Sentences with phrase «profit corporations religious»

These cases all raise the following: Does the law provide religiously - motivated for - profit corporations religious liberty protections?

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The new regulations extend the accommodation available to religiously affiliated nonprofit employers to closely held2 for profit corporations that have adopted a resolution establishing that the corporation objects to some or all contraceptive services on account of the owners» sincerely held religious beliefs.3 Starting in the new plan year, Hobby Lobby and other closely held corporations with religious objections will be required to notify their insurer, third party administrator, or HHS so that the insurer or administrator can still provide the contraceptive coverage directly to the employees and their dependents.

[300] In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby the Court ruled that «closely - held» for - profit corporations could be exempt on religious grounds under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from regulations adopted under the ACA that would have required them to pay for insurance that covered certain contrareligious grounds under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from regulations adopted under the ACA that would have required them to pay for insurance that covered certain contraReligious Freedom Restoration Act from regulations adopted under the ACA that would have required them to pay for insurance that covered certain contraceptives.

(UPDATED) Do for - profit corporations have religious rights?

But now the legal battles against the HHS employer contraceptive mandate are shifting to very different questions of personhood: Are for - profit corporations «persons» in such a legal sense that they have religious rights?

According to the government's Hobby Lobby petition, the Supreme Court must decide whether or not a for - profit corporation can «deny its employees the health coverage of contraceptives... based on the religious objections of the corporation's owners.»

A concern I have is that since Hobby Lobby is not a church or church affiliated organization, but rather a for profit corporation, if Hobby Lobby does win out and can get away with not paying certain health costs due to their religious beliefs, just exactly where would the line be drawn?

Strong proponents of religious liberty contend that we should treat for - profit corporations just like other religious corporations — that is, just like houses of worship.

The mere fact that for - profit corporations are trying to make money shouldn't impact the religious liberty they are granted.

And if only «religious groups» are given protection, we are a long way from full, robust protection for religious conscience, which belongs to everyone who can be a moral agent: individuals, groups, churches, ministries, nonprofit - sector corporations, and for - profit corporations too (as in the case of Hobby Lobby in the HHS mandate controversy).

The questions that remain are what degree of «religious belief» is required of a for - profit corporation and how will congress respond in future legislative acts?

Rather than give for - profit corporations the same religious protections as non-profit corporations, or other persons guaranteed constitutional protection, it would single for - profit companies out to deny them religious exercise.

Further, in an apropo analogy, Rienzi looks to for - profit companies like Whole Foods that clearly take moral views on economic philosophy or the environment, and explains the illogic of allowing corporations to take such views while maintaining that a company could not take a similar, religious - based position.

Such a view of law would permit for - profit corporations to have the moral culpability of criminal convictions, take moral views on a slew of ethical concerns, and let corporations exercise other constitutional guarantees as persons while inexplicably siphoning off only for - profit corporations from religious protection.

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«CEOs and employers at for - profit corporations should not be able to prevent women from access to health care simply because of their own personal religious objections.

About Site - We are a for - profit religious corporation dedicated to building up the Church, which is the Body of Christ.

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While you might be upset about corporations making profits from GM products you might equally be upset about the negative effects of avoiding GM for religious reasons.

Hobby Lobby is a for - profit corporation — but it is owned by some religious folks who objected, on religious grounds, to providing access to certain contraceptives.

Not - for - profit organizations, registered charities, religious institutions, social organizations and sports clubs have different governance regimes from many corporations which can raise unique legal issues.

The question shouldn't be whether the court's «tradition» of «special solicitude» for nonprofit corporations raising religious freedom claims should be extended to for - profit corporations.

That's not to say that for - profit business corporations can never raise someone's religious claims.

Rather, we start with the baseline assumption that corporations don't have religions and ask whether for - profit corporations can use associational standing to represent their investors» religious claims in court.

About Blog We are a for - profit religious corporation dedicated to building up the Church, which is the Body of Christ.

About Blog We are a for - profit religious corporation dedicated to building up the Church, which is the Body of Christ.