Well, I'm an evangelical and as far as the OP is concerned, I'm with Jon in terms of the notion that it's quite incredible that a company that can say they cannot provide (let's be clear) certain forms of birth control BECAUSE of their religious view on that can.......lie so freely.
I get the temptation part. I even get the divine standard where if I've thought of harming someone it's the same as if I actually murdered them (from Matthew 5).
But when someone invites self-imposed righteous standards on themselves, they don't get to suddenly - in essence - adopt the Flip Wilson excuse, either. It would be bad enough if Hobby Lobby was merely a Christian business NOT involved in a dispute over health care law - it's worse that they're arbitrary in which sins it's somehow okay for them to commit, which is at least one of Jon's points.
Look at it from the atheist perspective.....in essence, one is arguing that because of some Higher Power they are relieved of providing something and then when they get caught being unethical, it was because of some outer temptation. So the imposed standard is "not my doing" and the unethical act is "not totally my fault because I was tempted" and yet these are the same folks who preach the loudest about "personal responsibility."
I totally get that part of it.
I get the Christian perspective of "hey, we're all tempted" as well. But would this be what some same folks would say if Hillary or Barack had done this? I think we know the answer to that.
The only thing I try to hope for is consistency.
