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How's this for a headline? Hobby Lobby defeats the Commie Lobby ?? (no article , just this rather cleaver headline)
If I had a nickel for every self righteous Republican hypocrite....
Hobby Lobby 401(k) employee retirement plan held more than $73 million in mutual funds with investments in companies that include Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, which makes Plan B and ParaGard, a copper IUD, and Actavis. Other stock holdings in the mutual funds selected by Hobby Lobby include Pfizer, the maker of Cytotec and Prostin E2, which are used to induce abortions; Bayer, which manufactures the hormonal IUDs Skyla and Mirena; AstraZeneca, which has an Indian subsidiary that manufactures Prostodin, Cerviprime, and Partocin, three drugs commonly used in abortions; and Forest Laboratories, which makes Cervidil, a drug used to induce abortions. Several funds in the Hobby Lobby retirement plan also invested in Aetna and Humana, two health insurance companies that cover surgical abortions, abortion drugs, and emergency contraception in many of the health care policies they sell.
You do know that its 401(k) retirement plans are administered by other than Hobby Lobby, right? You do know that our taxes go to support abortions, correct? You want my readers to think Hobby Lobby administered their retirement plans first hand, that they are directly responsible for retirement strategies. Well, they are not. But Hobby owners are forced, in a direct way, to provide and supply ObamaCare insurance to its members, when it was already supplying insurance before Obama and his lackeys came along. Hobby made no direct decisions involving you pathetic list.
If you want to argue "hypocrisy," I'll go you one, and raise you ten.
This company refuses to sell shot glasses, and would fight on principle all the way to the Supreme Court... It's a stretch to believe that Hobby Lobby's owners would not have had any knowledge of the fact that companies that produced abortion drugs were included in their 401(k) plan. The simple fact is, Hobby Lobby once covered the drugs it now objects to - evidence of a broader effort to undermine the Affordable Care Act. Also worth noting, Hobby Lobby's insurance covers male erectile disfunction drugs, vacuum erection devices, penile implants, vasectomies, and circumcision.
Would the exemption extend to employers with religiously grounded objections to blood transfusions (Jehovah's Witnesses); antidepressants (Scientologists); medications derived from pigs, including anesthesia, intravenous fluids (Muslims, Jews, and Hindus), etc...?? Will the Supreme Court uphold these religious objections as well, or do they favor one religion over another?
As to "This company refuses to sell shot glasses . . . .," Hobby Lobby has not covered the exempted birth control methods, for years, if ever. It is one thing to have insurance coverage for something you do not approve , discover the issue, cancel that policy and move on with something that works with your conscience, versus, to intentionally practice a level of hypocrisy on that point. Lobby provides contraception as to a large variety of methods. Because you can sit around and posit questions that add to the complexity of this issue, has NOTHING to do with the intellectual and well reasoned High Court decision, itself, not to mention the Constitutionality of it all.
Re: " . . . . Hobby Lobby's own law suit admits . . . . " The anonymous opponent needs to try reading my responses. In my comments, I allow for past "inconsistencies" and, in fact, dealt with the matter in specific terms. Can't follow a simple comment? How DID you get that PhD?
Again, the Supremes did not exclude access to anything. They allowed for the rights of conscience while institutionalizing 16 contraceptive methods. The remaining four? All can be supplied free or, soon will be. They are not outlawed.
But would SCOTUS "allow for the rights of conscience " of Muslim employers? Scientologist employers? Jewish employers?
I think we know the answer to that.
I can't wait for Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia to take over Fox News ... (which is a definite possibility ... since Murdooch is 83, the Prince is just 59). We'll see how SCOTUS responds when he starts instituting his " rights of conscience " based on Sharia Law to the employees of Fox News.
First, you will need to ask SCOTUS your questions. I think we know the answers, however,
Two, Sharia Law at Fox? So, you started doping up, again? But it IS your side that gives allowance for Sharia Law. Apparently, then, there might be a time when you become a fan.
The American Taliban has now become - as the definition states: "often accurate term for American Christian fundamentalists". http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/American_Taliban
Smithson promotes this thinking. Christianity to the exclusion of all other religions.
A PhD? Really? I clicked on your link and this is what I found:
The American Taliban is a derogatory but often accurate term for American Christian fundamentalists. It was coined after the invasion of Afghanistan, when the term Taliban became a household word. It is used to draw parallels between Islamic fundamentalism and Christian fundamentalism. The point of the phrase is to compare those who would make the United States into a country with a state religion, or inflict their religious views on others through government decree, to the Taliban government in Afghanistan, which was also a repressive theocracy.
Apparently your Momy wasted all that money she spent on your remedial reading. BTW, still living at home with Mommy and Daddy?
If I had a nickel for every self righteous Republican hypocrite....
ReplyDeleteHobby Lobby 401(k) employee retirement plan held more than $73 million in mutual funds with investments in companies that include Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, which makes Plan B and ParaGard, a copper IUD, and Actavis. Other stock holdings in the mutual funds selected by Hobby Lobby include Pfizer, the maker of Cytotec and Prostin E2, which are used to induce abortions; Bayer, which manufactures the hormonal IUDs Skyla and Mirena; AstraZeneca, which has an Indian subsidiary that manufactures Prostodin, Cerviprime, and Partocin, three drugs commonly used in abortions; and Forest Laboratories, which makes Cervidil, a drug used to induce abortions. Several funds in the Hobby Lobby retirement plan also invested in Aetna and Humana, two health insurance companies that cover surgical abortions, abortion drugs, and emergency contraception in many of the health care policies they sell.
You do know that its 401(k) retirement plans are administered by other than Hobby Lobby, right? You do know that our taxes go to support abortions, correct? You want my readers to think Hobby Lobby administered their retirement plans first hand, that they are directly responsible for retirement strategies. Well, they are not. But Hobby owners are forced, in a direct way, to provide and supply ObamaCare insurance to its members, when it was already supplying insurance before Obama and his lackeys came along. Hobby made no direct decisions involving you pathetic list.
DeleteIf you want to argue "hypocrisy," I'll go you one, and raise you ten.
This company refuses to sell shot glasses, and would fight on principle all the way to the Supreme Court... It's a stretch to believe that Hobby Lobby's owners would not have had any knowledge of the fact that companies that produced abortion drugs were included in their 401(k) plan. The simple fact is, Hobby Lobby once covered the drugs it now objects to - evidence of a broader effort to undermine the Affordable Care Act. Also worth noting, Hobby Lobby's insurance covers male erectile disfunction drugs, vacuum erection devices, penile implants, vasectomies, and circumcision.
DeleteWould the exemption extend to employers with religiously grounded objections to blood transfusions (Jehovah's Witnesses); antidepressants (Scientologists); medications derived from pigs, including anesthesia, intravenous fluids (Muslims, Jews, and Hindus), etc...?? Will the Supreme Court uphold these religious objections as well, or do they favor one religion over another?
Hey fellow, if I had a nickle for the same, I would be 10x richer than you. What a silly statement.
DeleteAs to "This company refuses to sell shot glasses . . . .," Hobby Lobby has not covered the exempted birth control methods, for years, if ever. It is one thing to have insurance coverage for something you do not approve , discover the issue, cancel that policy and move on with something that works with your conscience, versus, to intentionally practice a level of hypocrisy on that point. Lobby provides contraception as to a large variety of methods. Because you can sit around and posit questions that add to the complexity of this issue, has NOTHING to do with the intellectual and well reasoned High Court decision, itself, not to mention the Constitutionality of it all.
DeleteRe: " . . . . Hobby Lobby's own law suit admits . . . . " The anonymous opponent needs to try reading my responses. In my comments, I allow for past "inconsistencies" and, in fact, dealt with the matter in specific terms. Can't follow a simple comment? How DID you get that PhD?
DeleteAgain, the Supremes did not exclude access to anything. They allowed for the rights of conscience while institutionalizing 16 contraceptive methods. The remaining four? All can be supplied free or, soon will be. They are not outlawed.
But would SCOTUS "allow for the rights of conscience " of Muslim employers? Scientologist employers? Jewish employers?
DeleteI think we know the answer to that.
I can't wait for Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia to take over Fox News ... (which is a definite possibility ... since Murdooch is 83, the Prince is just 59). We'll see how SCOTUS responds when he starts instituting his " rights of conscience " based on Sharia Law to the employees of Fox News.
First, you will need to ask SCOTUS your questions. I think we know the answers, however,
DeleteTwo, Sharia Law at Fox? So, you started doping up, again? But it IS your side that gives allowance for Sharia Law. Apparently, then, there might be a time when you become a fan.
The American Taliban has now become - as the definition states: "often accurate term for American Christian fundamentalists".
Deletehttp://rationalwiki.org/wiki/American_Taliban
Smithson promotes this thinking. Christianity to the exclusion of all other religions.
A PhD? Really? I clicked on your link and this is what I found:
DeleteThe American Taliban is a derogatory but often accurate term for American Christian fundamentalists. It was coined after the invasion of Afghanistan, when the term Taliban became a household word. It is used to draw parallels between Islamic fundamentalism and Christian fundamentalism.
The point of the phrase is to compare those who would make the United States into a country with a state religion, or inflict their religious views on others through government decree, to the Taliban government in Afghanistan, which was also a repressive theocracy.
Apparently your Momy wasted all that money she spent on your remedial reading. BTW, still living at home with Mommy and Daddy?