The
amazing side effect about the SCOTUS Hobby Lobby ruling is that it has made
every individual (hurry, while there are still individuals in this country) a
constitutional lawyer. At least
for the next day or so. The
bandwagon is lurching down my street and, by golly, I’m jumping on.
But
first, I had to check into the United States Consitution and its posse of
amendments known as the Bill of Rights.
And right away, I can plainly see that the first amendment has been
tinkered with until it pretty much says the opposite today.
Congress
shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof. – First Amendment of the Bill of Rights (1791)
The
individuals that run a corporation of 13,00 employees (formerly individuals) is
now prohibiting the free exercise of religion of these employees. Individual religious practice has been
incorporated by the Hobby Lobby CEO. A
“victory” for the free exercise of religion now means the ability of an individual,
group, or corporation to assimilate the rights of other individuals. (2014)
I originally thought
that the rights laid out in all of those old, dusty documents just applied to
white, male citizens. But now I can see that, at least for Hobby Lobby, women
of all color and position are included.
They believe what the CEO believes. They are all one.
All for one and one for one.
Perhaps every female
Hobby Lobby employee willingly hands over her ovaries at the Hobby Lobby
door each morning. If she desires, she can
check them back out at night, but must relinquish them again the next morning. If that’s what each individual agrees
to, fine. Somehow I doubt every female employee agrees wholeheartedly. But what if the CEOs of
Hobby Lobby change their mind? Tomorrow they have another issue? Suppose they whip up an amendment to the Hobby Lobby Constitution? Would all 13,000 employees
be required to adhere to the new rules?
Yes, according to SCOTUS.
On our way back to the
dark ages, why don’t we just stop at 1791?
