There are many who are against universal health care on religious grounds. I don't understand this. There's nothing in the bible that says we shouldn't or can't collectively pay for health care. (Please feel free to correct me on this if there is a verse I'm overlooking.)
The hypocrisy of this is mind blowing. The Right to Life movement's mantra is ALL HUMAN LIFE IS SACRED! Apparently that phrase doesn't mean that the quality of all human life is sacred or that we have to be our "brother's keeper." Or perhaps they mean all human life that fits in a petri dish is sacred.
The religious want to have it both ways. (What? They're cherry picking? No! Really!?) At the beginning and end of life, life is sacred and must be vehemently defended. Abortion and euthanasia are murder and all good moral Christian men and women must join in the fight. But at any other point in life, when someone needs medical care, it's in god's hands and we have no responsibility for our fellows, either to make they're quality of life as high as we can or to keep them alive.
Bullshit.
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Yeah, fundamentalists really just don't like abortion, and I wish they'd say that. They don't seem to have a problem with war or the death penalty, either. So "All Human Life is Sacred" is seriously misleading.
ReplyDeleteHowever, there are quite a few religious people who support universal healthcare on religious grounds, too. Lefty social justice Christians think this is a continuation of Jesus' teachings to share with the poor, just on a society-wide level. 'Cause let's face it, based on the Bible, Jesus was a crazy socialist. The thing is, those religious people don't have a news network.
Right. There is no Fox for lefties.
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