I have to come back always to Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions. Both teach that Law and Gospel, left and right kingdoms must be kept distinct. The way Pres. Harrison is arguing this leads to a confusion of the two. Please read Article XVI of the AC, Article XVI of the ApAcXVI and AC XXVIII. This confusion of the two kingdoms will simply come back to bite us. Also, please get a copy of "The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and the Public Square in the Era of C.F.W. Walther by Cameron A. MacKenzie. This is available on the synod's web site. Amid great social turmoil Walther stayed very close to Scripture and the Confessions. Romans 13 is the Sedes for our understanding of the two kingdoms and our Confessions are very clear that each is given by God and has its place.

I have no doubt that the Supreme Court will rule against Hobby Lobby. They are the ones authorized by God to make this decision which is not about the Gospel but about the Law. Will we accept their decision understanding they the court is a mask for God by which he works in the left hand Kingdom.

The can of worms we open is that Christians who work for atheists, Muslims, Hindus, etc. could be discriminated against on the basis their conscience. What if a Hindu fires a Christian because the Christian eats meat which violates the religious beliefs of the Hindu.

We are not required by the Gospel to provide birth control of any kind and why are we protesting now and why did we not protest providing birth control pills. Marriage and sex are for children and does not birth control interfere with this purpose and are we not reaping a whirlwind of low birth rates because we have bought into this so called control over my body?