So the government forcing a religious institution to pay provide something which is against their morals is just simply manufactured hubbub? You need to wake up, my friend.
knewsom said:Finally, why shouldn't the government protect the freedom of people who work for religious institutions? Shouldn't hey be free to not have said religion's views forced on them?
Mike_Rupp said:So the government forcing a religious institution to pay provide something which is against their morals is just simply manufactured hubbub? You need to wake up, my friend.
Mike_Rupp said:Get a job somewhere else. It's that simple. People need to take some responsibility for their actions instead of crying like children to their Daddy Barack.
knewsom said:The hubbub is manufactured because Obama changed the law so that the insurance company pays for the contraception for all members, not the institution. This should have been the end of it.
Getting a different job is not always so straightforward or easy. Religious organizations have to follow the same basic rules as everyone else, and this includes comprehensive health-coverage.
Mike_Rupp said:No it isn't the end of it. He is throwing the first amendment aside. The constitution is just a little bump in the road to him.
knewsom said:The hubbub is manufactured because Obama changed the law so that the insurance company pays for the contraception for all members, not the institution. This should have been the end of it.
Blue said:Another interesting statement, right up there with the one about the winery's carbon credits off-setting their carbon tax. Again, the government is the all-knowing entity that makes proper decisions for the good of the people. Don't question the government, they know what's good for you, just accept it, go along with it, that's the end of it.
knewsom said:And here we go with the manufactured Republican hubbub. How, exactly, is he throwing the first amendment aside? I suppose the first amendment is being trampled because we won't allow active Druids to participate in Human Sacrifice either?
knewsom said:Proposing that insurance companies provide birth control free of charge to those who ask for it has absolutely NOTHING to do with religious freedom, and that's a FACT.
Good point. I've known at least one woman in that situation. Birth control pills made a huge difference in her ability to just live a normal day to day life.stu454 said:For years I dated a gal with endometriosis. The pain was excruciating. Birth control pills helped to alleviate the pain.
knewsom said:As for me, I could give a rat's ass why a woman wants birth control. It's simply none of my business, it's none of their bosses' business, and none of your business either. Proposing that insurance companies provide birth control free of charge to those who ask for it has absolutely NOTHING to do with religious freedom, and that's a FACT.
antichrist said:Good point. I've known at least one woman in that situation. Birth control pills made a huge difference in her ability to just live a normal day to day life.
Also, I dated a girl who was prescribed birth control pills when she was young teen because of a skin problem.
I wonder how religious institutions plan to address situations like those.
Blue said:Ah, but it becomes my business when the President of my country mandates that all women are to receive it free of charge. It becomes my business because the burden of paying for all this "free" shit will be shifted to people like me.
knewsom said:Affordable access to birth control is not only a good thing for the country as a whole, it's been shown to save people like you money.
....and if you want to take that direction with things, I suggest you write some letters and start a new thread for it, since that's not at ALL what's happening in Washington.