Roman Catholic Moral Reasoning in the Supreme Court Ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby

7/2/2014 at 21:39:44
By Thomas Farrell

Duluth, Minnesota (OpEdNews) July 2, 2014: As everybody knows, the Roman Catholic bishops in the United States have stirred up an enormous amount of ill-will as the result of their anti-abortion zealotry. The bishops mistakenly claim that distinctively human life begins at the moment of conception -- that is, at the moment when the sperm fertilizes the egg.

So the Roman Catholic bishops object to all 20 FDA-approved forms of contraception that are mandated under Obamacare. But under Obamacare, churches have been exempted from the contraception mandate.

As everybody knows, six of the nine Justices on the Supreme Court today come from a Roman Catholic background. (Disclosure: I come from a Roman Catholic background. However, for many years now, I have not been a practicing Catholic. I am theistic humanist, as distinct from a secular humanist.)

As everybody knows, in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the five male Catholic Justices on the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the religious liberty of the owners of Hobby Lobby. The majority ruling held that closely-held corporations such as Hobby Lobby have religious rights.

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