Free Republic

In 1993, then Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan published a paper in which he coined the phrase "defining deviancy down." He was ringing an alarm about what he saw as a dangerous social unraveling as a result of our redefining deviant behavior as normal, rather than doubling down on traditional standards of behavior. It's through this lens that we should view the Obama administration mandate that employers provide free contraception and sterilization and its refusal to grant an exemption to morally opposed religious institutions. Our audacious president, as part of his ongoing enterprise to transform America, has gone beyond defining deviancy...