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DOJ to Colorado Family: Give Up Your Religion or Your Business
The Justice Department last week presented the Newland family of Colorado–who own Hercules Industries, a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning business–with what amounted to an ultimatum: Give up your religion or your business.
“Hercules Industries has ‘made no showing of a religious belief which requires that [it] engage in the [HVAC] business,” the Justice Department said in a formal filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
In response to the Justice Department’s argument that the Newlands can either give up practicing their religion or give up owning their business, the Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing the family, said in a reply brief: “[T]o the extent the government is arguing that its mandate does not really burden the Newlands because they are free to abandon their jobs, their livelihoods, and their property so that others can take over Hercules and comply, this expulsion from business would be an extreme form of government burden.”
HT/ C. Steven Tucker
Stirrin the B.S.
August 1st, 2012
Your government wants to become your god (lower case intentional).
And they won’t stop until the real God is removed from the public domain. Will you stand your ground? God be with you Newland family!
Unneutral
August 1st, 2012
And the governmental war on Christianity intensifies.
muddjuice
August 1st, 2012
…And the assault on Christianity begins in earnest.
All those people that said, “they won’t do that” can now eat crow. The Federal gov’t of the US has just become what the Founders fought against in the late 1700′s…….
Bob M.
August 1st, 2012
I’d send a FLUSH & Desist Order BACK to Eric Holder – “FLUSH thyself, or take a flying leap at a rolling donut – either way, gettest thou thyself BENT, thy unholy heathen!”
>:-(
123321123321
August 1st, 2012
You can expect more of this from our Government! If you are a Christian in the workplace, you can expect to be fired and you can persue a Redress of Greivance, which will cost you a fortune in attorney’s fees, and the Progressive Judge will interpret the Law as saying you have no rights because you are a Christian.
RANDO
August 1st, 2012
Justice Department my ass.
Team America
August 1st, 2012
Fuck the doj (small latters deserved for imbeciles). No asterisks needed anymore.
fullcirclethinker
August 1st, 2012
As the CEO of Chik-Fil-A discovered when holding forth the belief that God is angry with this country for increasingly embracing same sex marriage, once again the gods of government are also angry that we would think this to be a sin!
Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us.”
He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure! – Psalm 2:1-5
cfm990
August 1st, 2012
Caesar has spoken
Stranded in Sonoma
August 1st, 2012
No, it’s a tax. So said the Supreme Court. That would be the Chief Justice and the four liberals on the court, including the two that were appointed by Obama himself.
I think the best argument to make in front of SCOTUS is that the ACA taxes your 1st Amendment right. I said something similar in my blog but this is just more of the same. If the Newlands are claiming and exercising their right to religious freedom, the gov’t cannot tax that. They might be able to penalize it for any number of reasons; owning a business, if it’s incorporated, etc. But…and this is important…the gov’t cannot TAX it.
Obviously, with the ACA ruling, nothing is a slam-dunk. But I think the Newlands should couch their argument as the gov’t taxing their claim and exercise of their 1st Amendment right to religious freedom, then ask the ACLU for legal help. Then post the letter of refusal.
Just a little icing on the cake.
MADJACK
August 1st, 2012
Hey America have you had enough of the Obama/Holder anti-Constitution DOJ????
If so then show them the damn door out of our government in November 
and then show them the door to Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary!
uncivil & right
August 1st, 2012
Wonder how the quisling John Roberts will rule on this violation of Constitutional rights.
Anonymous
August 1st, 2012
“To the extent the government is arguing that its mandate does not really burden the Newlands because they are free to abandon their jobs, their livelihoods, and their property so that others can take over Hercules and comply, this expulsion from business would be an extreme form of government burden.” What a bunch of lawyerese nonsense. This is how we say it on the street, ” The sons of bitches are trying to coerce me into giving up my company for no good damn reason except because they can. Let the mother fu**ers come and try to take it.” There. Thats alot clearer and easier for eric hardon to understand.
Plain Jane
August 1st, 2012
I pray that the Christian families and Christian churches and their affiliations have the fortitude/courage (one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit BTW)to withstand the hideous demonic aka: progressive attack on God and Christian values.
Billy Fuster
August 1st, 2012
Defy and protect yourselves.
Lowell
August 1st, 2012
Good test case. I just hope the DOJ and their minions don’t have to kill all these guys to make a point. They sort of have that as a fallback position, you know.
Dr. Tar
August 1st, 2012
The nerve of these guys. What did they think, that they were smarter and worked harder than everyone else and that the business belonged to them.
Obama and his DOJ and Obamatax are here to make an example of you. Its time everyone understands the whole context of the “You didn’t build that” speech.
Not only did you not build your business, but government determines if you are allowed to operate your business based on your backward belief in religion. Now get with the progressive program, abortion and sterilization for all – and you pay for it employer. What a great country we live in today.
Stranded in Sonoma
August 1st, 2012
Well, since Obama has told us that the Newland’s didn’t build their business, giving it up should be no big deal.