Newsmax - RNC Applauds Hobby Lobby Ruling as 'On the Side of Liberty'

June 30, 2014

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By Andrea Billups, NewsMax.com

The Republican National Committee expressed approval Monday morning after the Supreme Court ruled in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case that employers can refuse to pay for insurance coverage for employee contraception.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, in a statement, called the 5-4 ruling a victory for "religious freedom.". . .

"The court clearly recognized that closely held corporations enjoy religious liberty rights just as they enjoy rights to free speech," noted ACLJ chief counsel Jay Sekulow. "American citizens do not lose their religious freedom when they form a corporation and try to live out their religious values in the conduct of their business. . . .

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