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Joel thakkar

(363 posts)
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 12:25 PM Jun 2014

A Newbie Question About Today's Supreme Court Judgement

So, i just hear the sad news about hobby lobby judgement by supreme court..

My simple question is that :

Does this allow only hobby lobby to not cover birth control ?

or

Any private company can now refuse to cover birth control by citing this judgement ?

Sorry for asking a newbie question.

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A Newbie Question About Today's Supreme Court Judgement (Original Post) Joel thakkar Jun 2014 OP
See below: femmocrat Jun 2014 #1
Definition valerief Jun 2014 #3
It appears they tried to make it quite narrow Orangepeel Jun 2014 #2

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
1. See below:
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 12:33 PM
Jun 2014
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1218137641

A majority of the justices held that a closely held company such as Hobby Lobby does have religious rights. The court didn’t apply those rights, however, to publicly held corporations, where owners’ religious beliefs would be hard to discern.



I do not know how they defined "closely held company" --- I assume it means owned by a family.

Orangepeel

(13,933 posts)
2. It appears they tried to make it quite narrow
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 12:39 PM
Jun 2014

It applies only to private companies with only a few owners and it applies only to birth control.

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