Judge grants preliminary injunction in Obamacare contraceptive mandate (Video)

In the latest blow to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), better known as Obamacare, a Michigan judge on Thursday, March 14 ruled that Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan does not have to provide contraceptive coverage for his employees at his Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Domino's Farms property management company.

According to the Detroit Free Press, Monaghan received a preliminary injuction from U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Zatkoff, who cited First Amendment rights and freedom to exercise religion. Monaghan is a devout Catholic.

With the preliminary injunction in place, Monaghan and Domino's Farms do not have to provide the Obamacare-required contraceptive coverage to employees. Domino's Farms employs 45 full-time and 44 part-time employees and is not connected to Domino's pizza.

Tom Monaghan, the multimillionaire founder of Domino's Pizza, in his office on the campus of the University of Ava Maria which he founded September 27, 2007 in Ave Maria, Florida.

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