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There has been a lot of buzz lately
over President Obama's stand on birth control when it comes to Church
supplied health insurance plans for church employees (as can be seen
here @ MSNBC.com).
Since the inception of the U.S., separation of church and state has
played a defining and pivotal role in our evolution, and as such can
be a very touchy subject to maneuver. As a preacher's son and an avid
believer in human/religious freedoms while still being somewhat the
conservationist, this is a very delicate subject for me. On the one
hand, I believe firmly that no church should be forced by government
mandate to offend their own beliefs, yet on the other, in a day and
age where we are on the fast track to 7 billion people on this planet
with a current starving population estimated at 14% and growing
(according to Wikipedia), we absolutely must do something to curb our
population growth. Obama's decision to revamp his former mandate,
editing in that the insurance companies must provide this coverage
free of charge (found
here), is quite possibly the James T. Kirk to this Kobayashi
Maru, then again, it could be just another wet band-aid. The
question now is, will it hold, and will this lead to further erosion
of our freedoms as citizens and human beings.
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