The Where was the war on women before the contraception mandate on religious organizations became an issue? It did not exist. It was created out of whole cloth.
The Catholic Bishops originally endorsed ObamaCare. They only turned against it when Obama forced the contraception mandate onto Catholic charities and Catholic schools. Why did Obama, after giving out over 1,000 waivers to ObamaCare, not give in on this one issue, and ensure the support of the Catholic Church?
“Women’s rights”, throughout the 1970s and 1980s was about equal pay for equal work. It was the reason behind the Equal Rights Amendment.
Unfortunately, somehow the Democrats have succeeded in convincing 57% of women “Women’s Rights” equals “Reproductive Rights”. At the same time, the Democrats succeeded in convincing the same audience a desire to allow religious organizations flexibility in their insurance programs was equal to banning contraception and forcing women to be barefoot and pregnant. Why?
I think I know the answer. The hard left hates the Catholic Church. They think is is an archaic institution ruled by old white guys. They had to punish it, but do it in a way so as to hide what you are doing. Enter Georgetown Law and Sandra Fluke.
Instead of an honest debate on if a religious institution should have flexibility in the insurance it provides (which most of the public would support), it was reframed as “Republicans want to take away your contraception.”
Why Mitt Romney Lost
Newsmax ^ | Nov 7, 2012 | Christopher Ruddy
Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2012 6:53:31 AM by KeyLargo
Newsmax Why Mitt Romney Lost Wednesday, November 7, 2012 02:24 PM
By: Christopher Ruddy Newsmax
Christopher Ruddy’s Perspective: It was the worst of times and the worst of times.
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