Apparently, in the minds of some people, there are none. At least, not for them:
Got that? Filling out a form that excuses them from directly providing contraception to their employees, which would violate their religious freedom, violates their religious freedom.
This is sort of a hallmark of the religious right -- or, frankly, the right in general: they, and no others, have the right to unrestricted freedom.
Sadly, there's no such thing. All freedoms have limits, the more so when you live in a social grouping -- like, say, the United States.
Here's an analysis from Ian Milhiser at ThinkProgress with a key detail.
The ACA has a series of outs for religious employers who say medication like contraception violates their moral beliefs. It’s essentially three-tiered: for-profit organizations have to cover contraception in their health plans; explicitly religious organizations like churches don’t have to provide contraception if they believe birth control is morally wrong; and religiously-affiliated non-profits that are neither owned nor controlled by religious groups do not have to provide contraception either, but they have to fill out a form certifying that they are religiously-affiliated, and then a third party administrator makes sure that employees can get contraception if they need it. The third-party administrator, and not the employer, pays for contraception coverage.
In the case that led Sotomayor to issue the injunction, an organization called the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged objected to the ACA’s contraception requirement. All the Little Sisters have to do is fill out a form and the organization will be under no obligation to pay for birth control for its many employees – which include home health aides, nurses, administrators and a variety of women who may not be Catholic or, like 98% of sexually active Catholic women, may choose to use a birth control method other than natural family planning – but apparently a form is too great an intrusion on their religious liberty.
Got that? Filling out a form that excuses them from directly providing contraception to their employees, which would violate their religious freedom, violates their religious freedom.
This is sort of a hallmark of the religious right -- or, frankly, the right in general: they, and no others, have the right to unrestricted freedom.
Sadly, there's no such thing. All freedoms have limits, the more so when you live in a social grouping -- like, say, the United States.
Here's an analysis from Ian Milhiser at ThinkProgress with a key detail.
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