'Hobby Lobby' and Women's Health

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The arrogance of politicians (and the justice system) never ceases to amaze me.  In the first place, the idea that a man (or men) not medical personnel  can presume to know what is best for a woman's health and well-being, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, is ludicrous and presumptuous in the extreme.

It is obvious, of course, that those men are doing so not because they think that they really understand women's issues, but to satisfy their own twisted sense of "morality" and (chuckle) "superiority".  Perhaps, as others have suggested, if a man could get pregnant, he might have a somewhat different outlook on the issue.

The recent "Hobby Lobby" decision by the Supreme Court Of The United States (hereinafter referred to as SCOTUS) has raised a storm of outrage, and rightly so.  To confuse the right of freedom of religion with the regulation of for-profit corporate business, "closely-held" or not, is in itself outrageous.  If Hobby Lobby was a not-for-profit religious organization, there would be nary a murmur from the public.  Here's a quote for you by an anonymous Internet writer: "I'll believe corporations are people when I see one come home from Afghanistan in a body bag."

But the idea that a for-profit corporation can impose its religious beliefs on employees is not only stupid, but in direct violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.  Furthermore, that idea is in direct contradiction to Citizens United!  If a corporation is a person, then freedom of religion means that that person cannot impose its religious beliefs on another person.

The mandate of SCOTUS is to interpret and apply laws according to their constitutionality, not to ignore the Constitution as their personal beliefs dictate.  When they put on those robes, personal beliefs and morality should be left in the robing room, and not brought to the bench.