I’m all for freedom of religion except for when it is forced upon others. If a company provides employees with insurance, that should be the end of any choice they have—offer it or don’t. Personal beliefs should not play a part in the rights of others.

For a company to decide, as in the Hobby Lobby case, not to cover certain medications, such as IUDs and the morning after pill, for religious reasons is prejudice. Because this case targets women, it is also sexist.

Denying women a form of birth control they should be entitled to under their insurance is denying them choice and imposing ideals upon them. It’s a denial of healthcare. Any legal form of contraception should remain the patients’ choice.

If this were directed at Christian white men—wait, that would never happen. We’d never even get to the point of discussion!

A company withholding coverage for medicines or procedures is wrong. Employers should not be able to dictate the personal lives of their employees in matters that don’t concern work.

What if I was a Christian Scientist and didn’t believe in western medicine? If I owned a company that was required to provide employees with healthcare, could I deny coverage for all types of treatment just because of my belief?

I’m entitled to believe whatever I want. However, should such beliefs interfere in others’ lives? No. That would be tyranny brought upon religion.

We would (hopefully) never allow this kind of discrimination against race or sexual orientation, so why are we allowing it, as with the Hobby Lobby case, against gender?

With Hobby Lobby specifically, the Supreme Court ruled to allow companies to have religious rights permitting them to deny contraception. The result is now a women’s rights issue that is being infringed upon by white men very removed from the reality of the issue.

Even if this new religious freedom (persecution?) translates to people other than women in the future, it will steal away personal choice from people.

The problem is in the religious justification—it is not universal; it is biased. This matter is a discriminatory choice veiled behind religious freedom. It’s an excuse for bigotry and oppression. If we keep going down this path, will there be anyone left to fight when they target you?