Hobby Lobby Case in Mind, Marco Rubio Looks to Protect Religious Freedom

In the aftermath of Hobby Lobbys challenge to the federal government which led to the Supreme Court ruling at the end of last month that business owners can object for religious reasons to being forced to cover birth control due to President Barack Obamas federal health-care law, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is gathering petitions to protect religious freedom.

Rubio, who is a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2016, is using his Reclaim America PAC to gather the petitions demanding religious freedom.

The First Amendment is pretty simple. Congress cannot make laws infringing upon our exercise of religion," Rubio emailed supporters on Tuesday. It's a cornerstone of our American way of life, despite the left only respecting it when it suits their political purposes. No person should be forced by the government to violate their faith.