BND - Owners of Highland Business File Federal Suit Over Health Care Reform Law

By Jamie Forsythe, BND.com

The owners of a Highland business have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the country's health care reform law because the mandate violates their Catholic faith.

The suit was filed on behalf of Korte & Luitjohan Contractors Inc. by the American Center for Law and Justice, an anti-abortion legal organization based in Washington, D.C. . .

"The HHS (Health and Human Services) mandate violates America's long-standing history of protecting conscience rights," said Edward White of the American Center for Law and Justice in a news release. "The mandate is unlawfully compelling employers such as our clients to do the following: abandon their faith to comply with the law, or follow their faith and pay significant annual penalties to the federal government. The mandate must be invalidated.". .

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