Way to go Catholics!

Hey, there, Catholic Church!

Yeah, you. No, I'm not a Catholic, just a friendly bystander who shares some of your beliefs, though not all of your doctrines.

So anyway, you guys have been advocating Government-run health care, or Obamacare as we libertarians like to call it. You know, the system where the government "pays" for everybody's health care, only they really don't, they take the money from us and pay for it that way. Sort of the collectivist principle. You wanted this because you saw some "right" to health care,  not really understanding that there can be no "right" that has to be paid for by somebody else - but we'll let that pass, because your heart was in the right place. You wanted the poor to have health care, and it was cheaper to let the politicians take care of it.

So  now everybody can have health care, and the world will be a better place. Good for you!

Thing is, any time you hand over responsibility to the government, you hand over the authority, too. Somebody else gets to make the decisions. And that's what you did - caring for the poor is the responsibility of the church, it's part of your mandate, but that's OK, you can trust the guys in Washington to do the job right, and it's not your problem anymore.

Oh, wait. You still have to pay for the insurance you provide to your employees. Well, that's OK, you can afford it. Wait again. What? They're making you cover what? Birth control pills? Oh, that's not good. You guys teach that those are a sin to use, right? So you have to pay for something that you consider sinful now. Oh, that's bad. Not really fair. But on the other hand, if the feds are going to be in charge of medical decisions, they have the authority to decide what's medically necessary. So birth control is now necessary. Sorry guys.

I wonder if abortion is medically necessary. I'm sure you guys would say no, but it's not your decision anymore. Well, you can always start some petitions if you like. But if and when those folks in Washington say that it is... well, it is. They can do that now. Thanks to you.

So next let's put them in charge of food. Um... what's the carb count on those little wafers?