Freedom From Religion

Two years ago, numerous adherents to the Tea Party Movement were elected.  They promised to set the country straight on economic matters.  Cut the deficit, slash spending, cut taxes and all that.  On the basis of their pledge, they took over control of the House.
So what have they done?  The economic woes are still plaguing our economy, and instead they have switched to social issues; namely attacking women and gays.  The Bible is their guiding light ("it's what God and the Bible tells us to do").
So now, whether we are adherents to their particular form of worship or not, the laws they promote would make us subject to clerical imperatives.  It took this country more than 200 years to finally free ourselves of a controlling religious influence on our government.  It would be sad if we reverted to that condition.
How is that freedom of religion?  Give me freedom from your religion.

Health Care Mandate - Solved

The health care mandate.  There's a subject to try men's souls - especially those running for office.

OK so maybe there is a constitutional issue.  Not to worry, there's a simple way around it.  Anyone who has applied for medicare drug care coverage learned that you don't have to sign up.  But if you delay, for every month you don't sign up, the premium increases.  This clever scheme helps prevent free riders who don't sign up for coverage until they need it.  

There's no reason why the same approach couldn't be used for basic medical care.

Religious Exemption

What the heck is Obama thinking, when HHS publishes rules denying a religious exemption to Catholic hospitals who do not want to offer birth control information to their patients.  I'm not a Catholic, but firmly support their need to be exempted, even though I also think that offering such information is important to the clientele they serve.  A bad decision like this may come to haunt him in the general election, since it was Catholics who helped put him over the top.  All it would take is a phone call to Kathleen Sibelius at HHS and the problem would be solved.  So, get on the phone.