tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post218604091375326881..comments2023-12-22T15:39:43.656-07:00Comments on debitage: Why religious exemptions?Stentorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-63020238276649619122012-06-18T14:48:20.309-07:002012-06-18T14:48:20.309-07:00Joel and pfarrerstreccius: I've adjusted the w...Joel and pfarrerstreccius: I've adjusted the wording of the post to be more accurate, since (as stated at the end of Joel's comment) it doesn't change the larger point I'm making in the post.Stentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-11456225400188213842012-06-18T13:36:00.524-07:002012-06-18T13:36:00.524-07:00pfarrerstreccius beat me to it, but I want to stat...pfarrerstreccius beat me to it, but I want to state the error more clearly: the case is NOT about whether their employees, or indeed anyone else, should be ALLOWED to have birth control; the issue is whether or not the Catholic church should be required by the US government to PAY for that birth control. You spoke of comparing consequences; here are the consequences to compare: one one hand, it would force a two thousand year old faith to violate its principles... this must be weighed against the harm: somebody must buy their own condom.Joel Monkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631333436948102576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-53376473320241855732012-06-18T12:35:39.070-07:002012-06-18T12:35:39.070-07:00The church argues that allowing its employees to h...<em>The church argues that allowing its employees to have birth control coverage would be a grave violation of the Catholic conscience.</em><br /><br />The Catholic Church argues it should be coercied by the Government into offering such therapies as part of their employee benefit plans. That's a bit different than saying all of its employees should be allowed to have something which is widely available. It's just not available through the benefit plan.<br /><br />On a slightly related note, insurance mitigates risk. When insurance gets in the habit of covering routine care, it stops being insurance. In fact the costs of offering things routinely to a lot of people, starts to eat into the costs of what insurance is all about: protecting from risk.<br /><br />One of the problems with Government intervention into markets is the Gov starts to offer popular things e.g. birth control therapies, at the expensie of things needed by a few, but for which insurance expressly designed to insurance agains: the risk of a really expensive medical event.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-38209898890158504612012-06-18T12:07:43.774-07:002012-06-18T12:07:43.774-07:00It's mocking those Christians (such as the US ...It's mocking those Christians (such as the US Catholic bishops) who seem to never talk about anything but sex.Stentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-6228479563739558532012-06-18T11:27:53.343-07:002012-06-18T11:27:53.343-07:00Not sure if you're engaging in hyperbole, or i...Not sure if you're engaging in hyperbole, or if you actually believe that the "central concern" of Christianity is sex. That seems as bigoted a thought as stating that all Muslims are terrorists.fancycwabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14522689806577600647noreply@blogger.com