The liberal outrage machine was working overtime yesterday to see who could issue the most hysterical denunciation of the Hobby Lobby decision. Without actually, you know, addressing the language of the decision.
First an foremost are the idiots who scream that the Supreme Court is “banning contraception.”
No Birth Control For You, says the Supreme Court. Get your mits out of our lady bits. http://t.co/D9Ap3OM98h #HobbyLobby
— BrightestYoungThings (@BYT) July 1, 2014
In fact, the decision doesn’t “ban” any form of birth control, it merely invalidates the Obama Administration mandate to provide abortifacients against their own religious beliefs. Or, to put it another way:
Number of women denied birth control by Hobby Lobby: 0
Number of Democrat retards butthurt by the verdict: 30,000,000
#HobbyLobby
— AdolfJoeBiden™ (@Bidenshairplugs) June 30, 2014
If I have to explain that #HobbyLobby pays for 16 birth controls, just not abortifacients, to one more stupid feminist I'm gonna snap.
— Chelsea O'Grunwald (@chelseagrunwald) June 30, 2014
Second, it is amazing how few (if any) liberals mention how closely tied the decision is to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby was a statutory decision based on that act, not a First Amendment case.
@BattleSwarmBlog @GodTexasCountry I'm not sure the #RFRA applies in this case since no one is forcing anyone at #HobbyLobby to us bc
— Kiersta (@Kiersta) July 1, 2014
[Facepalm]
Yeah, the Hobby Lobby ruling doesn’t involve the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, except for the tiny detail of basing the entire decision on the language of the act. Which it announces in the very first paragraph of the decision:
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) prohibits the “Government [from] substantially burden[ing] a person’s exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability” unless the Government “demonstrates that application of the burden to the person—(1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.”
Finally, there’s the amazing ignorance of comparing not forcing a company to buy four specific types of birth control for their employees to a legal regime where a woman can be stoned to death for the crime of being raped:
No Birth Control For You, says the Supreme Court. Get your mits out of our lady bits. http://t.co/D9Ap3OM98h #HobbyLobby
— BrightestYoungThings (@BYT) July 1, 2014
@politico #SCOTUS #HobbyLobby What's next, Sharia Law?! Shall all women stay indoors and out of sight for the almighty powerful white man?!!
— wowsers&trousers (@My2Two2Cents) June 30, 2014
"My faith is more important than your laws."
Don't fool yourself: Christian sharia law is HERE. Hobby Lobby is the definition of sharia law
— LiberalBias.com (@LiberalBias) July 1, 2014
The Supreme Court #HobbyLobby ruling proves once again that Scalia Law is a lot like Sharia Law.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) June 30, 2014
The stupid. It burns.
Watching liberals compare #HobbyLobby to #Sharialaw… I guess not covering 4 types of BC via insurance is worse than genital mutilation?
— KillerBunnyFooFoo (@PolitiBunny) July 1, 2014
If you think #HobbyLobby introduces America to Sharia, I’m sure we can raise the funds to send you to Saudi Arabia.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) June 30, 2014
Tags: Democrats, Hobby Lobby, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Supreme Court
It’s just so ridiculous. On the one hand, you have:
* genital mutilation, by force
* zero equality or freedom for women
* gang-rape as punishment for the crime of … being raped
… while on the other hand, you have:
* women pissing and moaning “on behalf of” women who are ONLY getting 16 types of FREE birth control, as opposed to 20
Yep. And Scalia even rhymes with Sharia.
I feel like these “adults” never progressed beyond the maturity of a muppet. Sure they talk about adult topics, but they don’t use adult brains to do so.
I think you’re being unduly hard on muppets…