Just last month the Supreme Court held that the right of religious organizations to decide who may further their religious mission trumps non-discrimination statutes. The Obama administration actually argued that religious organizations are really nothing special, that they should have no more freedom from federal control than, say, a labor union or a social club. Writing for a unanimous Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roberts called this a remarkable view of religious liberty, one that is "hard to square with the text of First Amendment itself, which gives special solicitude to the rights of religious organizations."
Most Americans still believe that. I know that Utahns certainly do. We have a history that only magnifies the precious right of religious liberty. We must stand together to defend that right today.
Orrin Hatch is a U.S. senator from Utah.
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Senator Hatch,
You lost me at Obamacare (third word). If you want us to be informed and care about the issues, why not use the proper terms for things?
Ever Politicking. The Affordable Health Care Act is some dangerous threat to Religion. Bunk!
But if we really wanted to avoid any controversy we should have totally eliminated the Insurance - Employer funded approach and adopted a More..
Does the radical right ever stop and wonder
WHY the Amish never have any problem with this?
Let me giver you a clue --
They don't tell Government or anyone else how to live or what to do,
So - Government and everyone else More..