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LadyHawkAZ

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27. Having attended a religious school that gave the same lip service,

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 03:28 PM

Jun 2014

my takeaway was this: that's all it is. Lip service. What the religions teach on the subject is a little different from the public school version, "No one can force their religion ON YOU". They do NOT teach that it's not OK to force *their* religion on *others*; quite the opposite, because of course their version is the One True Way To Salvation and all must be saved. "Fishers of men" and all that. The oh-so-big-on-religious-freedom church affiliated with my school was of course also big on missionary work and spreading the Gospel of Believe Or Go To Hell For Eternity. Religious freedom was for them, not others.

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

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Maybe they taught me wrong in school but.... [View all] boston bean Jun 2014 OP

I think so boston JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #1

Me, too. Am I ever disgusted. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #26

Catholic school grad here HockeyMom Jun 2014 #2

I learnt the same at a private catholic school BootinUp Jun 2014 #3

Because those women can buy birth control on their own? quinnox Jun 2014 #4

Really you don't? Go read Ginsburg's dissenting opinion on the matter. boston bean Jun 2014 #7

They are already paying for insurance coverage Bettie Jun 2014 #8

I believe this entails all contraception. IUD's, the pill, plan b, the patch, shots, injections. boston bean Jun 2014 #12

And it should all be covered Bettie Jun 2014 #16

I figured you understood. But I believe some might not think it all the way through. boston bean Jun 2014 #17

And yet Viagra is still covered for men...[n/t] Maedhros Jun 2014 #34

So if the road only leads to their church you can build your own road to go elsewhere!!! Tikki Jun 2014 #9

Will you say the same when you have to pay for essential medication? BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #13

Hobby Lobby would rather its female employees be barefoot and pregnant. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #28

Which is funny because they probably don't want to pay for maternity leave BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #39

How would you feel if they were allowed to exclude pregnancy coverage for single women? Gormy Cuss Jun 2014 #15

True. You give them an inch, they'll want a mile. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #29

Hope you never work for Jehovah's Witnesses and need blood transfusion coverage. Starry Messenger Jun 2014 #19

Hmm, then I wouldn't work for jehovah's witnesses then quinnox Jun 2014 #20

No, they aren't. Starry Messenger Jun 2014 #21

In theory, yes. In practice - not always. REP Jun 2014 #22

Maybe women of the same religious beliefs need apply for work? lunatica Jun 2014 #35

Fundie Christians are deliberately moving the goalpost. Anansi1171 Jun 2014 #5

Exactly. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #31

There can be no freedom of religion with freedom from religion other than no one can make you have TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #6

Yeah, but that was then. MoonRiver Jun 2014 #10

It's all about which religion jeff47 Jun 2014 #11

Hobby Lobby is not a religious institution. It's an employer and should be held to the law. Gormy Cuss Jun 2014 #14

Right. The Activist Justices fucked over America today. nt valerief Jun 2014 #25

It's a pity at least one of these right-wing justices can't be impeached and then Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #32

Impeached. That's just a few letters away from impaled, isn't it. valerief Jun 2014 #37

I don't see this as them pipi_k Jun 2014 #18

No, the religious belief of NO contraception, boston bean Jun 2014 #23

That was then... joeybee12 Jun 2014 #24

Having attended a religious school that gave the same lip service, LadyHawkAZ Jun 2014 #27

According to the opposition, yep, you had it wrong. malthaussen Jun 2014 #30

Because the Catholic Church says so Bickle Jun 2014 #33

Ronald Reagon is still killing us maindawg Jun 2014 #36

I guess I had the same bad teachers that you did............ wandy Jun 2014 #38