It is pretty frightening when the ruling party in the House submits opinions ONLY from dogmatic and zealot religious figures, all men, to comment on contraception.
It is pretty frightening when the ruling party in the House submits opinions ONLY from dogmatic and zealot religious figures, all men, to comment on contraception. And it rankles me that they wish to frame it as a first amendment issue. Saying this was about practice of religion is just as disingenuous as people saying "The Civil War was Not about slavery, but States Rights" , when ...the only right that mattered was slavery.In this case, the Catholics refuse to offer birth control in their insurance. Buying or providing insurance is not speech, nor is it a ceremony of religious worship. It is in the realm of employer/employee relationship. The same principle would apply if some Christian Scientists refused to offer insurance that paid for surgery, since they don't believe in it.