When President Barack Obama made a supportive call to Georgetown student Sandra Fluke, he took a definite position on America's contraception controversy as a woman's rights issue, and in doing so turned his back on the religious freedom concerns involved in the matter. The controversy stirs up questions that are much deeper than whether Rush Limbaugh should be calling a female law student a "slut".
- It demands that Americans make decisions about how far they want the government micromanaging every aspect of their lives.
- It demands that Americans take a stand about how far an institution should be forced to financially support personal decisions that violate its religious and moral codes.
The issue is not about whether contraception is useful for society. It's not whether the easy availability of contraception protects students or just encourages sexual promiscuity.
The issues are these:
- Should Georgetown, a Catholic institution, be forced to cover contraception in its health plans when the Catholic Church opposes contraception?
- Does the U.S. government have the authority to demand such a thing?
- Do we want the government making decisions about how we run our businesses and our schools and our homes, down to the fine details?
- Where does this sort of invasion end?
The whole matter is not about women's health or "reproductive justice." The matter is about forcing the entire country, regardless of religious or moral values, to submit to a far-left sexual agenda.
We, as Christians, need to take a stand; not just for our "freedom," but for our "Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ." We must not continue to be "pushed around."
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