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i'm pretty sure i'm not a wingnut, but feel free to consider me one if it eases the pain.
You're not the one who was caving. You're not involved in the decision making in any way.
I don't have pain over this, I don't need contraception because of a surgery but to be fighting over this in 2012 is archaic.
We're not fighting about 'contraception' G. We are fighting over religious freedom. Let me see if I can explain this in a rational way for you.
The First Amendment says...
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof....
Now, the AHA exempts Churchs - because they clearly fit within that. The issue is that the Government appears to define the above Amendment as 'worship' (ie the Church).... our faith is not about 'worship' (ie attending church)... it is far broader than that. We run charities as part of our religious 'free exercise'... our faiths require us to be charitable, to help our fellow man, to be in our communities helping those who need help. That is the free exercise of our religion. Our hospitals, our schools, our social programs, etc... they are fundamentally part of the 'free exercise' of our religion.
It is not about contraception. It is about the First Amendment.