Christian Employers Aren’t Required to Insure for Gender-Transition Procedures

The importance of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act as a crucial protector of the free exercise of religion continues to manifest. Most recently, a federal judge ruled that members of the Christian Employers Association do not have to obey government regulations that require that employees be covered by health insurance that pays for gender-transition procedures if doing so would “violate their sincerely held religious beliefs.” From the ruling (citations omitted):

How are the dissenting employers burdened?

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Wesley J. Smith

Wesley J. Smith is an author and a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism.

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The importance of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act as a crucial protector of the free exercise of religion continues to manifest. Most recently, a federal judge ruled that members of the Christian Employers Association do not have to obey government regulations that require that employees be covered by health insurance that pays for gender-transition procedures if doing so would “violate their sincerely held religious beliefs.” From the ruling (citations omitted):

How are the dissenting employers burdened?