The Obama administration’s position is that that a secular company shouldn’t be able to impose the owners’ religious beliefs on its employees. Hobby Lobby is a Christian-owned chain that argues it shouldn’t be required to include drugs they object to in their employee health plans. Opponents of the policy argue that it violates the religious freedom of business owners that object to contraception. The circuit courts have been split on the mandate, which requires most employers to cover a range of birth control methods for their workers.

Hobby Lobby’s filing on Monday creates the unusual situation of a winning plaintiff filing a petition “agreeing with the that the Supreme Court should hear the appeal,” according to The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. government to petition the Supreme Court to review the case.

Hobby Lobby won a victory in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this year, provoking the U.S. The Supreme Court should take this case and protect religious freedom for the Green family and Hobby Lobby.”

Religious freedom is too important to be left to chance. “Right now, some courts recognize the rights of business owners like the Green family, and others do not. “Hobby Lobby’s case raises important questions about who can enjoy religious freedom,” Kyle Duncan, the lead lawyer for Hobby Lobby, said in a statement. The birth control mandate appeared headed for the Supreme Court before the filing, but the petition could ratchet up pressure on the high court to take up the case. In a court filing provided by Hobby Lobby’s lawyers, the company argued that “the case is an excellent vehicle for resolving an exceptionally important question on which the circuits are split.” Hobby Lobby on Monday petitioned the Supreme Court to take up its case challenging the ObamaCare birth control mandate.

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