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Aug. 18th, 2004 10:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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"Even if I am not protected by the law, a fertilized egg is an innocent life," Mosher said in a phone interview. "If the law says that I have to dispense birth control, and that means taking an innocent life, they can take their license and shove it. Birth control is against what is written in the Bible."
No, it's not. God never came down and said "condoms are bad". There's a few passages I've seen which may indicate that birth control is a Bad Thing... or they may not. Barring an exact statement (such as "eating pork is bad, thank you"), everything is up to interpretation. And the tragedy is, you don't know if you're interpreting correctly, or if you're really just putting words in God's mouth.
If you really truly believe that birth control is sinful, get another job. I don't work as a stripper because I'd be uncomfortable doing that. When I finally answered that call from the recruiter, I said I couldn't join the army because I'm a pacifist, I did NOT accept the line that "not all jobs in the army require fighting" because the point of an army is to kill others, and I want no part of that. I'm not about to sign up and then say, after the fact, "Oh, no, I'm not okay with this part of the job". Not gonna happen.
And if you really, truly, believe it's your job to stop teh evul!!!111, do some research and find out how to persuade people. If you're right, you shouldn't have to resort to brute tactics like sending people on wild goose chases.
No, it's not. God never came down and said "condoms are bad". There's a few passages I've seen which may indicate that birth control is a Bad Thing... or they may not. Barring an exact statement (such as "eating pork is bad, thank you"), everything is up to interpretation. And the tragedy is, you don't know if you're interpreting correctly, or if you're really just putting words in God's mouth.
If you really truly believe that birth control is sinful, get another job. I don't work as a stripper because I'd be uncomfortable doing that. When I finally answered that call from the recruiter, I said I couldn't join the army because I'm a pacifist, I did NOT accept the line that "not all jobs in the army require fighting" because the point of an army is to kill others, and I want no part of that. I'm not about to sign up and then say, after the fact, "Oh, no, I'm not okay with this part of the job". Not gonna happen.
And if you really, truly, believe it's your job to stop teh evul!!!111, do some research and find out how to persuade people. If you're right, you shouldn't have to resort to brute tactics like sending people on wild goose chases.
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Date: 2004-08-18 10:31 am (UTC)That's why a lot of private hospitals will turn away trauma victims or people without insurance. I know the private hospital down the street from me, while they don't deny blood transfusions or anything, will not take trauma victims. Period. End of subject.
While I don't agree with it on a moral level, on a legal one it's a tricky balance of issues.