From Fox News: The Catholic family that owns a Colorado-based company won a court
victory in their battle to stop the Obama administration from requiring
them to provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs,
sterilization and contraception, a mandate they say violates their
religious beliefs and First Amendment rights.
Hercules Industries, a Denver-based heating ventilation and air
conditioning manufacturer that employs nearly 300 full-time workers, got
an injunction in federal court which stops enforcement of the
controversial ObamaCare mandate. The company's lawyers said they needed
the injunction immediately because if the mandate is enforced, it must
begin immediately making changes to its health plan, which renews on
Nov. 1.
The case is similar to ones brought by Catholic-based colleges that
have refused to provide employee insurance with such coverage, except
this time, it is a secular corporation.
In his order, Colorado District Judge John Kane said that the
government’s arguments “are countered, and indeed outweighed, by the
public interest in the free exercise of religion."
The case still must be aired out in court, but lawyers representing Hercules savored the temporary victory.
“Every American, including family business owners, should be free to
live and do business according to their faith. For the time being,
Hercules Industries will be able to do just that,” said Matt Bowman,
legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, the Arizona-based
organization representing the Newlands. “The bottom line is that
Congress and the Constitution explicitly protect all religious freedom.
They don’t exclude family businesses.”
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