Should Belmont Abbey College be required to cover contraceptives?

Once again public officials are mistakenly equating the liberty of conscience with individual autonomy, failing to see the importance of institutional venues for living out shared moral convictions.  Even more discouraging is that the latest mistake appears to have been made in Washington, D.C.: 

Belmont Abbey College president Dr. William Thierfelder said officials at the Charlotte division of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) told him that a decision to close a discrimination complaint against the school for failing to offer contraception coverage was reversed after the matter went to the nation's capital.

When federal power is harnessed to a misconception of liberty, watch out.