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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014), is a landmark decision [1] [2] in United States corporate law by the United States Supreme Court allowing privately held for-profit corporations to be exempt from a regulation that its owners religiously object to, if there is a less restrictive means of furthering the law's interest, according to the provisions of the Religious Freedom ...
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., formerly Hobby Lobby Creative Centers, is an American retail company. It owns a chain of arts and crafts stores with a volume of over $5 billion in 2018. [ 1 ] The chain has 1,001 stores in 48 U.S. states.
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Hobby Lobby in a 5–4 decision. Since Hobby Lobby was a for-profit business owned by religious individuals to do their will, and similar exemptions existed for religious non-profits, the RFRA should be interpreted to provide exemptions for Hobby Lobby as well. [35]
[20] The Court held that there was a substantial burden, saying, "Because the contraceptive mandate forces them to pay an enormous sum of money—as much as $475 million per year in the case of Hobby Lobby—if they insist on providing insurance coverage in accordance with their religious beliefs, the mandate clearly imposes a substantial ...
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014) [15] in their fight to exempt themselves from having to pay for four different drugs and devices they deemed as abortifacients. [16] The court ruled 5–4 in favor of Hobby Lobby, asserting that family owned businesses have a right to operate in accordance with their conscience. [17] [18] Becket also litigated ...
The country has an area of 198,000 square miles (510,000 km 2) and population of 70 million.According to the government's National Statistics Office, approximately 94.8 percent of the population is Buddhist and 4.5 percent is Muslim; [5] however, non-governmental organizations, academics, and religious groups estimated that approximately 85 to 90 percent of the population is Theravada Buddhist ...
Mart Green is the founder and CEO of Mardel Christian & Education and of Every Tribe Every Nation, and an heir to the Hobby Lobby family of companies founded by his father David Green. Mart Green's chain of Christian stores, Mardel, has 37 stores in seven US states and is headquartered in Oklahoma City. It is part of the Hobby Lobby group of ...
The culture of Thailand is a unique blend of various influences that have evolved over time. [1] Local customs, animist beliefs, Buddhist traditions, and regional ethnic and cultural practices have all played a role in shaping Thai culture.