By Jeff Walton WASHINGTON, DC – Today(Tuesday, March 25) the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Hobby Lobby case against Obamacare’s HHS mandate compelling religious employers to subsidize insurance for contraceptives and abortifacients. The owners of Hobby Lobby are Evangelical and object to abortifacients. The United Methodist General Board of Church and Society,…
As the government shutdown/debt ceiling crisis neared its conclusion last week, the chief Presbyterian Church (USA) lobbyist joined a left-leaning religious coalition in blaming Republicans. The Rev. J. Herbert Nelson II, director of the denomination’s Office of Public Witness, participated in an Oct. 15 “Pilgrimage for Courage and the Common Good” through the halls of…
By Denny Burk I have written previously about Hobby Lobby on this site and about the battle they are waging against Obamacare’s abortion mandate. Today (July 22) the Christian-owned company has won an enormous victory. A federal court has issued an injunction so that Hobby Lobby will not be required to purchase insurance plans that provide abortion-inducing…