"Onan, however, knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he had intercourse with his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground, to avoid giving offspring to his brother.
What he did greatly offended the LORD, and the LORD took his life too." Genisis 38: 9-10, yes not the Gospels but the teaching believed by Christians, Jews, and Muslims

We have never held that an individual's religious beliefs excuse him from compliance with an otherwise valid law prohibiting conduct that the State is free to regulate. On the contrary, the record of more than a century of our free exercise jurisprudence contradicts that proposition.

When followers of a particular sect enter into commercial activity as a matter of choice, the limits they accept on their own conduct as a matter of conscience and faith are not to be superimposed on the statutory schemes which are binding on others in that activity.

(I don't care about Obama's compromise)..."This is simply someone trying to impose values on someone else using the arm of the government

As long as abortion is legal...we will never have rest because that law does not comport with god's law

Rights come to us from god, and that when god gives us rights, he doesn't say "well, here are your rights, just do whatever you want with them"; but, in fact, he has laws that we must abide by

"Onan, however, knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he had intercourse with his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground, to avoid giving offspring to his brother.
What he did greatly offended the LORD, and the LORD took his life too." Genisis 38: 9-10, yes not the Gospels but the teaching believed by Christians, Jews, and Muslims

THIS is your example of why contraception is against Catholic teachings? Probably nothing to do with the fact Onan was an ADULTERER right? The pull out method, really? Pulling out isn't "contraception" and the Catholic Churches own preferred method is a natural birth control - basically monitoring the woman's cycle - which is known to fail miserably.

Years ago, the Church could make a case that birth control (actual birth control - not the epic fail pullout method) allowed men to take advantage of women with no consequences (children). This day and age, it hardly applies.

There are plenty of non-moral reasons on why one should avoid medical contraceptives, especially those distributed and promoted by the likes of Planned Parenthood and doctors, and that is the connection between them and breast cancer, especially for those who never had children.

http://www.pregnantpause.org/safe/pillcanc.htm

And while you may not like the organization, the studies cited are not religious based.

There are plenty of non-moral reasons on why one should avoid medical contraceptives, especially those distributed and promoted by the likes of Planned Parenthood and doctors, and that is the connection between them and breast cancer, especially for those who never had children.

http://www.pregnantpause.org/safe/pillcanc.htm

And while you may not like the organization, the studies cited are not religious based.

There are risks with most medications. You take the information and make an informed decision whether that be based on religious convictions, health risks/rewards, financial implications. The Catholic Church is not against contraceptives because they "might" cause breast cancer.

There are plenty of non-moral reasons on why one should avoid medical contraceptives, especially those distributed and promoted by the likes of Planned Parenthood and doctors, and that is the connection between them and breast cancer, especially for those who never had children.

http://www.pregnantpause.org/safe/pillcanc.htm

And while you may not like the organization, the studies cited are not religious based.

There are risks with most medications. You take the information and make an informed decision whether that be based on religious convictions, health risks/rewards, financial implications. The Catholic Church is not against contraceptives because they "might" cause breast cancer.

There are risks with most anything, including having a lot of children. Heck, I was considered "high-risk" simply for having two babies at once.

“I as a Catholic have absolutely no right in my thinking to foist through legislation or through other means, my doctrine of my church upon others,” the cardinal said, backing — incredibly — a similar policy in Boston, adding, “It is important to note that Catholics do not need the support of the civil law to be faithful to their religious convictions.”

My view on this is that if a church/religious entity wants to operate a secular business such as a hospital, then they need to be subject to the same policies that any other hospital has to abide by. If they don't want to do that, then they can stop receiving public funding from taxpayers.

I just find it funny that they'll gladly accept all funding from people of all faiths (or non-faiths even), but when it comes to actually helping said people that they take money from, they suddenly get a conscience and refuse it on moral/religious grounds. If they object morally to what these people want to do, then they should also be refusing funding from the public as well.

My view on this is that if a church/religious entity wants to operate a secular business such as a hospital, then they need to be subject to the same policies that any other hospital has to abide by. If they don't want to do that, then they can stop receiving public funding from taxpayers.

I just find it funny that they'll gladly accept all funding from people of all faiths (or non-faiths even), but when it comes to actually helping said people that they take money from, they suddenly get a conscience and refuse it on moral/religious grounds. If they object morally to what these people want to do, then they should also be refusing funding from the public as well.

That has pretty much been the standard (see my quote above from a Boston cardinal 50 years ago and other quotes from an opinion written by Antonin Scalia a few years ago).

It seems only recently that there has been this outcry from religious fundamentalists (all faiths) that their personal "values" must be given absolute preference under all circumstances. Sometimes I think that a large number of people have just decided to give up on the whole Enlightenment/rational thought thing and go back to a simpler and more comfortable medieval mindset.

yeah those times were called the Dark Ages.