What Pelosi Doesn't Get About Persuasion
Berating women who are still supporting for vice president a candidate who won half the Democratic presidential nominee votes is not the way to persuade them to support Obama.
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Hillary, thank you for being you... Our perfectly prepared
and tested leader, with intelligence, courage, and
sensitivity. You are a known quantity and an extension of me
(this is the highest compliment I ever pay another person.)
Separation of Church and State.
A woman's right to choose.
Those are the two main issues that we need to defend.
The establishment of religion by the government is forbiden in the first amendment. The first amendment also forbids any law that prevents "the free practice" of religion.
Just because I belong to a mosque, synagogue, or church does not mean I can't participate in government. The first amendment gives me that right in petition the government. As a Moslem, Jew, or Christian I have just as much right influence the government policies and laws as any other citizen. Those rights are clearly written in the first amendment of the constitution. While I can not take away the court given right for a woman to choose, likewise you can take away the constitutional rights of religous people to petition the government for their values and moral views, including funding programs they morally disagree with.
The birth control bill in question is not a issue of taking away rights. It is an issue of who should pay for those rights. I do not ask the government to pay for my religous organization so I can exercise my right to practice religion. I do not ask the government to buy me a gun so I can practice my right to bear arms. I do not ask the government to buy me a newspaper so I can practice my right to a free press. Likewise I do not ask the government to pay for your choice. This is not infringing on you rights.
Christian Scientists don't believe in using doctors or medicine to heal. They believe that if you pray, God will heal you. Using your same logic, then, we should not have to pay for any medical treatment because that is against their religion. It doesn't matter that as a Moslem, Jew or Christian you go to a doctor for treatment. As long as there is a moral objection to medical treatment by the Christian Scientists, then we should all be denied this treatment. Otherwise, any medical treatment paid for by government programs would be infringing upon their rights.
It's either all in or all out, but you cannot just single out women's productive rights.
But you don't mind that tax-free status that the government provides your church....do a breakdown of the cost difference between the two issues.
The tax free statis is a law that has been passed by our government. You are free to try to change it if you want. The same way I am free to have birth control funding laws changed.
It most certainly is infringing on my rights if my "health care provider" will not provide me with treatment I am allowed under the law. If said "health care provider" is morally conflicted, said "health care provider" needs another job!
It is within your rights to use another health care provider. It may cost you more, however, therei s no law stopping you from making the change. As I said earlier this is an issue of who should pay. It is not an issue of rights.
If we ever get universal government health care you will not have that right.