Tales From the Kitchen Table

[Little Star]

This is one of the best articles I've yet read about the uproar over an Obama administration rule that would require Catholic universities and hospitals to cover contraceptives in their health care plans. Enjoy!



NYT
By Gail Collins
Published: February 8, 2012

This is a really old story, but let me tell you anyway.

When I was first married, my mother-in-law sat down at her kitchen table and told me about the day she went to confession and told the priest that she and her husband were using birth control. She had several young children, times were difficult — really, she could have produced a list of reasons longer than your arm.

“You’re no better than a whore on the street,” said the priest.

This was, as I said, a long time ago. It’s just an explanation of why the bishops are not the only Roman Catholics who are touchy about the issue of contraception.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/opinion/collins-tales-from-the-kitchen-table.html?_r=1&src=tp&smid=fb-share

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. This was a good article describing the manufactured outrage from the RW on this.

Its simple, IMO.

If Catholics don't want to use birth control, don't.

But as long as they are tax exempt (AND receive government funds) then they are under the Government's eye when it comes to employee relations. If they want to form a Catholic theocracy and force everyone under their purview to live under their rules, then form it and move somewhere where they can be fully responsible for it and all that choose to live under it.

[Warpy]

2. If the church doesn't relearn its place in caring for souls

instead of pushing its dogma into politics, it's going to have to learn that from the IRS.

There's a line in this country churches can't cross and they have crossed it again and again.

They need to be slapped down and reminded what is Caesar's and what is theirs.

[bemildred]

3. I understand Jesus was friends with whores on the street. nt