Today's Supreme Court ruling is, as it was expected to be, aligned with the conservative nature of this court. The anticipated 5-4 ruling, strictly along political lines, falls in place drawing little surprise. What is surprising to some, is how the line is drawn between those for-profit companies who can take advantage of this ruling and those who cannot.
For the first time in history, the court said that a profit-seeking business can hold religious views under federal law. That is the most sweeping distinction of the ruling, by far. The separation of church and state is a critical component of this country's success. And if this latest ruling should ever be overturned, the fact that in some sense this line between church and state has been crossed will probably be the justification for the upending of this ruling.
