Hypocritically Held Beliefs
Hypocritically Held Beliefs SCOTUS, in the Hobby Lobby decision, ruled that corporate persons may refuse to abide by certain laws, on the basis of their ‘sincerely held religious beliefs’. I set aside the absurdity of corporate personhood, and the madness of such soulless pseudo-persons having religions. Here I focus on the question of sincerity. How would the Court define sincerity, and how would it determine which beliefs are held sincerely, and which are held hypocritically? This would require seeing into the hearts of men, which the Court cannot do. Furthermore, why privilege sincerity over hypocrisy? Many faiths do so, but for the Court to do so would be an establishment of religion, in direct violation of the First Amendment. Suppose, just for the sake of argument, that someone declares himself to be a member of the Church of Hypocrisy. He says that he worsh...
