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December 27th, 2012
07:20 PM ET
Hobby Lobby faces millions in fines for bucking ObamacareBy Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor Washington (CNN)– Craft store giant Hobby Lobby is bracing for a $1.3 million a day fine beginning January 1 for noncompliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, dubbed Obamacare. The company opposes providing some contraceptives to employees through its company health care plan on religious grounds, saying some contraceptive products, like the morning after pill, equate to abortion. After failing to receive temporary relief from the fines from the Supreme Court, Hobby Lobby announced late Thursday through its attorneys that it "will continue to provide health insurance to all qualified employees. To remain true to their faith, it is not their intention, as a company, to pay for abortion-inducing drugs." 
December 27th, 2012
07:52 AM ET
Justice won't block Obamacare's required emergency contraception coverageBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday turned down a request that she block part of Obamacare that would require companies' health plans to provide for coverage of certain contraceptives, such as the morning-after pill. They said they would be required "to provide insurance coverage for certain drugs and devices that the applicants believe can cause abortions," which would be against their religious beliefs, Sotomayor wrote in her opinion.  Hugh Jackman plays Jean Valjean and Isabelle Allen is the young Cosette in the film version of the musical "Les Misérables."
December 27th, 2012
07:00 AM ET
My Take: The challenge of hope in 'Les Misérables'
By Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio, Special to CNN (CNN) - Will you be strong and stand with me? That’s the question the cast of "Les Misérables" asks viewers at the end of the film as they stand along a barricade. But it’s also the question one particular character, a bishop, asks early in the movie. And that question has radical implications for all of us who want to see our world transformed by hope. That bishop meets the main character, Jean Valjean, after he’s released from serving nearly two decades in prison. With no job prospects and lifelong parole haunting his name, Valjean cannot find employment, a home, financial stability. Then he stumbles upon the bishop, who invites him into his home, feeds him dinner, offers him a bed. That night, a desperate Valjean flouts the bishop’s kindness by stealing his silver, but the next morning, when he’s caught and returned to the bishop’s home for condemnation, the bishop says something quite curious: “But my friend, you left so early, surely something slipped your mind.” He hands Valjean two silver candlesticks.
December 27th, 2012
04:34 AM ET
Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Thursday, December 27
By Arielle Hawkins, CNN Here's the Belief Blog’s morning rundown of the top faith-angle stories from around the United States and around the world. Click the headlines for the full stories. From the Blog:
CNN: The rise of 'Hallelujah'
CNN: Q and A with Matisyahu: 'Hasidic reggae superstar' sans the Hasidim |
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Editor's note: Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio is an ordained Episcopal Church priest and author of "
