The Hobby Lobby Debate

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The Hobby Lobby Debate
Question 1
The Greens, who are the owners of Hobby Lobby have utilized religious principles to organize the operations of their business. The Greens have allowed their faith to guide the decisions of the company. For instance, Hobby Lobby stores close on Sundays and do not participate in activities that facilitate the use of alcohol. Having in mind that Hobby Lobby is not a person, it is essential to establish if its ownership to a religious family causes it to have some religious rights. Given that Hobby Lobby is not a publicly held company, the religious belief of the founders are critical according to the chain store religious rights.
The supporters of the controversy hold that the problem is imposing a burden on an organization due to its religious beliefs. Whereas the government has a responsibility of ensuring that women have access to contraceptives, the move should not impose a burden on the religious liberty of individuals.
Question 2
Authoritative warrants
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) indicates that in case the federal wants to burden the religious freedom of an individual substantially, the fed should ensure that the law utilizes less restrictive means to attain its objectives. In this case, the provision of birth control to the female employees should be at no cost. In case Hobby Lobby argued that the failure to comply with the law that violates its religious freedom could cause the company an annual fine of $475 million. As such, complying with the law imposes a burden to the religious freedom of the company.
Substantive warrants
In the 2010 Citizens United campaign finance case, the judges overturned bans that prevented corporates from political spending. The justices held that a ban on corporate political spending violated the freedom of speech for the corporates. In the same way, Hobby Lobby has a religious right a corporate. It has the same rights and responsibilities that are associated with individuals including religious freedoms.
Evaluative warrants
Protecting the religious beliefs of closely held companies like Hobby Lobby is a means of protecting the religious freedoms of the owners of the companies. Since the owners have religious freedoms, they have the right to control their business by their religious beliefs. Hence, allowing the business owners of Hobby Lobby to apply their faith in the businesses is a way of protecting their religious liberties.
Question 3
Those opposed to Hobby Lobby hold that the religious beliefs of business owners should not...