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Showing Original Post only (View all)why I suspect reaction to Hobby Lobby is somewhat hair-on-fire [View all]
I'm not saying that it's not a bad decision, I think it is a terrible decision. I'm not saying there is no reason to be angry about it.
What I'm talking about is the total, widespread, unadulterated rage. As if it is the worst decision ever handed down. Imo it's not even the worst decision that was handed down YESTERDAY.
As if it is a turning point in American history.
As if it has some similarity to "Sharia law", a term I'm hearing get thrown around.
The reason for my suspicion is Obama's compromise where he exempted non-profit organizations from the mandate. That compromise was in some sense making the same decision as the SCOTUS just did, but for a different class of company. I saw quite a bit of protest over that compromise here at DU, no doubt about it. But it was NOTHING like the reaction to this decision. This decision was significantly different from Obama's compromise, but not different enough to account for the difference in the reactions here.