Hey, Mr. Santorum: Our Constitution Promises Freedom of Religion for Humans
Not freedom for Religious leaders to control people.Otherwise, we might as well invite the Taliban in.
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Yes, 28 states already force religious businesses to cover birth control requests by their female employees, and the courts have already rejected cases against the practice. Where were Rick Santorum, John Boehner, and Mitt Romney while that situation was developing? Did they lift their little fingers to protest those supposed infringements on "religious freedoms". No? Well, there is a good reason for that. Religions don't have freedoms, people do, and Catholic women like contraceptives which they use quietly in the secret of their own homes.
Let me make this clear: requiring religious institutions to cover birth control without extra cost is already the law of the land, not a new program. It's not being installed by Obama, just extended to the rest of the nation so that all may have this freedom. That's extending democracy to all.
And since an overwhelming majority of American Catholic women use birth control during their reproductive years it turns out that Obama's plan is not about forcing anything on them. See article written by a protestant church leader published in April 2011 98 % of American Catholic Women Use Birth Control ‘Banned’ By Their Church.
So Catholic women want access to contraceptive medicine, and they should have the right to get it on the same terms as women of other religions. That's what equal rights under the law is all about.
It's human beings that have rights, not religions. Religions are not people.
But by all means if you feel you have to reject President Obama over his attempt to extend the right to contraception to all American women, go ahead. Take your burqa with you though. You wouldn't want to deny the Taliban their right to see you covered from head to toe.
