Dear Sen. McCain, we will get off this issue when the government gets its ugly choke hold off of my religion. This “mandate” literally is a violation of my First Amendment Right. “Birth Control” coverage should be optional for everyone in their insurance plans, but forcing everyone to pay for it is illegal and a violation of the First Amendment. You Mr. McCain forcing me to pay for something that my religion has consistently taught since I was a young girl in Catholic School is asking me to commit a grave and mortal sin. This really is not a battle of just Catholic institutions being forced to pay for coverage, it is about forcing every believing Catholic to pay for what we know is murder. Other women may choose as they desire, but mandating the rest of us to pay for her choices is wrong under the Constitution, wrong under the First Amendment, and morally wrong according to the teachings of the Catholic Church.
So Sen. McCain the gauntlet has been thrown down and slapped across your face. You either honor your oath of office or you don’t. You can let them choose and that is the same thing I ask for myself.
LET ME CHOOSE, not you and not the government.
I perceive a fallacy in your argument.
The law says no establishment if religion.
If the law is struck solely to comply with religious based belief and view, then the government is in effect establishing religion.
To be successful, the argument must be made on other grounds.