Discussion for article #224811
First: “National Gay and Lesbian Task Force” sounds like a particularly fabulous special forces unit.
Second: In this political environment, in which the Republicans are absolutely not going to pass any bill protecting anyone from workplace discrimination, it makes perfect sense to stake out a hard-line position. Concessions are for negotiations that might actually get somewhere, and we’re not anywhere near that point.
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Agreed. Nothing to gain at this point by appearing open to having people discriminate against others.
At this point, it seems fairly likely that we will see Justice Kennedy authoring an opinion pretty much making any efforts to discriminate against gays and lesbians be subject to strict scrutiny, which will obviate the need for the bill anyway. He’s practically on the verge of it after the DOMA decision.
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Nobody should be compelled to go against their religious believes by forcing them on providing assistance, direct or indirect, in what they see as terminating a life. That should and is protected as SCOTUS has ruled. At the same time religious believes cannot be invoked by the very some people on someone else lifestyle, lifestyle that is not a choice but an imposition by nature itself. If it’s true that God created this world and living beings on it, it’s also true that LGBT people were none the less created by God. And as His creatures they must be respected, protected and not discriminated against.
Why do you see employers who pay their workers as being forced to provide assistance, direct or indirect, in what they see as terminating a life? Is there any moral distinction depending on whether that pay is in the form of money or in the form of insurance.
All the supreme court did was allow the boss to hinder the religious right of the workers to make their own decisions.
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Hobby Lobby, Alito’s greatest poison pill.
While HRC’s position is understandable, bear in mind that they also endorsed Susan Collins for Senate in Maine - who only came out for gay marriage in accepting their endorsement - over the Democrat, who led the successful marriage equality campaign in the state.
Not quite. Workers are still having access to those very contraceptive methods, only their employers don’t have to pay for it. Workers are not prohibited from using them.