Sethbag wrote:If the churches just want to act like churches, I have no problem with their doing their own thing. If they want to act like employers, however, then they should be held to the same standards as any other employers, IMHO.
So you believe that ALL employers should have dictated to them what benefits they can and cannot offer their employees?
Why not leave that up to the employers, and the potential employees to decide? In other words, leave it up to the American people to decide what is appropriate or inappropriate in the way of benefits.
This is the kind of thing that contributes to the job crisis...companies being dictated to what benefits they are REQUIRED to offer.
If you choose to work for a small business or as a private contractor, you have the intelligence to walk into that situation with your eyes open. What happened to "buyer beware"? As a private contractor for my freelance website work, I know the company I am building a website for is not going to offer me full benefits. As a matter of fact, they are not going to offer me ANY benefits. I know that going in, and charge accordingly for my services.
If someone CHOOSES to work for a Catholic organization, they either have, or should have, a pretty good idea what the benefits for that organization are, depending on that company's ideology.
If you don't like the benefits offered to you by a specific company, DON'T WORK FOR THAT COMPANY. Find a company that provides the type of benefits that suits your needs. It's called working in a free market.