Yesterday was a joyful and thanks-giving day for millions of " faithful Christians" in the U.S. As soon as the Supreme Court decision was announced thousands of Prolife activists, especially young men and women shouted slogans against Obama and his mandatory "contraception and abortion assistance" in Obamacare. The Supreme Court re-affirmed that the importance of Religious Freedom and Religious Liberty in the United States cannot be compromised.

The Supreme Court ruled, yesterday (June 30,2014), that the Christian-run Hobby Lobby doesn’t have to obey the HHS mandate that is a part of Obamacare that requires businesses to pay for abortion or abortion- causing drugs in their employee health care plans. Hobby Lobby is a craft supplies store chain owned by Christians, and is a for-profit business organization. They own stores in 41 States and employ more than1600 workers.

The U.S. Supreme Court verdict issued yesterday was a favorable ruling in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. , a landmark case addressing the Constitutionally Guaranteed Rights of business owners to operate their family companies without violating their deeply held religious principles. Sebelius is the former HHS Secretary who resigned recently due to the failures in Obamacare website.

The Obama administration was attempting to make Hobby Lobby and thousands of pro-life businesses and organizations comply with the HHS mandate that compels religious companies to pay for birth control and abortion-causing drugs ( called abortifacients) for their employees.

In a 5-4 decision (as there are 9 supreme court judges) Justice Alito read out the final decision saying "  “the Supreme Court holds government can’t require closely held corporations with religious owners to provide contraception coverage.”  The court ruled that the contraception mandate violated the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act, a 1993 law. The court  held that the mandate “substantially burdens the exercise of religion” and that HHS didn’t use the “least restrictive means” to promote this government interest required by Religious Freedom and Restoration Act".

The court decision also says, "if the owners comply with the HHS mandate, they believe they will be facilitating abortions, and if they do not comply, they will pay a very heavy price — as much as $1.3 million per day, or about $475 million per year, in the case of one of the companies”.  The court found that these consequences amount to a substantial burden to businesses and cannot be neglected.

The Supreme Court decision is a victory for all family-run businesses in the U.S who want to live out their religious faith in their business. The other cases filed by non-profit religious groups like Priests for Life and Little Sisters of the Poor are still waiting for a ruling about their right to opt out of the mandate.