Boo Radley
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it doesn't matter whether it did or not, the point is the others will not be covered. Ministers and other clergy were never covered under it, and never would have been. But you and frankly the church seeks to reach beyond the church, to secular employees and to impose their beliefs on them. I suggest, we don't need to worry about ministers as if they believe this, they wouldn't use it anyway, and if they did, the church has bigger problems.
Also, there is a difference between ministerial staff, those charged with presenting the church message, advertise a contrary belief, and a non-ministerial staff merely doing the job they were hired to do. I actually think you are making the larger leap, as we both accept that the court has not ruled on this specific issue.
I think you are so clouded by your biases, that you insist on continuing to argue something that I am not. did Obama's BC mandate allow an exception for ministerial staff at religious organizations, such as schools? If not, then the mandate is obviously violating first ammendment rights of religious organizations that employ ministerial staff.
Wether non-ministerial staff also qualify for the exception has not yet been determined. Many lower courts (and appeals courts) have ruled that they do. Until one of those cases, make it to the SC, all you can do is guess.
it doesn't matter whether it did or not, the point is the others will not be covered. Ministers and other clergy were never covered under it, and never would have been. But you and frankly the church seeks to reach beyond the church, to secular employees and to impose their beliefs on them. I suggest, we don't need to worry about ministers as if they believe this, they wouldn't use it anyway, and if they did, the church has bigger problems.
Also, there is a difference between ministerial staff, those charged with presenting the church message, advertise a contrary belief, and a non-ministerial staff merely doing the job they were hired to do. I actually think you are making the larger leap, as we both accept that the court has not ruled on this specific issue.