(February 16, 2016 at 12:41 am)bennyboy Wrote:(February 15, 2016 at 7:23 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: As for abortion, I don't like the idea of forcing anyone to fund something which they find antithetical, but the social contract rather relies on exactly that sort of compromise.That's fair enough. The problem with the US is that the constitution separates church and state. And for those of you who will happily watch the state overrule religious institutions, be careful-- because we are then one Republican presidential win away from seeing Christianity instituted as the official religion of the states. Because for all their hollering about the Constitution, they will fuck it to hell if it means they can put up a virtual Confederate flag.
I think it's best to tread lightly in these matters.
I'm not sure that religious freedom means the ability to impose one's beliefs upon the facts. As Steel Curtain noted, they are using a scientifically invalid criterion for what is and isn't an abortifacient in order to impose their views.
They have the right to their own beliefs. They do not have the right to their own facts.
