Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. has become the first non-Roman Catholic business to file lawsuit against the Obama Health and Human Services (HHS) Department since the Obamacare mandate, which declares companies provide sterilization, contraception and abortifacients in their health care plans, went into effect on August 1.
The Examiner reports,
Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., a Christian-oriented hobby and craft store, filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday. The company is challenging a mandate in the nation?s healthcare law, dubbed ?Obamacare?, that would require the Christian company to pay for the morning-after pill. The hobby and craft chain, based out of Oklahoma City, claims in the lawsuit that the government mandate is forcing them to ?to violate their deeply held religious beliefs under threat of heavy fines, penalties and lawsuits?. If Hobby Lobby stores do not provide the drugs in their company health insurance plans, they could be fined up to $1.3 million a day. Hobby Lobby is self-insured. The company will be forced to comply with the mandate by Jan. 1, which is the start of its insurance year.
?By being required to make a choice between sacrificing our faith or paying millions of dollars in fines, we essentially must choose which poison pill to swallow,? Hobby Lobby CEO and founder, David Green, stated. ?We simply cannot abandon our religious beliefs to comply with this mandate.?
Hobby Lobby was founded in 1972 and calls itself a ?biblically founded business?. All stores in the chain, more than 500, are closed on Sundays. Mardel, Inc., another company of David Green?s, also joined in the lawsuit. Mardel, Inc. is a bookstore and education company with 35 stores that sells Christian-themed materials.
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Source: http://visiontoamerica.com/12261/hobby-lobby-takes-on-the-feds-over-first-amendment/
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