PratchettFan
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Only if the case were being argued according to the Catholic doctrine. It's not.
I agree. It is in a court of law and there only the law matters. Still, it is interesting that a moral position the Church would impose upon others is not something it would impose upon itself - just to save a few bucks. Not much of a moral position.
The paradox is interesting, that's true. That's how the law works sometimes.
The SCOTUS case on Obamacare last year had the same lawyers arguing one day that it was a tax and then the next day arguing that it wasn't a tax.
You certainly have a point. However, in the case of Obamacare the client is political. In this other matter the client is a church. Now it does not surprise me that a church would act the same way a politican acts, but I never expect a church to act with moral consistency any more than I expect a politician to.