RE: SCOTUS Rules In Favor Of Hobby Lobby
July 2, 2014 at 12:27 pm
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2014 at 12:31 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 2, 2014 at 11:54 am)Heywood Wrote: For the sake of argument, lets just assume what you claim is true...that Hobby Lobby's owners are hypocrites. What does Hobby Lobby's owners being hypocrites have to do with the validity of the ruling?Everything, since it was decided upon the basis of the sincerity of their belief, and not it's accuracy. Did you actually read the fucking ruling or the justices comments? Apparently, they sincerely hold this conviction where it costs them money (employee benefits) but not where it makes them money (their investments).
Is it so strange to sggest that an exception to the one precludes ones involvement in the other, legally? Like, if you want to be a non-profit (so as to avoid those taxes)....you can't then, you know...report profits.....
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