tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post2881906884720802222..comments2024-01-29T08:39:40.754-05:00Comments on Musings of a Pertinacious Papist: "Jesus vs the Department of Health and Human Services"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-26151686244408312972011-09-26T02:19:32.657-04:002011-09-26T02:19:32.657-04:00" A religious employer is one that: (1) has t..." A religious employer is one that: (1) has the inculcation of religious values as its purpose; (2) primarily employs persons who share its religious tenets; (3) primarily serves persons who share its religious tenets; and (4) is a non-profit organization under Internal Revenue Code section 6033(a)(1) and section 6033(a)(3)(A)(i) or (iii). 45 C.F.R. ยง147.130(a)(1)(iv)(B)."<br /><br />My three step solution would be to (1) hire only Catholics, (2) offer a health plan only to Catholic employees, and (3) avoid all blindly ecumenical hiring and servicing gestures in the future. <br /><br />And if President Black Jesus' HHS comes back with more complaints, which of course it will, retain the services of a rainbow coalition of really shrewd lawyers to tie up HHS in court until November, 2012.Ralph Roister-Doisternoreply@blogger.com