ruling says explicitly there would be no religious exemption available for that. there s only religious exemptions from birth control rules. how does that make sense? joining us, the person to whom we turn when things don t make sense to me, dhalia lithwick at slate.com. it s my pleasure. the court s majority opinion insists this is a narrow ruling, you can only get a religious exemption specifically from laws about contraception. do i understand that right? does that make sense? it s certainly asserted in the majority opinion that is penned by samuel alito. he says all this other bad stuff that ruth bader ginsburg in her dissent unspooled the horribles, jehovah s witnesses, blood transfusions, scientologists, mental health air. he said none of that is going to happen because it s not going to happen. it s a little bit strange