Recently Rush Limbaugh caused a controversy with his choice of words regarding Sandra Fluke. Many people took offense at his words and many people support him. Which side to choose? How about I choose the third side. One thing that was lost in all the arguing about his word choice is the actual topic of conversation that started the whole thing: the federal government forcing private religious institutions to provide insurance for something that contradicts one of their core beliefs.
No religious organization should be forced to subsidize something that contradicts their beliefs. This is a blatant violation of religious freedom. Nobody forced her to attend a Catholic school. She made that choice of her own free will. Yet she's willing to use the federal government to force her will on others. The fact that the federal government even considered such a regulation shows how far we've come from the freedoms the founding fathers fought for.
Limbaugh's words, whether right or wrong, moved the conversation from the actual issue to his word choice. And that is why he was wrong.
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