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DrDan

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4. so let me ask this question

Reply to maddezmom (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 04:21 PM

Mar 2012

Churches are exempt from the requirement to offer insurance that covers contraception.

Can any religiously-affiliated employer simply opt-out - whether that is a tenet of the religion or not?

If this is the case, then how can other employers be held to the policy? If it is not a tenet of the faith, then there is no religious basis for the exemption.

(before the flames start - I do not agree with the exemption to begin with. All employers should provide this coverage.)

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Birth control exemption bill, the ‘Blunt amendment,’ killed in Senate [View all] maddezmom Mar 2012 OP

I have to say I am shocked by the misogyny on display lately. LiberalLoner Mar 2012 #1

I have been following the crap coming out of the religious reichwing for years, and the only thing niyad Mar 2012 #3

I just have to wonder how successful they will be...how much of their agenda will be implemented LiberalLoner Mar 2012 #5

Thank the Goddess libodem Mar 2012 #2

so let me ask this question DrDan Mar 2012 #4

So I guess it is OK with the repugs if blood transfusions are not covered by christian scientist MiniMe Mar 2012 #6

It's appalling how close this was. Get out the vote! yardwork Mar 2012 #7