And while it’s not my business whether or not someone decides to use weight loss drugs, why should I have to pay for it?

Mandating that a business or an individual pay for something that goes against their beliefs is an attack on liberty. The government should not force Hobby Lobby in this way – and if an employee has a problem with that, then they should find somewhere else to work. Or God forbid, stop having sex until they’re ready to handle the consequences.

Employees pay out of pocket for care. Submit their receipts to Hobby Lobby. Hobby Lobby can then choose what they want to pay for and what they don’t. Just like the good ol’ insurance plans from 30 years ago. Submit a claim and get a percentage back.

And in regards to the whole morning after pill problem – if Hobby Lobby has no problems paying for contraception, a woman wanting the morning after pill could go to her physician and request the birth control pill equivalent.

Before the morning after pill ever came out, for years emergency room physicians had a “formula” for emergency contraception based on regular birth control pills. Dispense a pack with specific instructions, and voila – get what you need by going around the red tape.

HL has been and continues to pay for birth control & other contraceptives, no matter why they are prescribed. (To prevent pregnancy, cramps, hormone induced cancers etc.)

My (everyone’s) civil liberties have nothing to do with your (or anyone’s) access to medical care. (As I stated above, HL, and most companies pay for all forms of contraceptives.)

You talk about your civil liberties. What about my civil liberties to access hormonal birth control because my doctor has prescribed them to reduce the size of pre-cancerous ovarian cysts? I don’t take it for contraception because, to be honest, I’m not currently sexually active. I am in pain and in danger of developing cancer. Why do your beliefs trump my right to access medical care?

When you are hired on at any company, you are agreeing to a contract. You do your job, & we pay X, & give X benefits (if ANY benefits). If you don’t like this agreement, you are free to look for employment somewhere else.

The roles are reversed!! How many companies do not allow public prayer, or even Christmas trees?? Several! You can’t turn on the local news w/out hearing about some one getting mad about not having a Christmas tree, or having to have a “holiday tree” or having to remove a cross from something/somewhere. (Or an even more extreme example would be do Muslims have the “right” to worship at work in a public place. No way. Could you imagine the uproar if everyone had to plan their meetings around Muslims prayer times?

Our freedom of religion does not come from the government, therefore can not be taken away by the government. When the gov. FORCES you or a company to pay for something you do not believe in, then fines you, for everyday you do not comply, they are trying to take away your freedom.

Can you tell me what the text book definition is when the government (which was founded on Christianity, EVEN THOUGH not all of our founding fathers were Christians) FORCES you to go against your beliefs and religion? What is that called again??? Hmmm Socialism?? Maybe?
What is it called when the president goes against the very 1st Amendment to the Constitution? ( “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” ILLEGAL??

When there are so many other care/treatment options for your “sexual health” why must the gov force it to be provided by the ones who do not agree w/ it?

I for one do not want to see my civil liberties go by the wayside because of the governments need for 25 different ways to get abortion inducing pills. (Because, that is what we are taking about. Not birth control or contraceptives, they are specifically against “morning after” type pills.

there is a huge difference between forcing medications/treatments and leveling the medical playing field. all that anyone is being “forced” to do is offer a medical insurance program that encompasses all of the medical sector- of which sexual health plays a role. there is no force going on there. what is happening is that there is equality for all americans to have access to whatever kinds of medications/treatments that they, along with their chosen doctors guidance, deem necessary to their individual lives. that is empowering! that is truly american!

and no, no one should have to choose between their faith and anything- and thankfully, that is how it works. the individual people who make up hobby lobby’s founding members and everyone all the way down to the people who clean the stores at night have the right to choose how their life works. all medical needs should be covered under insurance, i believe that, and i think many others do too. if an individual chooses not to use some specific thing because of beliefs, then they dont have to use it. but once, as a company, they dictate what their employees can and cannot do, yes, that is the very definition of imposing one’s beliefs onto others.

again, ill point out- what if this situation was reversed? what if, as a company, there started to be regulations that you are barred from prayer at work or you are barred from being seen inside church buildings because the founding members “dont believe it in”. it would be terrible, wouldnt it? i dont want to see that happen to *ANYONE*. i believe that every person in america is an individual autonomous being who can make their own choices about their life. its sad to see that so many others dont.

I personally don’t believe in weight loss drugs. But I would never sue the government so my insurance wouldn’t cover them because I respect e erupted right to choose what to do with their own bodies.

No person, business, boss, parent company, father in law, sister, friend, teacher- even no doctor should have such control over the decisions over an autonomous’s beings choices about their own body. Period. Insurance should be provided for all medical needs, and each person should be able to use the services in an insurance package *if they so choose*.

Our stores here blows! I’ve been exactly 5 times and refuse to go back ever again, I can’t handle the inefficentincy!

Also, Hobby Lobby is very “hot” in politics right now — you may want to Google that before you decide to shop or not shop there. Seems many on this thread support them for their stances, but you may want to inform yourself before you do the same.

Won’t go into any more detail or my personal beliefs and I hope no one else does as this is a COUPON blog people — let’s stay on topic, save a bunch of money and help each other!

Thanks for all you do, Collin!

Sounds like when I went to Georgia, a long time ago, to visit my now deceased grandmother. We went to the Piggly Wiggly! I could’t stop laughing when we pulled up! Piggly Wiggly! What a great name!