The Right Wing's Idea of "Freedom"

[paft.livejournal.com]

From Statepress:

Arizona House Bill 2625, authored by Majority Whip Debbie Lesko, R-Glendale, would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if they seek contraceptives for non-reproductive purposes, such as hormone control or acne treatment.


‘I believe we live in America. We don’t live in the Soviet Union,’ Lesko said. ‘So, government should not be telling the organizations or mom and pop employers to do something against their moral beliefs.’

Jezebel points out that Arizona is an “at will” state. This means that bosses in Arizona will be able to fire women for being depraved enough to take birth control pills to prevent pregnancy.

As we all know, what made the Soviet Union infamous were not the gulags, its treatment of dissidents, and the rigid control over the press, but the fact that women could take pills for the purpose of contraception without fear of losing their jobs over it.

Yes, here it is -- the right wing's idea of "freedom" is a society where a woman has to ask her boss' permission to use oral contraceptives.

Does anyone else find this more than a little weird?

Crossposted from Thoughtcrimes

Comments

[mrbogey.livejournal.com]

'Well to be fair, I think you're splitting hairs over a typical Internet pedantic debate. This isn't a court room and we don't have to speak with lawyer-like precision because YOU or others think we are all required too'

Lawyer like precision? Are you kidding me? Are you seriously kidding me?

Can I now say that Democrats advocate child-rape because they endorse comprehensive sex-ed in late elementary school? Can I defend the statement with a total cop-out such as "well it's not lawyer like precision but..."?

Can I? Because there's a huge gulf between advocating a ban and advocating government not subsidize or promote the use of something.

'And the funny thing is, you're not even Roman Catholic'

I was born a Roman Catholic. And I was wrong on a specific issue detailing the pope speaking ex cathedra.

At least I'm honest about not being a Catholic and not pretending to be one. So I got that going for me.

Post-edit addition:

'That the Catholic Church has an extremely antagonistic view regarding birth control and condoms, especially in Africa or here in the United States and specifically about HIV and AIDS? '

Here's the problem. You condemn the Catholic church for their advocacy against condoms while neglecting they advocate against promiscuous sex as well. So all these "good Catholics" get to blame the church for the first part while getting a pass on the second part.

The problem is all these Catholics who pick and choose what to follow. But condemning them would hit a little too close to home for you.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

lol.

I'm completely unstung....