Yeah, back to the matter at hand. Here's Stu again.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/blog/stu/no-98-of-catholics-do-not-use-contraception/
So, this obviously is a complete and total lie by the MSM. What they say is "98% of catholic women use contraception." What the study ACTUALLY INDICATES is that 98% of women between the ages of 15-54 who are sexually active and who claim to be actively trying to avoid pregnancy use contraception. That's a huge difference, and it becomes a self-affirming statement. Well DUH, if you're sexually active, and trying to avoid pregnancy, of COURSE you're going to be using contraception, unless you're an idiot or something? Furthermore, the only reason the media even quotes the 98% statistic is to drive home the narrative of "the catholic church leadership is out of touch, real catholics don't even obey those rules anyway." Except that the "rules" of catholicism ALSO include not having sex out of wedlock and not attempting to avoid pregnancy. So what the study really says is that women who don't listen to the catholic church on the rules of sex also don't listen to the catholic church on the rules of contraception. Also, 40% of the women in this survey admit to having gone to church "less than once a month" or "never" so yeah, they don't seem hugely catholic to me.
Now for this little nugget of joy.
If a church said it was against paying for surgeries in its health care plan, because, I don't know, the surgeon is "playing god" or something, would that be okay?
In a word - YES, that would be totally okay. In fact, it doesn't go far enough. Nobody should be forced to pay for the expenses of anybody else. Period. Next question. The idea that the only possible way birth control can be "available to women" is by having their employer buy it for them is ludicrous. Asinine. Completely and totally false. I'm completely in favor of birth control being available to all women who choose to purchase it. I'm just fine with private charities who wish to provide birth control to women free of charge. I just don't see one compelling reason why I should have to pay for it. Don't tell me it's a "women's health" issue. Pregnancy is not a disease. It is also 100% avoidable, even without birth control, by abstaining from sex. The notion that somehow the Catholic Church, Microsoft, or any taxpaying individual should somehow be forced to purchase birth control for some random slut is such an obvious and egregious violation of individual freedom that it almost makes me sick.
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