Why are we talking about contraception instead of... oh, I don’t know... the economy? The looming massive tax increases? Health care mandates?
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Why not talk about social issues? I think they are crtitical to the future of our country.
Look. If we elect a person who is WRONG on basic moral issues, then you can be DAMN sure they will be wrong on fiscal matters also.
Obammie started this debate on contraception. He started this fight with the Catholic Church. I hope this sinks him.
You're darned right he started this fight with the Catholic Church. But he did it as part of a strategy to scare his base into stampeding to the polls. He wasn't ever going to win a majority of devoted Catholics - instead, his target is urban/suburban agnostics and loosely-affiliated Catholics and Protestants who don't want to hear about social issues because they make them uncomfortable. Guilt sucks, man.
I know that's a terribly sad thing to say about the state of our country because moral issues really do matter. A lot. But that's where we are. I hope people wake up to the fact that they are being manipulated and lied to in the service of encouraging terrible behavior (some might say... sin), as if our government was the final arbiter of decency and morality in human affairs.