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Originally Posted by merrylander
I think that the fatuous five displayed their hypocrisy in the Wheaton U ruling.
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No, it didn't.
However, what it does demonstrate is that a government that continues to expand its reach almost always does so at the expense of individual rights. When folks here in this forum cheer on the expansion of something like the ACA, which seemingly extends its reach with each new reg written by HHS, it comes at a cost...which may seem minor today until its your freedoms being challenged.
Sotomayor said she was not calling into question the college's sincerity.
"I do not doubt that Wheaton genuinely believes that signing the self-certification form is contrary to its religious beliefs," she wrote. "But thinking one's religious beliefs are substantially burdened -- no matter how sincere or genuine that belief may be -- does not make it so."
That's why religious freedom was part of the very first amendment and written with clear language that "prohibiting the free exercise thereof" is not an option. What part of that does Sotomayor not understand? And why does she think its up to her to be the arbiter of what a religious belief might be?