First, let me say that I’m one of the ladies in the Catholic Church who comes and gives the talk about Natural Family Planning to RCIA classes and to anyone else who shows an interest. I am a firm believer and practitioner of what I believe. So, that is where I am coming from.
That said, what we “should” do is drop the subject from every angle EXCEPT the one involving the taxpayer and religion.
No more jokes about aspirin from rich men. No more tone-deaf panels of mostly-men.
If you want to talk about how this is a tax payers issue or a religious issue, fine. Everyone is entitled to do that and everyone should.
What we should stop doing: We don’t have to make fun of the issue, we don’t have to condemn anyone, we don’t have to make jokes. As stupid and harmless as the “jokes” and comments seem, birth control is a serious issue. Treat it as such. Off-the-cuff remarks are insensitive. Don’t make them.
We can stick to the facts, not get sucked into the morass, and stay out of the trap the media would like us to fall into.
I can tell you all day about why artificial birth control is a terrible idea, but if people don’t want to hear it, they won’t. Yelling and telling jokes does not make it better.They make it worse.
All I am left with is being able to tell you, in a few words, why I, as a taxpayer, should not pay for someone else’s decisions. Stick with that. It is simple and makes sense.
Some people want to “make points” and feel superior in the moment. Nothing will stop them from saying things that they want to pass off as “funny” or as a “joke”. I can tell you as someone who has done pro-life counseling, that it is anything but funny to the vast majority of women.
If we want to change minds about this subject, we should do so prayerfully and with a tender heart. If we want to “make a point” and feel like we’ve gotten one over, to feel morally superior while losing the war, rage on and continue on doing what we’re are doing.
It hasn’t been working, but why let failure stand in our way of feeling superior?
Too many on our side want to tell the liberals that it isn’t all about “feelings”, but cannot control their own feelings in a way that allows us to make progress.
Pitiful.
Outstanding post from beginning to end. You should really post this on every thread dealing with this issue.