y'know ... in regard to the requirement for contraception in health care plans ... I wonder how many of the people who are vehemently arguing that this forces some religious organizations to violate their conscience were just as vehemently supporting the Komen foundation's right to choose how and where to spend their money and defund Planned Parenthood. I mean, if the Komen foundation can choose who qualifies to receive its money, can't the government?
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Toddson - Feb 08, 2012 12:30:35 pm PST #20985 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
SuziQ - Feb 08, 2012 12:31:06 pm PST #20986 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
ita !, I'm glad the lunch was just a lunch.
At karate today, one of the Masters came in to teach us. We went through choke holds and lapel grabs. Good solid self defense. Then I spent a half hour working with my fans. Man - you wouldn't think fans would be rough, but I feel like a total klutz.
Oh, and I gave a guy my phone number. Eeeep.
brenda m - Feb 08, 2012 1:06:11 pm PST #20987 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
y'know ... in regard to the requirement for contraception in health care plans ...
About this - I've been seeing all over the place (including from Pierce) the notion that this is about tax breaks. It's not. It's an equal protection question. If you provide health care coverage then that coverage must, under the law, include coverage for contraceptives. Full stop. There is no "if you want to continue receiving federal dollars" clause.
There are some issues regarding the church's (any church's) ability to discriminate or deviate from normal practice where that is at issue. But it's not the case here.
(What IS the case is that this is already settled law in 28 states, so either I missed the mass closures of hospitals and universities across half the country, or they've already learned to live with it somehow or other.)
Sheryl - Feb 08, 2012 1:07:14 pm PST #20988 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Found out a friend of mine fell and busted up her shoulder.(Dislocated and fractured) She may need surgery. 2012 is going on my list now. (There have been other crappy things happening to people I know this year, this is just the last straw.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 08, 2012 1:10:57 pm PST #20989 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
And every single one of them was a man. In historic preservation, which at the field level is probably 55% female, and that preponderance of women goes all the way up to the federal regulators in Washington.
Does this group only work to preserve historic buildings with towers or steeples?
§ ita § - Feb 08, 2012 1:18:58 pm PST #20990 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Look at this IO9 article: [link]
Dana - Feb 08, 2012 1:39:53 pm PST #20991 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That story uses the cover art for a Barbara Hambly book. Weird.
Consuela - Feb 08, 2012 1:40:11 pm PST #20992 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Does this group only work to preserve historic buildings with towers or steeples
Heh. Lighthouses, actually.
ETA: Hey, it's Knut!
shrift - Feb 08, 2012 1:58:43 pm PST #20993 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Have people seen the CNN breaking news? Washington state House of Representatives votes 55 to 43 to approve a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 08, 2012 2:00:49 pm PST #20994 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Heh. Lighthouses, actually.
Oh, that's even better! No pesky non-phallic structures to bother with...