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I\u2019m not going to do a post mortem on the arguments the Supreme Court heard on the Hobby Lobby\/HHS Mandate case.<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t give you a run-down of which justice twitched, which one pulled his or her earlobe and who coughed. Trying to divine how the Court will rule by studying the questions justices asked and the expressions on their faces has become a kind of sport, like handicapping a horserace. Only it\u2019s not nearly so accurate.<\/p>\n

I think we would know just as much about what they\u2019re going to do if we slaughtered a goat and studied its entrails.<\/p>\n

Besides, I\u2019m too nervous about this one to do that. The Court hasn\u2019t exactly been a friend to people with traditional Christian values for a long time now. In fact, the Court has made itself the architect of this brave new baby-killing, marriage-is-meaningless world we inhabit. To a great extent the whole social mess is of the Supreme Court\u2019s devising.<\/p>\n

But this decision is one of the really big ones. Will we be free after this ruling?<\/p>\n

It depends.<\/p>\n

On how they rule.<\/p>\n

The Court can destroy religious freedom with this ruling. It can also do as it did with the gay marriage ruling last summer and just put out a row of dominoes for others to knock over and destroy it in succeeding months.<\/p>\n

What are the chances that the Supreme Court will actually rule in favor of religious freedom?<\/p>\n

Will we be free after this ruling?<\/p>\n

It depends.<\/p>\n

On them.<\/p>\n

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The owners of Hobby Lobby spoke about yesterday\u2019s arguments before the Supreme Court. Here is what they said.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/youtu.be\/TOsJ_pBfDQA<\/a>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"