Herbivoreable
The first instance arose after passage of his health care overhaul, when the Department of Health and Human Services ordered that all insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization for women, with no copayment. The mandate means many Americans would have to be complicit in something their faith forbids.

Steve Chapman commentary: Obama’s ‘war on religion’ - chicagotribune.com

I seriously do not understand why faith traditions’ views on family planning are something that have to be paid attention to, but their views on, say, the death penalty, or war, or poverty, are not something worth consternation about. You don’t hear people talking about how the military is anti-catholic because of all the fucking killer robots we’ve got.

My faith forbids invading countries’ airspace and blowing up their citizens. Can I opt out of financing that?

(via sexartandpolitics)

Ditto to sexartandpolitics’ commentary.

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