tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049495.post2208187002932744280..comments2023-09-19T04:15:49.206-07:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: Ham Sandwiches for Jews and Religious Libertyazjauthorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07258812893943159574noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049495.post-50315512202567430002012-02-21T10:07:16.059-08:002012-02-21T10:07:16.059-08:00Your points are well-taken. What is really going ...Your points are well-taken. What is really going on here is that the Catholic Church wants to impose its views on its female employees in order to violate their individual basic rights to make their own health care decisions. It isn't a matter of religious freedom, but instead would amount to oppressing the conscience of the individual.<br /><br />We should also keep in mind that it is Dave Hornsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514378285862911326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049495.post-13700844230186468812012-02-18T11:00:20.443-08:002012-02-18T11:00:20.443-08:00Very good point. I didn't mean to imply that t...Very good point. I didn't mean to imply that this was a comprehensive look at every complexity of the situation, as evidenced by the following sentence in the post:<br /><br /><i>There are certainly differences between the ham sandwich situation and the contraceptive one - most notably that there is a mandate for the Catholic institutions to pay for healthcare while there's no similar azjauthorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07258812893943159574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049495.post-86967304687559741022012-02-18T09:52:16.303-08:002012-02-18T09:52:16.303-08:00Interesting points, but there's a distinction ...Interesting points, but there's a distinction I think you're missing. It's not just that Catholic institutions want to restrict their employees' ability to use contraception; they don't want to have to use Church funds to pay for something the Church finds wrong.ZT205noreply@blogger.com