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ashling

(25,771 posts)
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 11:15 PM Sep 2014

Federal Judge Uses Hobby Lobby To Excuse Testimony In Child Labor Case

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/hobby-lobby-ruling-vergel-steed

A federal judge in Utah has ruled that a member of a fundamentalist offshoot of the Mormon faith may refuse to answer questions in a child labor investigation as a result of the Hobby Lobby ruling on birth control.

The Sept. 11 decision by U.S. District Court Judge David Sam says Vergel Steed, who belongs to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), doesn't have to comply with a federal subpoena because naming church leaders would violate his religious freedom.

As the basis for his conclusion, the judge cited Hobby Lobby decisions by the Supreme Court and 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which said the Religious Freedom Restoration Act shields people from having to obey laws that substantially burden their religious practices.
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Federal Judge Uses Hobby Lobby To Excuse Testimony In Child Labor Case (Original Post) ashling Sep 2014 OP
Lovely, just fucked lovely! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #1
and so the fallout begins....IDIOTS! VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #2
 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
2. and so the fallout begins....IDIOTS!
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 11:28 PM
Sep 2014

With OUR current Court System....people want to gamble on longshots for the next election???? Insanity!!

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