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Daily Kos- You don't own me (Re: Birth Control)
This is a posting on Daily Kos that talks about the fact that the GOP confuses working with real slavery, and that bosses own people's bodies.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/19/1065048/-You-don-t-own-me?via=blog_1
As an employer, you have the absolute right to religious freedom. Attend any church, temple, synagogue or reading room you like. Give as you feel obligated. Worship as you please. Place on yourself any restriction in diet, activity or anything else that you feel is in keeping with your beliefs ... but only on yourself. You don't get to impose these restrictions on your employees.
Your employees are separate from you. Not only that, they are equal to you in rights, no matter how unequal you may be in income. You do not get to tell them who to vote for. You do not get to tell them who they can love. You do not get to use your religious beliefs as an excuse to limit their health care.
Your employees are separate from you. Not only that, they are equal to you in rights, no matter how unequal you may be in income. You do not get to tell them who to vote for. You do not get to tell them who they can love. You do not get to use your religious beliefs as an excuse to limit their health care.
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Daily Kos- You don't own me (Re: Birth Control) (Original Post)
agentS
Feb 2012
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cpamomfromtexas
(1,245 posts)1. Excellent Post!
CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)2. Outstanding commentary.
"If the government was telling you, as an individual, that you had to use birth control, that would be a violation of your rights. That's not happening. They're just saying that you don't get to make that decision for the people who work for your company. Because, really, you don't own them."
And, of course, this shows the insanity of continuing with the role of employers being in charge of employees' health care. This couldn't happen if we had single-payer health care, and health care as a basic human right.
avebury
(10,952 posts)4. Well Said! nt
jis6255xe
(37 posts)5. good article