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EFerrari

(163,986 posts)
4. It's not Catholics but a few hundred bishops.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 02:29 PM
Feb 2012

The 60 odd million Catholics in this country have no problem with birth control.

Blaukraut

(5,693 posts)
7. They want the right to deny others THEIR rights
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 02:33 PM
Feb 2012

Don't believe in contraception? Don't use it.
Don't believe in blood transfusions? Don't have one.
But don't be a hypocrite and demand freedom of your beliefs if it affects those around you who happen not to share those beliefs.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,706 posts)
8. Those who aren't playing the game shouldn't be making the rules.
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 02:34 PM
Feb 2012

A bunch of old, celibate (except when buggering altar boys) men have no business even breathing the words "birth control." It is utterly none of their business.

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