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Friday, July 27, 2012, 6:30 PM

A federal judge in Colorado has enjoined the Obama Administration from forcing Catholic business owners to provide contraception coverage to their employees.  The case was decided based on a federal statute known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and not the U.S. Constitution.  And it only applies to the litigants.  Still, it remains important because I think it shows us the way this issue will be resolved going forward. And since it will be possible to defeat Obamacare’s Free Birth Control Rule against religious objectors without requiring constitutional analysis, I think the controversy will not require adjudication by the Supreme Court. I offer some detailed analysis over at Secondhand Smoke.

3 Comments

    Leroy Huizenga
    July 28th, 2012 | 12:43 am

    Again, and again, and again, though, it’s not just contraception. It’s abortifacients and sterilization. We have to keep making that point.

    Magdalene
    July 28th, 2012 | 1:08 pm

    Only for the moment. The next judge may say something different. Conscience is no longer respected after al.

    Mike Malone
    July 30th, 2012 | 10:50 am

    Still it is a crack in the Obama anti-conscience dike and in the end I don’t think his administration has enough collective fingers to plug all the coming leaks.

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