There are many people who think corporations are not people. There are many people who think they are. There are many people who agree with the Supreme Court's 5 to 4 decision on Hobby Lobby. There are others who do not (as with many other decisions). None of the parties on either side (that I am aware of), have taken up arms and started shooting each other. Maybe you, or people you know, have. I don't know of any.
To hype and sell products and keep up ratings, pundits – especially those at Fox News – like to characterize any political, social, or scientific disagreement as a "war." There is a war in the Ukraine. There is a war in the Congo. There is a war in Iraq and Syria, where people are dying horrible deaths as we speak. There is no war on Hobby Lobby. To call it such cheapens and trivializes the lives of those who are dying, and it strains and stifles reasonable discourse.
I'm okay with part of the Hobby Lobby decision – the part that will allow some departure from the one-size-fits-all policies. Our country can live and prosper with it. I understand the sentiments on both sides. Each have valid points, and no, I'm not interested in debating them. I am interested in understanding peoples’ concerns. I'm not okay with the legal precedent that corporations are people.
Loren M. Lambert © July 9, 2014
To hype and sell products and keep up ratings, pundits – especially those at Fox News – like to characterize any political, social, or scientific disagreement as a "war." There is a war in the Ukraine. There is a war in the Congo. There is a war in Iraq and Syria, where people are dying horrible deaths as we speak. There is no war on Hobby Lobby. To call it such cheapens and trivializes the lives of those who are dying, and it strains and stifles reasonable discourse.
I'm okay with part of the Hobby Lobby decision – the part that will allow some departure from the one-size-fits-all policies. Our country can live and prosper with it. I understand the sentiments on both sides. Each have valid points, and no, I'm not interested in debating them. I am interested in understanding peoples’ concerns. I'm not okay with the legal precedent that corporations are people.
Loren M. Lambert © July 9, 2014
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