Of course the Church has to follow the law of the land, but the administration WROTE THE F***ING LAW on purpose to screw over the Church. Of course Catholics ought to be pissed. Is there any doubt about what the administration's intent was in writing the rules for religious exemptions so that they didn't cover Catholic hospitals? How many other institutions are there that oppose contraceptives and employ a lot of people? Sure it all may very well be legal, but geez...
You are out of your mind.
This insane victim complex that has been a staple of the right-wing since the Black Guy took office has gotten way out of hand, and Santorum basically
exists to keep stoking those played out memes using tactics circa 2004. It's the type of trolling, basically, that prevents any serious discussion about the topic because it's much more sexy (try not to have any naughty thoughts) to engage in silly faux outrage to fool stupid people into getting all defensive about it.
There is no proof that this Administration has some weird axe to grind on any religious institution that exists. (Except muslims, obviously.)
A church can do whatever they like as long as they follow the rules of being a church. The second they decide to become a hospital, they must follow all the rule of being a hospital. If they became a bank, they would have to follow all the rules of being a bank. If they became a sports team, they would have to follow all the rules of being a sports team. Being religious in nature does not grant any institution
carte blanche to run themselves however they decide to run themselves.
You become a hospital, you play by the rules of every other hospital. That is
completely logical and fair. If someone doesn't want to actually do what every other doctor does, they shouldn't have become a doctor. I'm consistently amazed by religious people who think their religion grants them immunity from any and all rules.
The career does not alter itself just for you.Why shouldn't every hospital have exactly the same rules of business and exactly the same regulation? If it is right for one, it is right for all. All the Administration has done is force all hospitals, religious or otherwise, to comply with the same sensible medical rules that every other hospital has to abide by. Considering that nearly all women, or at the very least the vast vast majority of them, use contraception, this should not be controversial except for the usual blowhards who know that sound-bytes determine public opinion, not rational explanations.
