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The Justice Department last week presented the Newland family of Colorado--who own Hercules Industries, a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning business--with what amounted to an ultimatum: Give up your religion or your business.
Hercules Industries has made no showing of a religious belief which requires that [it] engage in the [HVAC] business, the Justice Department said in a formal filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
In response to the Justice Departments argument that the Newlands can either give up practicing their religion or give up owning their business, the Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing the family, said in a reply brief: "[T]o the extent the government is arguing that its mandate does not really burden the Newlands because they are free to abandon their jobs, their livelihoods, and their property so that others can take over Hercules and comply, this expulsion from business would be an extreme form of government burden.
Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its mandate that individuals must buy health insurance, this suit which seeks to protect a small business from being forced to take actions that violate the moral and religious beliefs of the family that owns it is likely to be the next major court battle over Obamacare.
At stake is whether businesses are protected by the First Amendmentthe part of the Bill of Rights that guarantees not only the free exercise of religion but also freedom of speech and of the press.
DOJ to Colorado Family: Give Up Your Religion or Your Business | CNSNews.com
THIS is the tyranny that Holder and Obama would unleash on our country if reelected. That you are NOT allowed to practice your 1st Amendment right to your religion and KEEP YOUR BUSINESS!
The Tyranny called Obamacare will come first in this country and the Constitution will come DEAD LAST!
We have got to get this man out of office.
From Fast and Furious to Furious at your Religious Beliefs, these radicals must be turned out and in favor or reasoned adults leading this land.
November is coming.