Sex-Crazed Co-eds Going Broke Buying Birth Control

[Rhyfelwyr]

lol at the way some people are using this distinction between religious organisations and religiously-affiliated institutions, as if they are dropping some bombshell on their opponents - the reactionary theocrats that fly off the handle and fail to comprehend such subtleties in their rage.

Whatever.

I completely get that religiously-affiliated institutions are in no way entitled to special treatment when it comes to obeying the law of the land, in this case being particularly concerned with legislation designed to give people relatively basic rights.

Now here's a subtelty you need to consider, Lemur. It is entirely appropriate for people to question how far it is appropriate for such legislation to go, whether their concerns be religious in nature or not.

Now I think that 99.9% of the population would agree that it is appropriate for this legislation to cover concerns that are medical in nature up until a fairly substantial point. What people might start to question is how appropriate it is for this legislation to cover things that are far less medical in nature - and seem in fact to amount to the government using taxpayers money purely to fund recreational activities that many people find morally reprehensible.

I'm perfectly happy to violate the conscience of religiously affiliated institutions when their objections are to such basic things are medical care (since it is appropriate for the government to ensure everyone has access to such things). On the other hand it is absolutely not appropriate to force these institutions to violate their own moral beliefs when the reason for doing so is that the government (or more accurately a certain political party) can promote their own.

Lets face it - one side here framed their arguments in the form of a openly promiscuous young woman whining that the taxpayer wasn't paying for her and her high-flying college friends to have sex.

They were never going to come out on top in this discussion.