I believe that the main purpose at the heart of the three big patriarchal monotheisms is to control and stomp down women. That is their main reason for existing.

But their main reason is sick, twisted and plain old stupid. Past time to get over it.

I'd love to see female-oriented belief systems re-assert themselves en masse.

I can't belive so many women buy into the organized religion BS. This is 2014, not 1014.

And you won't get pregnant or need birth control (since birth control is simply self control and does not need a prescription).

They always did have problems seeing the bigger picture though.

What part of "that" don't you understand?

on the Military Industrial Complex. We spent at least $700billion last year and more than the rest of the nations in the world combined. That is a truly disgraceful number. And it is only used to enrich a few 1%'ers and to kill millions.

Thousands on the physically and emotionally wounded who return from wars that only profit them. When folks wake up and stop enlisting they will re-enact the draft. Can't have them not making money.

Very well said. My conscience rests a whole lot easier with sex education, contraception and abortion than it ever will with multi-billion dollar weapons systems.

You're right. The figures speak for themselves. It is sickening.

Congress collects taxes. At that point it's their money to do with as they want, in some sense. They spend it on various things.

As opposed to your getting a bill in which it's spelled out that a certain amount of the $ you contribute will be spent on military spending, so you know that of the $4000 in federal income tax you contribute per year $2,050 goes to the DOD. And if there were some way of reducing that amount on your part, you'd be sure that $2,050 less would go to the DOD.

(Although the thinking is cute. It's like the Sisters' in that you view yourself ultimately as having some responsibility or potential responsibility for something not under your direct control--but one step even further removed from their perceived responsibility because there's somebody between you and the DOD who actually is making the decision.)

Don't have to agree with the Sisters' to be able to understand their reasoning and even be vaguely sympathetic to it.

We have the nerve to make it obvious when we don't enjoy it.

"We have the nerve to make it obvious when we don't enjoy it." - Excellent comment!

And all the naughty ladies who love sex are voting and we WILL change things!

Abortion and contraception are great hot button issues that will keep us divided so the the real pillage and plunder can happen without interruption by the general public. Think Terry Shavo, Wiener's wiener, and even Duck Dynasty- just crap on the lawn to confuse and obfuscate the real issues of our day and time......

have carved out gerrymandered districts where this is a winning issue.

Yes, let's get twenty-somethings to object to hip replacements. Let women file a lawsuit against having Viagra covered in their insurance plan. Let those whose religions are against blood transfusions demand that they have a plan that won't cover such a thing. How about those who believe that a cure can only be done through prayer making their own ruckus?

Now let's have all these lawsuits filed, appealed, then appealed all the way up to the Supreme Court. One of my favorite argument techniques is to take an argument to its (extreme) logical conclusion. With all these people and groups fussing over their own pet issues, it won't take long for the rest of us - even those who may agree with one or two of those issues - to get fed up with all the nonsense. If they have to take one group's issue seriously, they'll have to take them all seriously, and that will lead to more madness than even the anti-BC and anti-choice people will want to deal with.

That's my hope, anyway.

And it is god's way of culling the herd.

I am being completely sarcastic with the above, but I think the argument could be made. Why they carve out these two particular issues that effect women only, in terms of getting treatment, is beyond me. And how that isn't a violation of equal protection, I'm not sure. I'm not a lawyer...

vagina envy.

of a political scam. That's the price you pay for it.

progressive DU that they ought not pay for those female birth control pills, cause, d'uh, they don't get pregnant and don't need them.

antiabortion voters.

ladies parts are ICKY!

NOBODY should have to even think about them. Ewwwwww.

When I talk to many who are claiming to be Republican this is their reason and they end up voting against themselves. These are not a part of the 1% but it does not cross their minds they could tell the radical Taliban legislatures if they do not change their hard nose policies against poor people then they will take their votes to someone who will work for the 99%.

Religious conservatives put a lot of money in the GOP coffers. So the GOP has to attack abortion in order to get that money...even if those attacks go absolutely nowhere.

and this is an election year.