The Green family owns two corporate entities, Mardel Christian Book Store and Hobby Lobby. They have been joined
in a suit against the Affordable Health Care Act by Conestoga
Wood, a Mennonite company in Pennsylvania. The Greens and
Conestoga Wood object to emergency contraceptive mandated
coverage.
These people say it is against their conscience but a Corporation is not supposed to have a conscience as has been
demonstrated many times over. If they are granted this
exception under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, then
what comes next, vaccinations, counseling, screenings for
children?
The fundamental point of a corporation is to separate the
owners and shareholders legally from a for profit business
corporation. It protects them. By the very nature of it
being a corporation it should be unable to cite RFRA and
try to say the corporation should have a right to religious
freedom. They would indeed be forcing their religious views
on their employees. It would deprive thousands of women
employees and their covered dependents of this coverage.
Personally, I do not shop at Hobby Lobby. Ted does for
craft and jewelry items. I do not believe in their
sanctimonious image. It does not prevent them from
marketing grossly overpriced products. It is a wildly popular store in Oklahoma but one I plan to shun forever.