Hobby Lobby Case Justified
I completely agree with the opinion that the Hobby Lobby case is justified. The new interpretation that religion can also pertain to private corporations due to the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. This allows for Hobby Lobby to deny birth control to employees. However, as many have stated before, the employees’ individual rights to birth control have to be respected as well. Just because the corporation itself does not believe in the birth control, this does not mean the corporation can ignore the workers’ rights to have birth control. Thus, I believe that Hobby Lobby is able to defer birth control payments to the federal government because employees that seek birth control are still able to receive it. However, in recitations,