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In reply to the discussion: why I suspect reaction to Hobby Lobby is somewhat hair-on-fire [View all]angrychair
(8,692 posts)The hobby lobby ruling attacks women and religious freedom or freedom FROM religion at its very core. The implications are far to many to list but have already been spoken too by many here at DU and TV and the Internet.
The Harris ruling is IN NO WAY on the same level. It DOES NOT prevent people from joining a union. It does not prevent unions from collecting dues. It does make the way forward for private sector unions a little harder row to hoe.
The hobby lobby ruling PREVENTS women from getting medically required medical care because their employer doesn't like women having the same rights and freedoms of their male counterparts and CODIFIES it into LAW.
It gives an employer the right to decide what health care a women can and cannot get.
It gives a for-profit corporation the right to have religious beliefs and to press those beliefs on their employee
It says that a private corporation can control their employee's private lives.
If you are Jewish or Muslim or an atheist that your belief system or desire to not have a belief system is not has important as your employer's christian belief system.
With all due respect, I don't see how Harris is even in the same paragraph as hobby lobby.