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St. Louis, Mo., Nov 29, 2012 \/ 11:34 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- A federal appeals court on Nov. 28 granted a Catholic business owner in Missouri an injunction against the Department of Health and Human Services mandate that he says violates his religious freedom by forcing him to provide\u00a0insurance coverage for morally objectionable drugs and procedures.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe order sends a message that the religious beliefs of employers must be respected by the government,\u201d said Francis Manion, Senior Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice.<\/p>\n

\tThe center is representing Frank O\u2019Brien and his St. Louis-based business O\u2019Brien Industrial Holdings, LLC, which operates many businesses in ceramic materials exploration, mining and processing.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe have argued from the beginning that employers like Frank O'Brien must be able to operate their business in a manner consistent with their moral values, not the values of the government,\u201d Manion said Nov. 28. \u201cWe look forward to this case moving forward and securing the constitutional rights of our client.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe HHS mandate requires that most businesses with 50 or more employees provide the coverage as \u201cpreventive care\u201d for women. Violators face fines of $100 per employee per day.<\/p>\n

\tThe injunction from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit blocks the implementation of the mandate for O\u2019Brien\u2019s business. In October, a federal district judge had dismissed the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\tO\u2019Brien\u2019s 87-employee business was the first private business to challenge the mandate.<\/p>\n

\tThe company\u2019s website states that its mission is \u201cto make our labor a pleasing offering to the Lord while enriching our families and society.\u201d Its values statement stresses integrity in conduct \u201cguided by the Golden Rule and the Ten Commandments\u201d while also pledging not to discriminate based on anyone\u2019s beliefs.<\/p>\n

\tO\u2019Brien has created several programs to help employees purchase homes, fund their children\u2019s college education and save for retirement.<\/p>\n

\tMissouri law mandates contraception coverage in employee health care plans, but exempts employers with religious objections.<\/p>\n

\tThe federal mandate\u2019s present religious exemption applies only to non-profit organizations that primarily serve and employ people of the same religion and have the inculcation of religious values as their primary purpose. The exemption is so narrow that it may not apply to Catholic non-profit employers like colleges, health care systems and charities.<\/p>\n

\tThe Obama administration proposed a broader exemption in February, but its details are still unclear. President Obama\u2019s re-election campaign attacked the Republican candidate Mitt Romney for supporting federal legislation that would secure a broader exemption.<\/p>\n

\tOver 40 lawsuits have been filed against the HHS mandate, representing over 110 plaintiffs. Plaintiffs include Catholic dioceses, the University of Notre Dame and the EWTN Global Catholic Network as well as Protestant organizations like the Virginia-based Liberty University and the Bible publisher Tyndale House Publishers.<\/p>\n

\tThey say the mandate violates their religious freedom protected by the U.S. Constitution and federal law and forces them to provide coverage for drugs and procedures to which they have religious and moral objections.<\/p>\n

\tThe Christian-owned retailer Hobby Lobby is the largest private business to challenge the mandate on the grounds its owners object to providing abortion-causing drugs in their employee insurance plans.<\/p>\n

\tThe company is appealing a Nov. 20 federal court\u2019s refusal of a request for a legal injunction against the mandate. The employer of over 13,000 full-time employees could face $1.3 million in daily fines if it does not comply.<\/p>\n

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