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Twitter Lights Up After Supremes' Hobby Lobby Decision: A Selection of Noteworthy Reactions

Posted on the 30 June 2014 by William Lindsey @wdlindsy
Twitter Lights Up After Supremes' Hobby Lobby Decision: A Selection of Noteworthy Reactions
The Twitterverse is, of course, alive with tweets since the Supremes' (entirely expected and still  abominable) Hobby Lobby decision this morning. Here are some among many tweets I've found worthwhile:
All of the people who voted in favour of #HobbyLobby have one thing in common and it's not a vagina. #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/IG8vf93bm3
— Elizabeth Plank (@feministabulous) June 30, 2014

we have literally arrived at the point where we let party supply stores tell women what to do with their bodies.
— lawblob (@lawblob) June 30, 2014

NEW ON CNN: Poll: Confidence in Supreme Court at record low: (CNN) – The same day the Supreme Court issued a h... http://t.co/nKyA2daS9W
— Jeff Kepnes (@KepnesCNN) June 30, 2014


"If you think these corporations are going to stop at birth control, you're kidding yourself." http://t.co/NjqhE3WvdI #HobbyLobby
— Salon.com (@Salon) June 30, 2014

After the Hobby Lobby decision, Fox says that religious taxpayers should also be exempt from covering contraceptives: http://t.co/paPnju2kcf
— Media Matters (@mmfa) June 30, 2014

Before Hobby Lobby, corporation lost its case citing religious objections to racial integration laws http://t.co/f57BD53yz3
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 30, 2014

Gotta make a list: Viagra? Okay. Vasectomies? Okay. Female birth control? Nope. What differentiates these, I wonder?
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) June 30, 2014

Hobby Lobby employees may now be able file a Civil Rights Act Title VII complaint: http://t.co/e5yW1fDTeJ
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 30, 2014

Hobby Lobby's Hypocrisy: The Company's Retirement Plan Invests in Contraception Manufacturers http://t.co/kmPv28KQ9R
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) June 30, 2014

It's not just Hobby Lobby: These 71 companies don't want to cover your birth control either http://t.co/AHEvCZ0voy
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) June 30, 2014

The 8 Best Lines From Ginsburg's Dissent on the Hobby Lobby Contraception Decision http://t.co/cxHzglzsi5
— Katie Baker (@katiejmbaker) June 30, 2014

LGBT Left has been winning in the courts, but now we have hope that SCOTUS will honor small biz conscience exemptions on homosexuality #tcot
— Peter LaBarbera (@PeterLaBarbera) June 30, 2014

This decision prioritizes the imprudent, legally-created "conscience" of the corporation over the God-given conscience of women
— Catholic Democrats (@CatholicDems) June 30, 2014

Justice Ginsburg's fiery Hobby Lobby dissent is a must-read. Here are the highlights: http://t.co/KmWGNj20xm
— Salon.com (@Salon) June 30, 2014

Will corporations soon cite biblical objections to minimum wage, collective bargaining and tax laws? http://t.co/NfnXHJgiq3 #HobbyLobby
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 30, 2014

There are 4.5 million employees at the top 224 privately held companies, not narrow! #HobbyLobby #SCOTUS http://t.co/VjTXLz3EYz
— elizabeth baylor (@littlebethb) June 30, 2014

"Claims To Narrowness In Hobby Lobby Can't Hide Sweeping Ruling" http://t.co/SKOBVbcEXF #SCOTUS #HobbyLobby
— CAC (@MyConstitution) June 30, 2014

GOP's Hobby Lobby debacle: Why today's win for conservatives will hurt Republicans this November http://t.co/j33mtVtL55
— Salon.com (@Salon) June 30, 2014

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