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Forced Labor?

July 1, 2014 by Carol Leave a Comment

So the Supreme Court has already told us that corporations are people. This week the nine justices, in their next “logical” step in anthropomorphizing businesses, has ruled that a company’s owners’ religious beliefs can entitle them to deny birth control coverage to their female employees.
While I would never deny the right of anybody to have religious beliefs, I am appalled that the Court says these companies are allowed to impinge their own on the beliefs and health care of others who happen to draw paychecks from them.
I had a dream last night. All the employed people in this country who believe in the right to choose their own health care quit their jobs at Hobby Lobby and Conestoga, et al. en masse, leaving these companies and the rest of their ilk with nobody to staff their stores and warehouses.
Of course, my dream is indeed just a flight of fancy. The women – and men – who work at these shops don’t have the luxury of turning away a paycheck and important benefits. But, wouldn’t it be amazing if other businesses with more progressive – more humane – views would pledge to hire all these good workers so that there would be no downside for those who quit?
Wouldn’t a massive, nationwide action make a statement that would be heard all across the corporate world’s ledger books?

Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: birth control, Conestoga, Hobby Lobby, labor action, Supreme Court

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