A federal judge in Colorado relieved a private company owned by Roman Catholics of the requirement to provide employees with contraception, pending further litigation of the contraception mandate.
“A preliminary injunction is an extraordinary remedy; accordingly, the right to relief must
be clear and unequivocal,” Judge John Kane — an appointee of President Jimmy Carter’s — wrote as he explained his order today. “On balance, the threatened harm to Plaintiffs, impingement of their right to freely exercise their religious beliefs, and the concommittant public interest in that right s[t]rongly favor the entry of injunctive relief.”
The lawsuit was brought by The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty on behalf of the owners of Hercules Industries, Inc., — a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning company owned by a Roman Catholic family.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Judge blocks contraception mandate in religious liberty lawsuit
The Washington Examiner reports:
