Does the "Hobby Lobby" Ruling Actually Create More Injustice?

As progressives jeer and conservatives and libertarians cheer today's "Hobby Lobby" ruling by the Supreme Court, I can't help but take pause with how the debate has been framed by people on both sides of the issue. Of course, I am in complete disagreement with the standard progressive argument that this ruling "denies" women the "right" to obtain birth control. As fellow contributor Brian McWilliams pointed out earlier today, women and men alike are able to obtain birth control in many ways, including for free from organization such as Planned Parenthood. Nobody is being "denied" anything.But much like with my beloved childhood friends The Transformers, there is more to this issue than meets the eye. It's true that privately owned corporations should not be forced to purchase insurance, or any sort of specific insurance plan, for their employees. In a truly free market, employers would be able to offer all sorts of additional benefits to entice the best workers to join their company, including health care packages, just as they do with vacation time, retirement plans and other benefits. At the same time, startup companies would be free to bring on new employees at a lower cost without being required to purchase health insurance as a part of their compensation plans.However, the current debate involving Hobby Lobby misses the greater issue at hand by only focusing on one aspect of health insurance requirements. Nothing fundamental has been changed about the laws which require employers to compensate full-time employees by providing them a health insurance package directly regulated by the federal government. The only thing that this ruling changes is that some corporations, who can specifically cite religious objections, can opt out of this one particular aspect of the health care mandate which they object to.One can argue that specifically allowing religious organizations an exemption from certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act is an injustice in its own right. Why should individuals who own companies only be able to exercise greater freedom in their plans to compensate employees if they have a specifically religious objection? In a sense, "equality under the law" is tossed out the window.One of the biggest complaints we often hear from libertarians is how state-funded organizations such as the police are often seen as "above the law", in that they can get away with acts - up to and including blatant murder -  that the average individual could never get away with.Is it really any different when we allow religious exemptions to certain laws, but continue to disallow non-religious exemptions? If I start a business and object to the concept of being forced to provide birth control to my employees for a non-religious reason, I am "SOL", while my competing religious business owner down the street can simply opt out due to a religious belief. In a sense, this creates a further injustice upon non-religious business owners and individuals.When it comes to tinkering with certain laws and creating exemptions, the only result is further public division, and a further sense of injustice on both sides. While it's true that companies should not be compelled to purchase health care or more specifically birth control for their employees, it is also true that laws should be applied equally to all individuals.The current debate surrounding the Hobby Lobby case ignores the reason people are concerned about obtaining not only birth control but health care of many varieties. Health care is one of if not the most cartelized industries in the United States. The very idea that one must have a federal "license" to deliver medical care greatly restricts the availability of health care overall. Meanwhile laws creating HMO's and PPO's, and now Obamacare, have only further served to solidify this while attempting to placate the masses politically.For those truly concerned about access to birth control, a better question to ask than "should employers be forced to purchase birth control?" would be "Why can't women purchase birth control over the counter?"Receive access to ALL of our EXCLUSIVE bonus audio content – including “Conspiracy Corner”, “Degenerate Gamblers” and the “League of Liberty Podcast” by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride and supporting us on Patreon!