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Blame the Church, Not the State

Birth control is not just a convenience but is medically necessary

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That is ridiculous ; what happened to personal responsibility ? Sex is a choice , pregnancy is not a disease , are you telling me a couple cannot afford $9 a month ' obviously at least one is working. If there is a problem w/ coverage exercise choice....get another job !!!!

J hahn of NY 8:02PM October 02, 2012

I am Roman Catholic in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio. We should not have to, and we will not ever comply with a mandate that violates our religious freedoms and the tenets and beliefs of our Roman Catholic faith.

Benjamin Brackman of OH 11:10AM July 13, 2012

If the Catholic Church and the GOP really cared about reducing abortions, teen pregnancy and the welfare of children they should be bending over backwards to support this rule by the dept. of HHS, but the sad trough is that the Catholic Church has had a century's long vendetta against the rights of women and has contributed to the gynocide (wrongful killing of females) through witch hunts, and the inquisition. They also do not care about the about protecting children. The Catholic Church did its best to hide its own epidemic of sexual abuse of children within its own ranks. It failed to protect those in society that are in most need of protection and willfully contributed to their torment. Actually considering the vile record of the Catholic Church and the disgusting ideology they promote and try to coerce others into following, I'd say its about time that someone declared war on them. Furthermore this rule affects NO ONE"S ABILITY TO PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION! Catholics who actually believe church doctrine (roughly 70% don't) are free to multiply in bliss without contraception, all this rule does is require that the protestant Nurse who works for them not be denied access to affordable birth control because she works for one of the Nation's largest private employers.

TreArrow of WI 9:52AM February 11, 2012

NO. What if I slapped you in the face and spit in your face, and then told you that it was good for you. Would you accept such a ludicrous statement? Of course not! So why should people of faith accept such treatment from the President of our country? That is also ludicrous.

K. Borne of MD 4:54PM February 10, 2012

Killing children in the womb is unethical, immoral, diabolical, and despicable -- it is definitely *NOT* healthcare. I ask you: which option provides women with greater respect and healthcare: (a) give them a morning-after pill to kill their child and ruin their bodies; or (b) practice safe sex! If you are blinded by your liberal bias, then let me give you a hint : the answer is *not* (a). By the way, if you don't accept my first sentence up above that abortion is killing a living human being, then you are anti-science, anti-human, anti-life, and anti-woman!

Stavros C. I. of DC 4:51PM February 10, 2012

Any why is it OK for the gov to steal my money for a clearly unconstitutional action? Blame the church not the State.

Swampfox of OH 9:46AM February 10, 2012

My own religious conviction is that God punishes us with disease and rewards us with good health, and that it is a sin to ever try to intervene in his will medically.

I'm therefore stripping practically everything out of my employees' policies. If I can't, I won't be able to sleep nights, because I would have a guilty conscience imagining to what unnatural ends they might choose to apply their insurance, and of course I can't be stopped from stripping out those policies, because my Republican friends are backing me on this, since it is a matter of my own religious freedom.

Plus, I save a lot on the health premiums I pay to cover my work force, since their pay package basically only includes chiropractic care and homeopathy, which don't offend my religious scruples because I deem them entirely ineffective.

frank burns of AR 5:41AM February 10, 2012