"Joy and pleasure are as real as pain and sorrow and one must learn what they have to teach. . . ." -- Sean Russell, from Gatherer of Clouds

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

"I love you and I'm not afraid." -- Evanescence, "My Last Breath"

“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

The Contraception Mandate

Digby makes a very good point about the big flaw in the "conscience" exception to the contraception mandate -- a/k/a the Blunt Amendment.

[E]mployer paid health insurance is a form of compensation, not some perk like free coffee in the break room. . . .

It's part of a worker's wages and unless one agrees that an employer's "conscience" allows it to withhold part of its employees' salary if the employees do something with that money it doesn't approve of, this entire argument is more than just an assault on women --- it's an assault on workers in general.

Welcome to 1984 -- who knew that Big Brother would be a corporation?
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