What’s really at stake in the contraception debate.

Posted By on March 6, 2012 at 1:24 pm

I mentioned this on Twitter a few days ago, but it bears repeating.

The contraception debate is not now and has never been about birth control qua birth control. It is about control, pure and simple.

Specifically, it’s about government control over permitted beliefs and practices of religious groups, and control over the conscience of the individual.

A commenter over at Legal Insurrection pretty well summed up the matter:

In any left revolution, be it progressive, bolshevik, socialist, fascist, maoist, or bolivaran, it is necessary to knock down organized religion. The Catholic Church competes for the hearts and minds of people and does so effectively, as do the evangelical Protestant churches, etc. Further, the Church is organized and so can put out a message of opposition.

So at some point the revolution has to take the Church on, or lose. Socialists today understand the power the Church had in Poland in the 1970s, in Nicaragua and El Salvador in the 1980s, and in Venezuela today. The current revolution will not make the mistake of allowing the Church to survive long-term.

Go read the whole thing. It’s a rather precise summary of what is at stake, and why.

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A Week’s Worth of Twitter Updates

Posted By on March 5, 2012 at 10:00 am

  • War of the World's Fastest Indian #MovieMashup #
  • The Quiet Man on a Ledge #MovieMashup #
  • Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Again #MovieMashup #
  • I took some free time Monday and made a #ME3 video, just for the heck of it. http://t.co/qKzrfqqZ Yeah, I suck. I'll get better. #
  • Mass Effect 3: Take Earth Back trailer (set to Star Wars Episode 1 OST "Duel of the Fates") #ME3 #
  • Kismet got a collar today – his very first. He's unhappy about it, but if he's going to keep trying to get out of the house, he'll wear it. #
  • "Don't wake up in a roadside ditch." Man, truer words were never spoken. #
  • Well, I seem to have made it through another Leap Day without being proposed to. That used to be something to be glad about. #
  • Mass Effect 3: Take Earth Back trailer (set to Star Wars Episode 1 OST "…: http://t.co/wVpxlzcP via @youtube #me3 #
  • We are all, in fact, doomed. // RT @Beregond: Snookie is pregnant. I guess the Mayans were right. #RedEye #
  • If you had asked me yesterday what today's headlines would include, the death of Andrew Breitbart would never have been considered. RIP. #
  • Sadly true. MT @AceofSpadesHQ: The left made all of @andrewbreitbart's most potent arguments. All he had to do was add two letters: "RT" #
  • It's who they are. // MT @AceofSpadesHQ: Even in death, *especially* in death, Breitbart proves "They're exactly what we think they are." #
  • MT @colbyhall: The vitriolic & ugly reaction to the news of Breitbart's passing by some "progressives" serves to prove his larger point. #
  • I'm thinking "Andrew Breitbart Memorial Journalism Warrior Brigade" has a good ring to it. Now: who's in? #
  • The hateful, rabid reaction of the Left to the passing of Breitbart tells you everything you need to know about them. That's who they are. #
  • *Evil* scum. // RT @JedediahBila: SCUM—>"Liberals celebrate death of Andrew Breitbart": http://t.co/TGjHzPTw #
  • Were it not for a busy night at work, I would raise a glass to Andrew Breitbart, and heap scorn on his foes. Even in death, he wins. #
  • FTFY // RT @Patterico: Can I just say this: if you expressed joy today over the death of Andrew Breitbart, you ARE evil. #
  • Raising a glass to the memory of Andrew Breitbart. Thank you, @greggutfeld @BillSchulz @andylevy #RedEye #
  • People, people, people… it's not about birth control. It's never been about birth control. It's about *control* full stop. #tcot #
  • Dear customer, If you want me to fix your router, it would be most helpful if you could, y'know, GIVE ME ACCESS TO YOUR ROUTER. #
  • Maybe this explains the "$3000 while in law school" phenomenon. // RT @lnsaneFacts: For $68 you can buy a Louis Vuitton Condom. #
  • I guess I'm going to need to find an alternative to Carbonite now. Based on their stock chart, they aren't long for this world anyway. #
  • Oh yeah…. #BigJournalism #BigHollywood #BreitbartTV #BigGovernment #BigPeace #Brietbart #
  • Oops, typo. #BigJournalism #BigHollywood #BreitbartTV #BigGovernment #BigPeace #Breitbart #
  • #BREITBART #BREITBART #BREITBART #BREITBART #BREITBART #BREITBART #BREITBART #BREITBART #BREITBART #BREITBART #BREITBART #BREITBART #
  • It's Monday… which means Mass Effect 3 comes *tomorrow* – finally. #

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