How Much Money Is Hobby Lobby's Morality Worth?

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http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/02/how-much-money-is-hobby-lobbys-morality-worth/283743/

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How much money is morality worth? This is one of the questions looming in the recent slew of court cases concerning birth control and the Affordable Care Act. As judges at the district, federal, and Supreme Court level decide whether religious groups and businesses can be exempt from new rules about contraceptive coverage, organizations are having to make a choice: Are moral objections to birth control and pregnancy prevention worth millions of dollars?

Under the health care law, big companies that have made recent changes to their insurance plans are required to cover 20 FDA-approved forms of birth control—or face significant fines if they refuse. Only companies with more than 50 employees have to provide insurance coverage; small businesses are exempt. Large companies can also choose to opt out of providing plans, but at a significant cost: $26 million in fines every year, plus any intangible losses that might come from not being able to offer insurance as an employee benefit.

One of the most prominent cases, Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby, will be argued before the Supreme Court in late March. It concerns David and Barbara Green, the owners of the Hobby Lobby craft store chain. The couple have expressed moral objections to four of the 20 forms of contraception included in the mandate—specifically, types of birth control that keep a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus.

In a brief filed on Monday, their lawyers argue that religion plays a big role in how the Greens run their company: They keep the stores closed on Sundays; they play Christian music; they offer free spiritual counseling services to employees. Requiring the Greens and their company to cover these kinds of birth control would be a burden on their ability to practice their religion, their lawyers say; the Greens feel like they would be complicit in helping others do something they find morally wrong.

[hobbit709]

1. Funny how their Christianity doesn't extend to paying a decent living wage.

[safeinOhio]

2. I could be wrong but

I think they do pay a higher than average wage like Costco does.

[B Calm]

3. You are right, but that only applies to full time employees. The

vast majority of Hobby Lobby employees are not full time.

[rurallib]

4. nor does it apply to where they source their stock from

It has been pointed out over and over that China is their main supplier.
Maybe they could find some Americans if they tried?