On the other hand, churches often run other types of businesses – hospitals, for example – which receive federal funds for certain services and therefore are NOT permitted to discriminate in employment on the basis of religious faith. When the sectarian-operated organization is otherwise prohibited to limit employment to bonafide practicing members of its specific faith and and adherents to its doctrine – or where the sectarian organization elects not to so limit employment – then the sectarian employer should not be permitted to limit benefits available to non-adherent employees simply on the basis or ITS specific doctrine.

I don’t think the Hebrew school would employ a Gentile in some position and then demand that the employee not spend his or her wages on ham or bacon! In like manner, the Catholic employer of a Protestant, Jewish or simply agnostic worker should not prohibit that worker from purchasing contraceptive coverage as part of his or her employee healthcare plan. Otherwise, the employer is imposing the employer’s religion on the employee in violation of other law.

Posted by: a sane txn | August 23, 2012, 6:32 pm 6:32 pm

Don’t expect the Republican right to respond. They don’t have a clue. And most of them know they’re lying about Obama taking away anything from Medicare recipients.

Hogwash. Obama doesn’t cut a single penny from recipient benefits under Medicare.