{"id":51429,"date":"2014-07-02T21:40:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T01:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=51429"},"modified":"2014-07-02T21:40:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T01:40:19","slug":"supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court rules in favor of another corporation challenging the HHS mandate just one day after the Hobby Lobby ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The Supreme Court ruled on Monday, in a narrow 5-4 decision, that <a href=\"\/news\/breaking-scotus-rules-in-favor-of-hobby-lobby\/\">closely held companies like Hobby Lobby cannot be forced by the Obama administration to pay for contraception and chemical abortions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While this is no doubt a victory for craft chain Hobby Lobby, it has a much wider impact than just one business. The Thomas More Law Center has put out a press release announcing that, just one day after the Hobby Lobby ruling, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasmore.org\/press-releases\/the-day-after-hobby-lobby-decision-supreme-court-rules-for-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate\/\">the Supreme Court ruled in favor of their client, Eden Foods<\/a>, also challenging the HHS mandate.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Eden Foods, co-founded by Potter in the late 1960s, is the oldest natural food company in North America and the largest independent manufacturer of dry grocery organic foods. In 2009, Eden Foods was selected as the best food company in the world by Better World Shopping Guide, which also acknowledged the company\u2019s outstanding record in social and environmental responsibility. The company employs 150 employees.<\/p>\n<p>For years, Michael Potter, a Roman Catholic, President and sole shareholder of Eden Foods Corporation, for religious reasons, had arranged for the Blue Cross\/Blue Shield insurance coverage he designed for his employees to specifically exclude coverage for contraception and abortifacients. In accordance with his Catholic faith, Potter believes that any action which either before, at the moment of, or after sexual intercourse, is specifically intended to prevent procreation, whether as an end or means\u201d\u2014including abortifacients and contraception\u2014is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The HHS Mandate forced Potter to make a choice between violating a foremost tenet of his faith or face fines up to $4.5 million per year.<\/p>\n<p>Potter brought the lawsuit because he cannot compartmentalize his faith and his business practices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When Potter originally brought the suit forward challenging the mandate, the Sixth Circuit Court rejected their claims. Thanks to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the Supreme Court has now agreed with corporations like Hobby Lobby and Eden Foods. In Potter&#8217;s case, the court ordered for his suit to be reconsidered by the Sixth Circuit Court. It can be assumed that the Sixth Circuit Court will now rule in favor of Potter and Eden Foods, in light of the Hobby Lobby ruling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/news\/feel-the-liberal-love-burn-hobby-lobby-to-the-ground\/\">Despite the liberal outrage over the ruling<\/a>, the Supreme Court has made the right decision, standing up for the rights of people of faith across the country. A religious person should not be forced to choose between their faith and their ability to participate in the private sector. Operating a business does not mean that someone&#8217;s religious beliefs cease to matter, and thankfully, the Supreme Court is acknowledging that truth as well. For at least a little while, we are still free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court ruled on Monday, in a narrow 5-4 decision, that closely held companies like Hobby Lobby cannot be forced by the Obama administration to pay for contraception and chemical abortions. While this is no doubt a victory for craft chain Hobby Lobby, it has a much wider impact than just one business. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[145,496,24,2557,451,2059,2438,2558,2437,197,2559],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Supreme Court rules in favor of another corporation challenging the HHS mandate just one day after the Hobby Lobby ruling - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supreme Court rules in favor of another corporation challenging the HHS mandate just one day after the Hobby Lobby ruling - Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Supreme Court ruled on Monday, in a narrow 5-4 decision, that closely held companies like Hobby Lobby cannot be forced by the Obama administration to pay for contraception and chemical abortions. While this is no doubt a victory for craft chain Hobby Lobby, it has a much wider impact than just one business. The [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-03T01:40:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-07-03T01:40:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/supremecourt2011.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"160\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cassy Cooke\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cassy Cooke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cassy Cooke\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392\"},\"headline\":\"Supreme Court rules in favor of another corporation challenging the HHS mandate just one day after the Hobby Lobby ruling\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-03T01:40:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-03T01:40:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/\"},\"wordCount\":457,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Birth Control\",\"Cassy Fiano\",\"contraception\",\"Eden Foods\",\"HHS Mandate\",\"hobby lobby\",\"Live Action News\",\"Michael Potter\",\"news\",\"Supreme Court\",\"Thomas More Law Center\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Human Rights\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/\",\"name\":\"Supreme Court rules in favor of another corporation challenging the HHS mandate just one day after the Hobby Lobby ruling - Live Action News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-03T01:40:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-03T01:40:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Supreme Court rules in favor of another corporation challenging the HHS mandate just one day after the Hobby Lobby ruling\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392\",\"name\":\"Cassy Cooke\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cassy Cooke\"},\"description\":\"Cassy has over 20 years of experience as a writer and editor, most of which have been spent covering pro-life issues like abortion, disability rights, euthanasia, and more.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/cassy-fiano\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Supreme Court rules in favor of another corporation challenging the HHS mandate just one day after the Hobby Lobby ruling - Live Action News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Supreme Court rules in favor of another corporation challenging the HHS mandate just one day after the Hobby Lobby ruling - Live Action News","og_description":"The Supreme Court ruled on Monday, in a narrow 5-4 decision, that closely held companies like Hobby Lobby cannot be forced by the Obama administration to pay for contraception and chemical abortions. While this is no doubt a victory for craft chain Hobby Lobby, it has a much wider impact than just one business. The [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2014-07-03T01:40:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-07-03T01:40:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":"240","height":"160","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/supremecourt2011.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cassy Cooke","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cassy Cooke","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/"},"author":{"name":"Cassy Cooke","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392"},"headline":"Supreme Court rules in favor of another corporation challenging the HHS mandate just one day after the Hobby Lobby ruling","datePublished":"2014-07-03T01:40:03+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-03T01:40:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/"},"wordCount":457,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["Birth Control","Cassy Fiano","contraception","Eden Foods","HHS Mandate","hobby lobby","Live Action News","Michael Potter","news","Supreme Court","Thomas More Law Center"],"articleSection":["Human Rights"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/","name":"Supreme Court rules in favor of another corporation challenging the HHS mandate just one day after the Hobby Lobby ruling - Live Action News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-07-03T01:40:03+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-03T01:40:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-another-corporation-challenging-the-hhs-mandate-just-one-day-after-the-hobby-lobby-ruling\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Supreme Court rules in favor of another corporation challenging the HHS mandate just one day after the Hobby Lobby ruling"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/16622da192101346f516b7444d125392","name":"Cassy Cooke","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b602f8210f1a7d948ca1c0dcab11fad?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cassy Cooke"},"description":"Cassy has over 20 years of experience as a writer and editor, most of which have been spent covering pro-life issues like abortion, disability rights, euthanasia, and more.","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/cassy-fiano\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}