The Christian-based arts and crafts store will be forced to pay $1.3 million per day to the IRS for not complying with the abortion mandate which is a part of the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is government-funded health insurance that requires that companies provide abortion and contraceptive coverage for their employees. Hobby Lobby has refused to comply with these unconstitutional terms due to their religious beliefs.
Hobby Lobby has claimed that it would violate their conscience to provide coverage for something that goes against their religious beliefs.
“The government is forcing us to choose between following our faith and following the law,” says Owner and CEO of Hobby Lobby David Green.
Hobby Lobby appealed this abortion supporting mandate; however, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor denied Hobby Lobby’s appeal to the Obamacare mandate. So far,12 for-profit companies filed cases against the mandate. Nine of them have had the court rule an injunction against the mandate. Unfortunately for Hobby Lobby, there was not an injunction because the court claimed that it did not affect the conscience of the owners of Hobby Lobby directly.
How does offering insurance that covers abortions not affect their conscience directly? If you offer someone something, you are supporting that item or idea indirectly. The insurance plan that Hobby Lobby is refusing to offer will include coverage for abortions and abortion-inducing pills such as the morning-after pill or the week-after pill. Hobby Lobby will be forced to pay a certain percentage of the insurance, so therefore they would be financially supporting abortions.
“This is not just about Hobby Lobby–this is about you,” says Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. “If Hobby Lobby is forced to … ‘bow on their knees’ to a human government in direct conflict with their fundamentals of faith, then how long will it be before they come for you and your family?”
