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Hobby Lobby standing on principle in vow to continue its fight against mandate

The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: December 31, 2012 Comment on this article

The Greens don't want to choose between following the law or abandoning their religious faith. But if forced to do so, it's clear which path they'll take. This is civil disobedience at its finest, comparable to civil-rights era efforts where individuals defied bad laws to effect change.

The Obama administration must now decide if unfettered access to the week-after pill is more important than preserving jobs at a company whose employee pay policies should make it a liberal cause celebre, not a source of derision.

Sadly, Obama's desire to advance the abstract whims of fringe elements in his political base appears far stronger than his commitment to support actual workers, and their generous employers, in the real world.

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