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Re: The Politics of Religion 

By: Decomposed in FFFT | Recommend this post (3)
Tue, 29 May 12 7:45 PM | 54 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Food For Further Thought 		Msg. 42640 of 65535
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re: "These religious people can still exercise their religion by not buying the contraceptives. What they REALLY want to do is prevent OTHERS from being able to obtain contraceptives."

Insurance is a sharing of expenses / sharing of risks. My house doesn't burn this year, and neither do the houses of a thousand other policy holders. But yours does. The premiums we paid the insurance company go to reimbursing YOU.

Same for contraceptives, weco. When Catholic groups are given no choice but to buy healthcare that includes contraceptives, the money they pay the insurance companies reimburses YOUR contraceptive use. They believe that doing this is wrong and don't want to be financing what they view as YOUR unethical behavior.

Your statement that they want to prevent you from obtaining contraceptives is wrong. The truth is that they don't like having to buy them for you.




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By: weco in FFFT
Tue, 29 May 12 7:35 PM 		Msg. 42639 of 65535

The Politics of Religion

In a dramatic stunt, some Catholic groups have filed
lawsuits claiming that President Obama has violated their
religious freedom by including contraceptives in health care
coverage.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/opinion/the-politics-of-religion.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211_20120528

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I just don't see how this can fly.

These religious people can still exercise their religion by not buying the contraceptives. What they REALLY want to do is prevent OTHERS from being able to obtain contraceptives.

So, basically, they don't want anyone denying them THEIR freedoms - they just want to be able to deny the freedoms of others.

Do these people ever actually THINK?

"Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise, there would be no religious people."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHZyrYWIYhw

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