Message #11228

[uselesslegs]

If this "Moral Conviction" shit gets legs, it's not held to contraception...and that is what baffles me.  How do people miss that?

What if your employer is Jenny McCarthy and she doesn't believe in those "vaccine thingies"...tough shit for your kid.

The list could be fuckin endless under "Moral Conviction."

The GOP arguing that the reason women's contraception wasn't addressed within the frame work of "religious freedom"...regarding the very item the issue was over...stumped the shit out of me.

Alright, let's say it's a Widget that was used in the context of suppression of religious freedoms.  "The Church needs to supply their employees with Widgets." 

"Whoa, whoa, whoa there buddy! You just crossed the line of religious freedoms! The church doesn't believe in the use of Widgets, you can't force us to supply them to our employees...even though 98 percent of our followers use them and a large portion of our revenue comes directly from monies derived from federal fundings in our other operations...we still contend we're not forced to supply them to employees, within a church framework."

"Alright, ya know what, I'll agree with you.  The Church itself is allowed through religious protections to rebuff this.  So instead, we'll make it so insurance providers in your other operations must approach women concerning Widgets."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa there buddy! The other organizations are under the flagship of the church.  We reserve the right to also ban insurance companies from providing Widgets, specifically to women...AND...we'll still be taking those federal monies...that make up 62 percent of our 2.9 billion dollar total revenue!"

"You trying to fuck us here?"

"Not unless you're under the age of 15 and a male! badda bing!"

"Oh, you silly Catholics, hehehehe."

The SECOND the Church, through the GOP, decided they wanted to take it from the actual church, into their outlying federally funded operations, THEY OVER REACHED and it INSTANTLY became about suppressing the employees right to unfettered insurance and about the "right" to Widgets.

You want to discriminate, based on doctrine in your church and you have followers willing to take that shit?  Knock yourself out.

You want to discriminate, based on doctrine in a secular environment, you're employees don't have to take that shit and they shouldn't be forced to quit either.

The GOP has lost it's fuckin mind.