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[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

But on the other side of it.. healthy women who want to avoid pregnancy should be able to afford the $10 to $30 dollars per month it costs to get bitch control pills.

I believe this is considered a "freudian slip" meant birth control pills!

bitch control pills are already covered. They are called prozac and valium.

[GenuineRisk]

Seems to me religious freedom means the INDIVIDUAL choosing not to use contraception, not the boss dictating whether they should. Health care coverage is not a gift; it's part of an employee's compensation. By restricting health care coverage to not include contraception, the Catholic Church is demanding the right to pay their employees less.

If the Catholic Church feels so strongly about not providing health plans that include contraception coverage, they can just not offer health care plans as part of their compensation package. And then see what caliber of people apply to work for them.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

If the Catholic Church feels so strongly about not providing health plans that include contraception coverage, they can just not offer health care plans as part of their compensation package. And then see what caliber of people apply to work for them.

The Catholic Church is free not to offer contraception, the insurance company will provide it. There is zero "forcing" of churches to do anything against their religious beliefs. They are ignoring that announcement in an effort to keep rousing up the religious GOP base politically.

Nearly all religious-affiliated hospitals already offer insurance - and have for decades - that routinely offers birth control.

This - like "Obama is responsible for high gasoline prices!" - is an entirely manufactured political issue.

The current polling shows only 14% of Latinos now support any Republican candidate, and 57% of all women are offended by the GOP (that obviously includes plenty of GOP women). The GOP has ignored the advice they've received over the past 20 years about changing with the country. Those are demographic numbers that cannot be overcome. We are watching the destruction of the current incarnation of the Republican Party. If the brahmins in the party don't take over control, this party is done for years.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Seems to me religious freedom means the INDIVIDUAL choosing not to use contraception, not the boss dictating whether they should. Health care coverage is not a gift; it's part of an employee's compensation. By restricting health care coverage to not include contraception, the Catholic Church is demanding the right to pay their employees less.

If the Catholic Church feels so strongly about not providing health plans that include contraception coverage, they can just not offer health care plans as part of their compensation package. And then see what caliber of people apply to work for them.

freedom of religion mean right to worship how, where, when you choose. not whether your employees have to believe as you do. or that you can make others follow your beliefs in some form or fashion.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

freedom of religion mean right to worship how, where, when you choose. not whether your employees have to believe as you do. or that you can make others follow your beliefs in some form or fashion.

Freedom from religion is a constitutional right, too.

Not that that will stop Rick Santorum.