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Adding to the Noise

I should probably not be adding to the noise today, but shutting up has never been one of my better qualities. I posted a minor status on facebook about a recent Supreme Court case, because there are a lot of uninformed people out there.  The case: Sebelius vs. Hobby Lobby.  All you had to do was listen to the protesters outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday, and you got a very...interesting... take on this case.  You see, they are claiming that Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood are standing in the way of women's rights.  Their rights to contraception.  That these two businesses, by refusing to subsidize certain forms of contraception, are actually forcing women back into the 1960's, or something like that. “The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in a case that pits religious liberty against women’s rights.”  ~Adam Liptake, New York Times, March 24, 2014 So, we'll start with this premise.  Hobby Lobby would like to be exempt from Plan B and IUDs.  Both met