Hobby Lobby, unfairly demonized in various corners of the public square, had their religious beliefs upheld in the highest court of the land in a 5-4 decision this week. The company’s leaders are deeply believing Christians, which I believe is still a lawful practice in this country. The company tithes to charity and pays its full time employees at least $14.00 hourly, both evidence of a culture of compassion and fair play. No, not these Supremes, the other ones. There is a din of shrill protestations that the company is against contraception and women, which is a complete falsehood. Hobby Lobby is not the Catholic Church who objects to all forms of artificial birth control as fundamental religious dogma. The company always intended to cover 16 different forms of contraception, including oral contraceptives, condoms and tubal ligation. It objects to birth control methods that take action after an embryo has been created. I don’t grasp the notion that an institutio
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