The Obama administration is arguing that the owners of a for-profit corporation have no free-exercise rights because the Supreme Court has never held that a for-profit, secular corporation has such rights. Although the Court expanded the notion of corporate personhood in their 2010 Citizens United decision, it is unprecedented of Hobby Lobby to argue that a corporation -- a legal entity separate and apart from their owners -- is capable of worship or religious belief. It remains to be seen whether the ultra-conservative Roberts Court will embrace Hobby Lobbys, and Lowrys, radical new view of corporate religion.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:41:39 +0000
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