the Newlands. “The bottom line is that Congress and the Constitution explicitly protect all religious freedom. They don’t exclude family businesses.”
The Obama administration argued in a 76-page response that the Newlands’ challenge “rests largely on the theory” that a for-profit, secular corporation can claim to exercise a religion and avoid laws regulating commercial activity.
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This is excellent and remarkable news. This has never been a Catholic issue, nor a matter concerning contraception (and abortion, but that’s soft-peddled). It’s not really even a liberal vs. conservative issue, per se, because if they can do it to Catholics over contraception, they can do it to anyone over anything.
[1] Posted by Words Matter on 7-27-2012 at 08:39 PM · [top]
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