Dec 4, 2013
The Green Family, owners of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, has asked the US Supreme Court to grant them ‘conscience protection,’ exempting them from their obligations under the Affordable Care Act. They claim that their religious convictions don’t allow them to cover employees’ birth control. As it happens, I know a little something about conscience protection. I’m a Quaker–one of the groups for whom the first conscience protection laws were created.
Get Your Fake Conscience Objections Off My Lawn | Lee's Bookshelf This is something you should definitely read. *Thanks to friend-of-the-show [Andrew Cilento](https://twitter.com/andrewcilento/status/407921035980570624) for the link.*