CLS Files Brief in the Seventh Circuit
February 5, 2013 - CLS filed an amicus brief yesterday in Korte v. Sebelius to support Christian business owners' rights to run their business according to their religious convictions. The brief was filed in the Seventh Circuit.
The case is one of nearly 40 cases challenging the constitutionality of the HHS Mandate, a federal regulation that requires employers to provide insurance coverage for Plan B and ella. While the Mandate exempts a handful of "religious employers," the exemption is so narrow that most non-profit - let alone for-profit -- religious employers do not qualify for the exemption.
The brief explains why the HHS Mandate's definition of "religious employers" sharply departs from the American bipartisan tradition of respecting religious conscience rights. Joining the CLS brief are: Association of Gospel Rescue Missions; Prison Fellowship Ministries; Association of Christian Schools International; National Association of Evangelicals; Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention; Patrick Henry College; and the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance