{"id":20974,"date":"2013-11-13T19:03:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T00:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20974"},"modified":"2013-11-13T19:04:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T00:04:16","slug":"protecting-religious-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20974","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Religious Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday CNS News<\/a> reported that the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals<\/a> has ruled that both the owners of a company<\/a> and their company have religious liberty<\/a> rights that are burdened by the HHS mandate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

<\/strong>The (<\/strong>American Center for Law and Justice<\/a> ACLJ) represents Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc., a family owned, full-service construction contractor<\/a> located in Highland, Illinois<\/a>. The company provides a group health insurance plan for its non-union employees, which number about 20. Cyril B. Korte and Jane E. Korte own a controlling interest in the company and contend the HHS mandate violates their Catholic faith<\/a>. The ACLJ filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of both the individuals and the company in October 2012.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Below is an excerpt from the ruling:<\/div>\n
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We hold that the plaintiffs–the business\u00a0 owners and their companies — may challenge the mandate. We further hold that compelling them to cover these services substantially burdens their religious-exercise rights.
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\nUnder RFRA<\/a> the government must justify the burden under the standard of strict scutiny. So far it has not done so, and we doubt that it can.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because the RFRA claims are very likely to succeed and the balance of harms favors protecting the religious-liberty rights of the plaintiffs, we reverse and remand with instructions to enter preliminary injunctions barring enforcement of the mandate against them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This decision is good news for those attempting to preserve religious freedom in America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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