Thanks Brad. I'm still not sure I understand, though. You have helped me understand why, in the *absence* of a contraception mandate a religious employer with these beliefs would be obligated to choose not to cover contraception. But the contraception mandate doesn't allow the employer to choose whether contraception is covered. So in what way is the employer "fully involved in the decision of what is being covered"?
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Brad Pardee <bp51...@windstream.net> wrote: > Because the employee's paycheck is a blank check. The employee can do > whatever they want with it because, as part of the salary, there are no > limits on what the employee can or can't spend the money on. However, > insurance is not a blank check. The policy specifies what it is covering > and what it is not covering and the employer, in determining the range of > the benefits they offer, is fully involved in the decision of what is being > covered and is fully accountable to his or her God for that decision. > > > > Brad > > > > *From:* religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto: > religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] *On Behalf Of *Hillel Y. Levin > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:36 PM > > *To:* Law & Religion issues for Law Academics > *Subject:* Re: letter opposing Mississippi RFRA > > > > I have a question for those who have religious beliefs opposed to the > contraception mandate. I do not mean this question as a provocation, but > rather in the interest of helping me to understand the problem. Suppose a > religious employer knows with 100% certainty that an employee will spend a > small amount of her income on contraception. I take it that this does not > violate a religious belief. How is that different from directing a > percentage of the employee's salary towards health insurance, which will > cover contraception? > > > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > -- Hillel Y. Levin Associate Professor University of Georgia School of Law 120 Herty Dr. Athens, GA 30602 (678) 641-7452 hle...@uga.edu hillelle...@gmail.com SSRN Author Page: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=466645
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