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In reply to the discussion: Why so upset over Birth Control Coverage, Catholic Church? [View all]lindysalsagal
(22,920 posts)if you work for them?
The question isn't about health or sex, or even whether this practice would lead to more abortions: This is a question of whether the catholic church can have it both ways: Can it be a religion ordained by god and also be a business in modern society?
As a religion, it can't limit anyone's access to anything.
But as a business, it thinks it should be able to control worker's access to something.
This is about a business claiming it has the right to control the intimate lives of the people it employs as a business.
I say, if it's a business, it must be taxed as such and not try to limit access to anything.
If it doesn't like doing business in the 21st century, it can go back to being the kind of business it was in the 4th-11th century: Hire monks and nuns who don't even get a paycheck or health care. House, feed, clothe them, and throw them out if they break god's commandments (and you're able to catch them.)
If the church is a business, it must operate within the local laws. Period.