The Contraception Controversy

I was hoping that I could leave this subject alone because honestly I find the whole thing stupid. It’s evolved into a “Bash Rush” event and has completely devolved to a point where no one is talking about the actual issue at hand. This whole kerfuffle is about one thing and one thing alone:

Choice.

When Rush made his “incendiary” comments about that poor, innocent 30 year-old Georgetown law student, the left saw it as an opportunity to change the tone of the argument. It went from an issue of religious freedom (an argument the right would probably win) to a page right out of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. Rule 13: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. They saw Rush make his statement, they “froze” it in people’s memories by playing it repeatedly through news sites and new media, Obama personalized it by making some bullshit statement about how he “thought of his daughters” (how sweet, right?), and then it became a full on media blitz. You are either on Fluke’s side and care about women’s choice, or you are a flat-footed republican barbarian who “just doesn’t get it”.

The right started off with a good message- you can’t force a religious institution to cover something that goes against their beliefs. I completely agree with this and it’s a good strategy. However, this isn’t even really about religious freedom.

This mandate comes down to the PERSONAL CHOICE of an individual. Imagine that Catholic institutions are given a pass on this. If you are a woman that is looking for work and birth control coverage is of dire importance to you, DON’T TAKE A FUCKING JOB AT A CATHOLIC INSTITUTION. Simple as that. No one is forcing a woman to take that job. If you want free access to birth control, go find a government job or a job at one of millions of other places that don’t subscribe to Catholic doctrines.

 Leftists don’t look at this issue as personal choice though, because they don’t believe in it. To them, it’s all about mandating that others help the people who won’t help themselves.