Lol. Notice I said "minds".... Meaning the use of their rational part of their brains to sift through confusing data and glean in Sherlock Holmes fashion, the difference between what is real, and what is perceived......
What is "perceived" is that this is an attack on religion. What is "perceived" is that this is making Catholics pay for contraception that their head hancho has decreed unholy, and therefore a sin..... What is "perceived" is that the Federal Government is stepping on religion's toes, and that, is forbidden by our Constitution.....
If any of these were true, Catholic Bishops would be right to do so...
Some jaded members of the public may find it ironically amusing, that ........
,,,,,,,,the very same church which throughout the world, portrays in effigy another innocent man who was accused, misjudged and then expeditiously hung on a cross to die rather quickly, well before facts could be sifted and a second opinion emerge which might prove that judgment was indeed rushed...........
..... is now following the example of the Pharisee's and Sadducee's, rushing to judgment before even considering any of the facts, and whether or not, they actually impinge upon religion...... at all.... ?
Let us (considering the subject), use a parable to illustrate....
Once there was a Presbyterian. This Presbyterian was by nature possessing a scientific and inquiring mind. This Presbyterian, devoted considerable study of the Bible, correlating it's miracles to what we now know of historical facts and earthly cataclysms. This Presbyterian got a grant from other Presbyterians to engage in printing this Bible with notes he compiled. They recognized that this version of the Bible, addressed a lot of concerns Atheists kept bringing up over the old statements made by religious doctrine.... and this new Bible, made God more believable to a modern society.
One of the more odd occurrences out of this endeavor was as more scientific information turned up showing the nation's vaccine stock was poisoned by by-product chemicals, it became first a practice, then a philosophy, then dogma of this sect of Presbyterians, to boycott vaccines. It became their religious belief .. to believe that getting vaccinated, was a sin.... God showed He was against vaccinations, in their view.... otherwise he never would have allowed pharmaceutical companies to taint vaccines with mercury.
Now, this bible operation, hired people off the street. Very few of them were Presbyterians, many were Catholic, some were Protestant, and a large segment was Muslim. In fact, only the top five of the organization, actually practiced the no vaccination policy....
Guess what. They had to buy insurance. And guess what the insurance covered? You are so smart... Vaccinations..... They had to buy insurance that covered vaccinations when vaccinations were an act against God.....
The world came to an end. (The Mayans were off by 10 months......)
"How dare you cover vaccinations", they clamored! "You are violating our first amendment rights... to worship as we choose...."
How dare you NOT cover vaccinations their multi-religious workers clamored back... Just because you don't agree with vaccinations, does not mean we all agree with you... In fact we would rather have vaccinations because scientific proof shows that vaccinations prevent epidemics. More people, including my child, will die from not covering vaccinations than will die from the vaccine itself.....
So... do you think each and every Republican presidential candidate jumped up in support of the "religious freedom" of the cult of Scientific Presbyterians? Do you think the Speaker of the House swore that no such vaccination mandates would be coming forth in health care legislation? Do you think Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, (both Rupert Murdoch entities) would be going non stop over President Obama stomping out all types of religious expression?
No...
They wouldn't. They would look at the science, and say: if you choose not to undergo vaccinations for religious reasons, that is your right. But you have no right to prevent others the right to have themselves and their children vaccinated, simply because they happen to get their income... by working for 'you'....
Sound like fiction?
This kind of tragedy occurred in the United States. Between 1990 and 1991, there was a measles outbreak in Philadelphia. The outbreak was traced back to a church whose members refused immunization on religious grounds. In the outbreak, 1,600 children were infected. Of those, nine died. Of the nine innocent children who died, seven were from that church. The other two who died were babies who lived nearby and had not yet gotten their MMR vaccination. Had the church not been anti-vaccination, these nine precious ones would still be alive today.
Back to pregnancy....
Every minute, at least one woman dies from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth – that means 529 000 women a year. In addition, for every woman who dies in childbirth, around 20 more suffer injury, infection or disease – approximately 10 million women each year.
Five direct complications account for more than 70% of maternal deaths: haemorrhage (25%), infection (15%), unsafe abortion (13%), eclampsia (very high blood pressure leading to seizures – 12%), and obstructed labour (8%). While these are the main causes of maternal death, unavailable, inaccessible, unaffordable, or poor quality care is fundamentally responsible. They are detrimental to social development and wellbeing, as some one million children are left motherless each year. These children are 10 times more likely to die within two years of their mothers' death.
Pregnancy may seem pretty tame to anyone who has NOT lived through it.. But there are, coupled in there with a marvelous finale that is both joyous and celebratory, some moments of sheer terror.... There IS a health risk to getting pregnant; there IS a viable insurance cost factor behind mandating birth control.... since it cuts down the number of unwanted pregnancies, and possibly prolongs the health of that many more mothers..
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So, you see.... these two scenarios are perhaps quite similar... Vaccinations and birth control......
One, we'd laughingly dismiss as over stretching, and the other gets screeched at the top of the lungs by conservative pundits just as guilty as Caiaphas and Annus...
"Just the facts, ma'am....."
The facts are, if you do not want contraception, you do not buy it; and if you do not buy it, your insurance company does not have to reimburse you or pay for it; so NONE of your premium, goes toward that item, you are sin-free.... but if you DO employ people who may not share your views, then, they deserve to live under the law of the land as it stands....which is they have a right to a healthier life, and that includes insurance companies covering contraception.
That law which belongs to all mankind, follow for the benefit of all mankind. ; that practice which pertains to the Lord, follow it personally, for Him......