Yeah, well here's your and the rest of the lefts problem, the constitution gives the government that power specifically.
So what? Get over it. Taxpayers never have had the option to select and pay only for government programs they agree with.
Here's your next problem, the first amendment which acknowledges the God given right to freely exercise religion. Under that amendment, people who see utilitarian research that destroys human life as a grave sin have no obligation to be forced to pay for it.
Of course the exercise of religion is anathema to the left and to you as well I suspect.
"Here's your next problem, the first amendment which acknowledges the God given right to freely exercise religion."
Which is NOT the right to use the gov't to enforce YOUR morality onto others, as much as that is sure to disappoint you religious totalitarians.
Tell you what - why don't you check out Saudi Arabia or the new Iraqi gov't to be based on Islamic law for an example of how well state-sponsored religious gov'ts fare?
"Of course the exercise of religion is anathema to the left and to you as well I suspect."
Typical over-the-top push-button comment from the easily-offended fundies.
I've got no problem with your free exercise of religion. I have a problem with you using gov't to enforce your morality onto others. I'm sure you fail to see the difference here.
I see..so I guess you don't have a problem the the Islamo-facist segment of the Muslim community freely excercising their religion and their sacred duty to destroy Western Civilization and kill all of the infidels, do you?
Of course the exercise of religion is anathema to the left and to you as well I suspect.
Yeah, it's such an "anathema" to me that I am hurredly writing this reply before I leave with my family to go to church this morning.
And it isn't my problem that you are thinking so emotionally that you react the way all liberals do -yes, it is you who is acting like a liberal guided strictly by your emotions. My reply applies to all government spending, regardless of the issue. Is it okay for the libs to not pay their taxes because of a perceived (and made up) sacred duty to "stop the killing in Iraq" etc or whatever they dont like.
I will fight the good fight against government funded stem-cell research, but should my side lose, I will still pay all of my taxes just as I do now, even though I don't like many things the government spends money on, especially taxpayer funded abortion.
Do you pay taxes? If so, some of your money is being used for taxpayer funded abortions for pregnant teens, welfare moms, and illegal alien moms. That's right, if you pay taxes, you are helping to fund abortions! I don't like it either, but I'm not stupid enough to think that I don't have to pay all of my taxes. As I said in an earlier post, if you are so sure that it is your sacred duty to not pay taxes that help fund what you consider immoral government spending, I invite you to give it a try and see if the nice folks at the I.R.S. agree with you! It would be interesting to see how sympathetic the I.R.S. would be to your "grave sin" argument.