A Thought...

[shipperx]

I'd boycott Hobby Lobby... except I don't shop there anyway.

Comments

[hobbituk.livejournal.com]

Why? what have they done?

Ah - found it. More weirdness of the American Health Care system.

Mind you, in some ways we are as bad over here - women's sanitary products were made VATable as a "luxury product" when the tax was first introduced. Seriously???

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

And yet, when the sexism involved in these things are pointed out they are incapable of recognizing it (because they make sure to have an exception for this case so it cannot be used for OTHER religious things such as Christian Scientists and vaccines, Jehovah Witnesses and blood transfusions, etc. Nope. JUST birth control).

[molliemole.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think it's only a matter of time before companies and corporations start going off the deep end, trying to use this ruling to evade all kinds of laws in the name of their "sincerely held religious beliefs".

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I can't decide whether it's good or even more horrifying that they said this was a 'narrow' decision and shouldn't extend to such things.

So basically... this is just about teh wommenz. Can't have men being denied medical treatment if necessary or subject to religious-based junk science!

Ugh.

So angry.

[jerusha]

I am so unbelievably pissed off right now, I cannot even. I generally try not to shop there, but I won't set foot inside another one again.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I loathe the assholes of this court.

[eilowyn.livejournal.com]

I was really pissed off and reading Ruth Bader Ginsberg's response to the whole shit storm when I saw a "where are they now?" thing for the kids in Harry Potter and began giggling because Tom Felton has a YouTube channel. And still plays racist assholes.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Notice all the justices that voted for this decision... were MEN!

[eilowyn.livejournal.com]

'Zactly.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I thought. I guess this means I need to pursue a hobby and then not shop there for my supplies.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

We'll take up fictional hobbys so we can boycot!

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

Excellent plan!

[rahirah]

One of the methods they're refusing to cover is the only (so far as I am aware) effective method of assuring that no pregnancy ensues from rape.

[ww1614.livejournal.com]

That's like saying a black person could go use another water fountain; it's not like there's no water anywhere.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

And making the black person being descriminated against to pay EXTRA for it.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Plus their argument was based on junk science.

Plus, this decision only applies to female employees.

Plus, they claim to try to 'limit' it so that, say, Christian Scientists cannot refuse vaccines or Jehovah Witnesses cannot refuse blood transfusions. So, aparently, it's just so that corporations can enact rulings over female employees only.

Since when are corporations more 'people' than actual women are?

[rahirah]

Yeah, me too. There aren't even any near us. Grrr.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

And it's probably like Chick-Fil-A, they'll get 'support' business.

Grr! *rage*