Winters said his purpose was threefold.
He said he hoped people who happened upon the demonstration would walk away with an understanding that Christians have a wide variety of opinions regarding birth control.
In addition, he hoped it would get people to question whether the court ruling was fair to the religious freedom of Hobby Lobby employees who have beliefs differing from their employer.
"You can make the religious freedom argument, you can make the argument about contraception, but ultimately, for me, this is about power," he said.
Questioning the use of power, he said, was the third reason he organized the protest.
"Jesus had a lot of issue with powerful people using power over the powerless," he said.
The issue of power was also the primary reason Rev. Emmy Lou Belcher, a recently retired minister of the DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church in Naperville, agreed to attend the demonstration.
"We are all in this together and the point is to work things out together (in a way) that allows people a way to exercise their own beliefs," she said. "The health care law is meant to cover a diverse society ... so people aren't excluded. What this has done is exclude."
Local clergy hand out condoms at Aurora Hobby Lobby store - DailyHerald.com
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