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> Nowhere in the near future will there be popular support, even within select states or counties, for banning birth control. If you live in the U.S., you're o

by lutusp 13y ago

> Nowhere in the near future will there be popular support, even within select states or counties, for banning birth control. If you live in the U.S., you're out of touch with popular opinion. The majority are in favor of birth control, but there is certainly popular opposition to birth control. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/03/religious-rallies-across-usa-protest-birth-control-mandate/1#.UxGVWTmx27s http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012... > In arguing that people should have personal choice, you are indirectly agreeing with the very same minority you caricature. That's absurd and a troll. Obviously anyone who speaks in favor of free speech would have to receive the same reply from you, on the ground that free speech is by definition a tolerance for unpopular views.

humanrebar 13y ago
To be clear, according to Gallup [1], over 85% of American Catholics have no issue with birth control. Not that this is solely a Catholic thing, but it's an illustrative example. Even in the link you provided, there is nobody protesting legal birth control. They are protesting being forced to pay for other peoples' birth control. If birth control was an out-of-pocket expense, there would be no issue here. I was simply trying to point out that the government is willing to put people out of business and litigate them all the way to the Supreme Court to mandate free birth control. You seem concerned that the government could trample over your conscience as well, and we should all be concerned about that, but it's ironic that you chose this particular issue as an example, considering current events. [1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/154799/americans-including-catholics-say-birth-control-morally.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/154799/americans-including-cathol...
- lutusp 13y ago
  > Even in the link you provided, there is nobody protesting legal birth control. Transparently false -- the people in the story are protesting legal birth control. > They are protesting being forced to pay for other peoples' birth control. That's this week's explanation. These people are against birth control, and they con't care what form it takes. > I was simply trying to point out that the government is willing to put people out of business and litigate them all the way to the Supreme Court to mandate free birth control. Yes, just the same way the government put people out of business and litigated all the way to the Supreme Court to mandate an end to slavery. You very clearly have no idea what you sound like.

by lutusp 13y ago

humanrebar 13y ago

To be clear, according to Gallup [1], over 85% of American Catholics have no issue with birth control. Not that this is solely a Catholic thing, but it's an illustrative example. Even in the link you provided, there is nobody protesting legal birth control. They are protesting being forced to pay for other peoples' birth control. If birth control was an out-of-pocket expense, there would be no issue here. I was simply trying to point out that the government is willing to put people out of business and litigate them all the way to the Supreme Court to mandate free birth control. You seem concerned that the government could trample over your conscience as well, and we should all be concerned about that, but it's ironic that you chose this particular issue as an example, considering current events. [1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/154799/americans-including-catholics-say-birth-control-morally.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/154799/americans-including-cathol...

lutusp 13y ago
> Even in the link you provided, there is nobody protesting legal birth control. Transparently false -- the people in the story are protesting legal birth control. > They are protesting being forced to pay for other peoples' birth control. That's this week's explanation. These people are against birth control, and they con't care what form it takes. > I was simply trying to point out that the government is willing to put people out of business and litigate them all the way to the Supreme Court to mandate free birth control. Yes, just the same way the government put people out of business and litigated all the way to the Supreme Court to mandate an end to slavery. You very clearly have no idea what you sound like.