Post-Hobby Lobby, Religious Orgs Want Exemption From LGBT Hiring Order

[telemann]

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[hardblue]

Yay, we're now Saudi Arabia or Iran, or whatever...

Thanks, Supreme Court!

[yes_justice]

a group of religious leaders sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking that he exempt them from a forthcoming executive order that would prohibit federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT people

Because god is love, or something.

[brother_dour]

God is love. Christians are not ;)

[deborahkla]

+100

[yes_justice]

"Narrow ruling". Religion doesn't play nice when it smells power traditionally.

[cindyanne1]

Sigh. I figured it was only a matter of time before stuff like this started cropping up.

This is what bothered me about the ruling. Not that IUD's and morning after pills weren't covered by that health plan, but this. Because people are going to try and do stuff like this.

[catlin]

The original ruling has already been expanded to include all forms of birth control, at a company's discretion.

[moonshaz]

[mudryikot]

And actually - how hard a hit is this about, monetary speaking? How much in US for a month's supply of pills if you buy them cash out of pocket?

[moonshaz]

What does the cost of birth control pills have to do with employers asking to be allowed to discriminate against LGBT job applicants in hiring?

For that matter, what does it even have to do with anything? It certainly has no bearing on the PRINCIPLES involved in the original Hobby Lobby decision.

[mudryikot]

Well, first of all I must concede, that I was somewhat off-topic, but HobbyLobby ruling IIRC concerns contraception.
Secondly the extend of harshness imposed probably does matter especially for the minimum wagers and other poor folks.
Thirdly since I am not from US I really don't know your price levels and want to know, since I am watching this community and lots of posts here recently are referring to this issue.

[moonshaz]

Sorry, I was confused by the fact that this question was posted under a post about LGBT hiring regulations

[brother_dour]

Hold on a minute. This looks like that 'slippery slope' that Hobby Lobby's lawyers insisted would not occur...