Quote Originally Posted by kurai View Post
The mandate in question already has a ministerial exemption (the key point on which Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC was decided). Because ministers are the conduit through which belief is converted into conduct (see above), regulating their action is a different issue. You have to prove that non-ministers are equally exempt.
The court gave a very wide birth in that case as to what was and was not a minister. And mind you, remember what you asked for: "the Government intruding on religion and forcing the religion to go against their religious doctrine"