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[neadods]

The Obama Administration is wasting no time in repealing the skewed 'moral conscience' act. This rule, passed at the nth hour of the previous Administration, allowed anyone in medicine the right to refuse to do anything that conflicted with their conscience without reprisal. The head of Health and Human services, in the face of already existing laws that protect doctors from not having to perform acts against their beliefs, felt that this was needed - and that if it passed and women were denied birth control (which he equates with abortion), that was "an important statement." (That web page now appears to be blank.)

I've had a few statements of my own regarding living in a country where people are already denying women their legal rights in the name of illegally enforcing said women to have to live within the dictates of beliefs they do not share.

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[stoplookingup.livejournal.com]

Google reveals that the essay is on his LJ here. And in his bio, he describes himself as Hellenic Reconstructionist Pagan, follower of Dionysus. 6'0" 290 pounds, bald with a graying red goatee; the horns only show occasionally. Polyamorous, leather-friendly, currently single. So...former Christian?

ETA: Have now read it. Well, that answers THAT question.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Obviously, it's been a while since I read the essay! But I do remember it as dealing with the issue from the standpoint of religion, and it specifically saying that by the tenants of Christianity, certain things claimed are literally damnable.