Tell Your Senator: Take the First Step To Fight Hobby Lobby Ruling On June 30th, the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to religious freedom by ruling 5-4 in favor of the craft store corporation Hobby Lobby in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. By allowing the religion of the few owners of the corporation to supersede those of the employees, religious freedom as a whole is undermined.



Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) said it best, â€œThe 13,000 Hobby Lobby employees took a job to work at an arts and crafts store, not a church or synagogue.â€ An employee should not be required to limit their healthcare choices based on religious views that are not their own.



In an attempt to reduce the damage done by this decision, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Mark Udall (D-CO) introduced the Protect Womenâ€™s Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014 . The bill would prevent employers from refusing to cover health coverage of any kind that would otherwise be guaranteed to them under federal law. We urge you to contact your U.S. Senators and tell them to support the Protect Womenâ€™s Health from Corporate Interference Act of 2014 . We at the Secular Coalition for America believe that the Courtâ€™s decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby creates dangerous precedent for organizations in the future to use â€œreligious freedomâ€ as an excuse to discriminate against certain groups of people, deny more expensive yet necessary healthcare procedures, and potentially much more. This bill is the first step toward undoing the damage done by the Supreme Court.