1. They allow employers to use religious freedom as an excuse to discriminate against members of the LGBTQ community.
2. Section 4 allows religious non-profits to refuse services that violate their faith, Section 5 allows these non-profits to refuse to hire those who do not belong to their faith.
3. Atlanta's laws ban such practices.
4. Many businesses will not engage in such practices for fear of backlash from the community in the form of boycotts.
5. They allow people to challenge undue burdens placed upon them do to their practices. They require the government to that is has interest in applying the burden and accommodation doesn't apply.
6. Religious minorities
7. It applies to groups that are religiously intolerant of birth control.
8. It can be extended to affect members of society who are being discriminated against.
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Blog 4.1
1. It would cause the decision to be a 4-4 split.
2. It requires insurers to cover all contraceptives without any copays.
3. Some religions do not allow their members to use contraceptives, so making them available would interfere with religious practices.
4. Religiously affiliated non-profits can fill out two page forms to inform the government of their refusal to provide coverage for birth control.
5. They ruled that such "closely held" for-profit organizations could also avoid coverage for contraceptives.
6. They argued that contraceptives can still be accessed by employees so there's no point in not covering them.
7. There are several Catholics on the Court, and Catholics are traditionally against the use of birth control.
8.The insurer is a third party and a separate entity from the plaintiffs, so what the government requires them to do shouldn't matter as long as the plaintiffs don't have to pay for or administer the plans that include contraceptive coverage.
9. It would weaken the idea of religious exemption as many other groups would make the same argument.
10. The case could possibly open the door for many companies to refuse to pay for sexual health products for homosexual employees.
11. The administration would be forced to come up with many new accommodations for different groups.
12. It forces the religious beliefs of employers on their employees.
2. It requires insurers to cover all contraceptives without any copays.
3. Some religions do not allow their members to use contraceptives, so making them available would interfere with religious practices.
4. Religiously affiliated non-profits can fill out two page forms to inform the government of their refusal to provide coverage for birth control.
5. They ruled that such "closely held" for-profit organizations could also avoid coverage for contraceptives.
6. They argued that contraceptives can still be accessed by employees so there's no point in not covering them.
7. There are several Catholics on the Court, and Catholics are traditionally against the use of birth control.
8.The insurer is a third party and a separate entity from the plaintiffs, so what the government requires them to do shouldn't matter as long as the plaintiffs don't have to pay for or administer the plans that include contraceptive coverage.
9. It would weaken the idea of religious exemption as many other groups would make the same argument.
10. The case could possibly open the door for many companies to refuse to pay for sexual health products for homosexual employees.
11. The administration would be forced to come up with many new accommodations for different groups.
12. It forces the religious beliefs of employers on their employees.
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