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(REUTERS/Joshua Roberts) A nun with Little Sisters of the Poor walks after Zubik v. Burwell, an appeal brought by Christian groups demanding full exemption from the requirement to provide insurance covering contraception under the Affordable Care Act, was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington March 23, 2016. Today, May 16, the court vacated the lower courts' decision.

Little Sisters of the Poor, other non profits win at Supreme Court

May 16, 2016

By Joni B. Hannigan, Christian Examiner

***This article was previously posted at the Christian Examiner and is used by permission.

CLEVELAND, Ga. (Christian Examiner) – Following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court today to unanimously overturn the lower court rulings against the Little Sisters of the Poor, the president of Truett-McConnell University said he was “thrilled” a six year “battle of ups and downs” has finally come to an end.

“That’s as strong as it gets,” Emir Caner told Christian Examiner, about the high court’s decision that ordered the government to leverage no fines and work with the Little Sisters’ and others who do not want to participate in directly supplying contraception, to offering other ways to provide services that do not require them to forfeit their religious liberties.

“You can tell [the Supreme Court justices] have had enough of the government dictating to our conscience what we can or cannot do,” Caner said.

 The Court, according to a Beckett Fund Fund attorney, vacated the lower courts’ decision.

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