“Sorry, but no. I don’t want a nominee for President who believes this would be part of his/her job.”
Many times it has been said the POTUS should act as a bully pulpit. Santorum has his issues. Pornography and birth control apparently are some. Additonally, I trully think you exagerate Santorum’s fixation on this.
“I have no problem with contraception. I don’t even know anyone who has a problem with contraception. It’s a fringe position. Opposing government mandating contraception coverage is something virtually ALL conservatives agree on. Opposing contraception in general is something that most conservatives don’t agree on - and as an issue it would be a spectacular loser in a general election.”
Well then let me introduce myself to you. I go by the name of Sola Veritas on FR. I am an active Southern Baptist and I DO have problems with birth control - and know MANY others that feel the same way. I do not think unmarried women should have access to birth control pills. The unmarried should not be engaging in sexual intercourse. The arguement that “they are going to do it anyway” is surrender to me, and I don’t buy it. Plus, I’ve seen too many unmarried women that get pregnant that had full access to pills and all forms of contraception and they still got pregnant (ask Sarah Palin’s daughter). I’ve known too many young men that refuse to use condums because it messed with their enjoyment. Our culture is too pleasure oriented that this needs to be discouraged.
Even for married persons, I do not think that birth control pills are a wise means to prevent pregnancy - they mess with a woman’s natural hormonal cycle and there are risks involved. Ethically, progesterone based pills are just an abortion drug in that they keep a fertilized egg from inplanting in the uteris - they are a RU486. Estrogen based pills are not abortion drugs....they work by suspressing ovulation by tricking the woman’s body into sensing it is pregnant. So, my objections to this are not moral but concern for potential side effects. Taking estrogen based pills for years to suppress ovulation does not strike me as inherently wise. Plus, I “suspect” it causes many women to have trouble becoming pregnant later on when they chose. A married couple using a little self control and science can effectively avoid pregancy while still having a satisfying sex life. Also, when they are ready to have children, it is so much easier.
Now I DO NOT hold to a viewpoint that sex, in marriage, is just about procreation. I think it is something God chose to bond a married couple closer together. Sex is good, but only in the context of monagamist hetereosexual marraige.
IF you think my position is “fringe” then you run in extremely narrow circles, or don’t associate with serious evangelical Christians.
How do you think your positions are viewed by the electorate as a whole?
It’s not the govt’s business to regulate sexual behavior. Period!
The citizens must have Liberty in order for morality to thrive. Every Christian should know this.
And? How is this any different that Obama and other leftists using their own life story to justify pushing their beliefs on everyone?
Just because you believe in something doesn't mean that everyone else does/wants to live by your rules.
By that token, I have the right to force you to live the way *I* want you to.
Sorry, but that is a fringe position in a general election population. Perhaps some percentage of social values voters in a GOP primary oppose contraception on principle, but not even close to most Americans. This debate was settled long ago and the public is just not with you on it. I don't want a President who thinks it is his/her job to lecture Americans on why contraception is "not okay".
Now I DO NOT hold to a viewpoint that sex, in marriage, is just about procreation. I think it is something God chose to bond a married couple closer together. Sex is good, but only in the context of monagamist hetereosexual marraige.
See, your personal beliefs on these issues just shouldn't be part of the political dialogue. Nor should mine be. You and your family can opt of contraception and you are free to teach your children what you believe. It is not the job of a president to lecture Americans on why he/she feels contraception is "not okay". I disagree with Santorum, but mostly I find the fact he believes he needs to yak about it disturbing. It's simply none of his business what other people and families choose when it comes to rubbers, birth control pills, etc. If he wanted to lecture on these issues, he should become a priest. He is already acting too much like one to ever be elected president.