Steve Chapman on the Real Meaning of the Hobby Lobby Decision

Organizations concerned with public policy have a
habit of hyping developments that relate to their concerns. When
the Supreme Court ruled that some corporations are exempt from
paying for employees’ contraceptive coverage under Obamacare, both
sides loudly trumpeted its importance.

The right celebrated the verdict as a stinging defeat for an
administration at war with religion, while the left decried it as
the latest offensive in the conservative war on women. There was no
one to say the decision is not a terribly big deal.

But, as Steve Chapman argues, the truth is: It’s not a
terribly big deal.

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