Probably the biggest turn we ever made was when the women got the right to vote.

Started by viper37, October 15, 2012, 01:51:04 PM

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garbon

Quote from: merithyn on October 16, 2012, 10:57:14 AM
After all, Viagra is covered without concern.

Because Viagra can serve procreative purposes? That doesn't seem particularly hypocritical for a catholic institution.  Closest comparison in function would be vasectomies and I think they do often have issues covering those.
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merithyn

Quote from: garbon on October 16, 2012, 11:05:10 AM
Quote from: merithyn on October 16, 2012, 10:57:14 AM
After all, Viagra is covered without concern.

Because Viagra can serve procreative purposes? That doesn't seem particularly hypocritical for a catholic institution.

It doesn't serve a major purpose beyond that. In other words, it's not a medically-necessary medication and it is covered. It's one of the biggest arguments against the requirement, that birth control isn't medically-necessary.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

garbon

Quote from: merithyn on October 16, 2012, 11:05:01 AM
Seriously, though, if there was a pill for men, you could bet that it would be covered.  <_<

By Catholics? Probably not.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

Quote from: merithyn on October 16, 2012, 11:06:39 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 16, 2012, 11:05:10 AM
Quote from: merithyn on October 16, 2012, 10:57:14 AM
After all, Viagra is covered without concern.

Because Viagra can serve procreative purposes? That doesn't seem particularly hypocritical for a catholic institution.

It doesn't serve a major purpose beyond that. In other words, it's not a medically-necessary medication and it is covered. It's one of the biggest arguments against the requirement, that birth control isn't medically-necessary.

Actually it can serve purposes like for PAH. 

Anyway, I think yes it is silly to ban birth control on the grounds that it doesn't have medically necessary reasons but can understand that organizations whose members hold life sacred would be miffed that they have to provide it.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

derspiess

Quote from: garbon on October 16, 2012, 11:03:04 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 16, 2012, 10:44:42 AM
I have a problem with your line of thinking, which seems to be that all other women's big priorities in life *must* be the same as your own.   

I don't see how that is worse than being a man deciding what should be the priorities for women. :mellow:

Who's doing that?
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

garbon

Quote from: derspiess on October 16, 2012, 11:09:57 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 16, 2012, 11:03:04 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 16, 2012, 10:44:42 AM
I have a problem with your line of thinking, which seems to be that all other women's big priorities in life *must* be the same as your own.   

I don't see how that is worse than being a man deciding what should be the priorities for women. :mellow:

Who's doing that?

Many republicans.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Eddie Teach

It's pretty retarded that religious folks would want to deny access to birth control in a country where abortion is legal.
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garbon

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 16, 2012, 11:13:16 AM
It's pretty retarded that religious folks would want to deny access to birth control in a country where abortion is legal.

Not really.  If you think that using birth control is contrary to the tenets of your faith, wouldn't you find it problematic to be forced to dispense it? And aren't these same people also against abortion? See: Mississippi
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

merithyn

Quote from: garbon on October 16, 2012, 11:09:22 AM
Actually it can serve purposes like for PAH. 

Anyway, I think yes it is silly to ban birth control on the grounds that it doesn't have medically necessary reasons but can understand that organizations whose members hold life sacred would be miffed that they have to provide it.

I can understand it, too, but it's not fair to hold female employees hostage to the religious contraints of their employer. The system makes it impossible to find an alternative. Since the majority of insured individuals pretty much have to use employer insurance for coverage, allowing them to opt out just isn't fair to the women in their employ.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

garbon

Quote from: merithyn on October 16, 2012, 11:23:25 AM
I can understand it, too, but it's not fair to hold female employees hostage to the religious contraints of their employer. The system makes it impossible to find an alternative. Since the majority of insured individuals pretty much have to use employer insurance for coverage, allowing them to opt out just isn't fair to the women in their employ.

I totally agree.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Eddie Teach

Quote from: garbon on October 16, 2012, 11:16:09 AM
Not really.  If you think that using birth control is contrary to the tenets of your faith, wouldn't you find it problematic to be forced to dispense it? And aren't these same people also against abortion? See: Mississippi

Well, if you believe life begins at conception then one of those is murder and the other isn't.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

garbon

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 16, 2012, 11:30:41 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 16, 2012, 11:16:09 AM
Not really.  If you think that using birth control is contrary to the tenets of your faith, wouldn't you find it problematic to be forced to dispense it? And aren't these same people also against abortion? See: Mississippi

Well, if you believe life begins at conception then one of those is murder and the other isn't.

The other is still problematic. I'm not sure how because a state allows what one consider "murder" means that one should no longer care about birth control as well.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

merithyn

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 16, 2012, 11:30:41 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 16, 2012, 11:16:09 AM
Not really.  If you think that using birth control is contrary to the tenets of your faith, wouldn't you find it problematic to be forced to dispense it? And aren't these same people also against abortion? See: Mississippi

Well, if you believe life begins at conception then one of those is murder and the other isn't.

You're simplifying it too much. Catholics not only believe that life begins at conception. They also believe that any form of birth control goes against the biblical imperative to "Go forth and multiply."
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

PDH

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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