It is currently being stored in Brooklyn, the filing said.
On Monday, Brooklyn federal court Judge Ann Donnelly entered an order documenting the handover of the rare cuneiform tablet. Representatives from Hobby Lobby did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment. The arts and crafts company cooperated with the investigation. In a complaint filed in May 2020, prosecutors said the 5-by-6-inch tablet is considered the property of the Iraqi government and should be returned. The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet was seized by law enforcement agents from Hobby Lobby's Washington, D.C.-based Museum of the Bible in 2019. (Source: The Economist.A false provenance letter was used to sell the tablet several times before Hobby Lobby purchased the item from a London-based auction house in 2014. But it remains to be seen how long this will remain so. Thankfully, religious freedom is still a priority for some key decision makers. This was a major win for religious freedom in America, yet it won by only a single vote. The only way we can know God's thoughts is by studying the Bible and living the way of life He has outlined in the Scriptures. We should be looking to God and His Word in everything we do. The owners of Hobby Lobby, in this case, have discerned that abortion pills are not right by God's standards. God told a drifting nation, "My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways" ( Isaiah 55:8 Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, said the LORD.Īmerican King James Version ×). Yet, over time, more and more secular mindsets have been making the laws and decisions for the nation. For a good portion of America's history, religion was at the forefront in the minds of most citizens' worldview. This ruling demonstrates the ongoing cultural struggle going on in our modern world. By five votes to four, the court ruled that obliging closely held firms with religious owners to pay for their employees' contraceptives violates that principle" ("Hobby Lobby: Believe It or Not," July 5, 2014). The Economist commented that another law aided in the Hobby Lobby decision: "A 1993 law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, further requires that the government 'shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion' unless doing so is the least restrictive way to advance a compelling government interest. Constitution, guaranteeing religious freedom. The Bible-believing owners of Hobby Lobby felt that paying for abortion-inducing drugs such as the "morning-after" pill is morally wrong and unconstitutional under the first amendment to the U.S.
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