Righteous Outrage is my Hobby

People keep telling me to relax about current events. The seem to try unusual tactics like, "the world is corrupt and God is coming back anyway."

I still get mad about injustice. But that's ok, because getting mad about injustice is my hobby and passion.

Speaking of hobbies...

A recent Supreme Court case decided in favor of Hobby Lobby 5-4. For those not following the news, Hobby Lobby was contesting the Obamacare requirement that they provide some certain birth controls they feel facilitates abortion, that is preventing an embryo from embedding, and they argued religious reasons. They were willing to provide health care. They were willing to provide birth control in the form of condoms, the pill, and other contraceptives.

Hobby Lobby could have just not provided health care and paid a yearly fine. But they wanted to give that to their employees. Also, they pay $15 an hour. Hobby Lobby treats their employees really well.

And America goes crazy. Just watching my Facebook feed I have seen some of the most ignorant responses I could think of. Hobby Lobby apparently hates women and doesn't care about women's rights. People are calling for boycotts. People are arguing that they are an exception to the rule and need those birth control things for non-sex related reasons. Someone said it was just one step farther in Hobby Lobby's plan to install a theocracy. Someone posted a graphic that said, "Oh sorry, but paying my student loans violates my religious beliefs... The Bible says, 'All debts shall be forgiven every seven years' So I'll stop making payments."

I almost feel like I'm lowering myself by dignifying these absurdities with any sort of response. That's why I'm writing here and not on Facebook. I make it a general Facebook rule to not reply to belligerent opinions I don't agree with.

First off, I've already noted that Hobby Lobby does care about it's employees, male and female.

And, the decision was made because the Supreme Court intended a narrow ruling not necessarily applied to anything else, basically saying that Obamacare had so many exceptions for so many other things, then why can't they add this one on? Not going to hurt the law.

Let's see...

Women do not have a right to birth control. As far as I'm concerned, you have the right to life, liberty, and property, and the right to be free from aggression on said life, liberty, and property. The word "right" is getting thrown around a ridiculous amount these days, and I believe we have forgotten what rights mean. If you wish to go purchase birth control, that is your own business. But you are aggressing the rights of private businesses by demanding that they provide something they do not believe, or demanding they provide anything at all, beliefs aside. We shouldn't have to use religious beliefs to keep from doing something we think is wrong. This used to be a free country.

Hobby Lobby employees are paid well. They feel the need for that morning-after pill, use some of your money and go buy it. You know, like people used to do when they wanted something? Before trying to make everyone else pay for your pet desires? Really doesn't work for you? Go work somewhere else. Somewhere that supplies it. Cause that's how things should work.

Hobby Lobby has no intentions for a theocracy. Notice they haven't tried to be involved in anything political until the political things came after them. Please.

And as far as that graphic goes...

Sigh.

The seven years thing was for a particular Jewish society (actually a theocracy) with particular rules and not a command in general. Student loans are signed up for voluntarily. You voluntarily promised to pay them back and cannot go back on that promise.

Also, to the people saying that somehow everyone's religious beliefs are running rampant on everyone elses' rights... (please see paragraph on rights)... The Supreme Court made it fairly clear this was a limited ruling. The Supreme Court has not ruled for religious rights in many other cases. And they can (and probably will) continue to rule against religious rights in the future. They get to do whatever the hell they want because they are the Supreme Court. I find that Supremely scary, but people should chill and take comfort in the fact that chances are, in the future, they are going to get their own little selfish agendas pushed on other people who don't believe in it, whether for religious reasons or just because they don't believe that anybody should go around forcing anybody to provide things they don't want to provide.