So, it's been on my mind for a while now: how is it that "pro-lifers" get to make the government jump through hoops to ensure that none of their tax money gets used for abortion? Most recently, we watched Congress go up and over the top on this during the health care debate without anyone asking how come they get to make those kinds of demands.
I am morally opposed to war on conscientious grounds and it is certainly clear to me where God is at on that--especially considering the amount of rationalizing theological notions and notional holidays our imperial priesthood has to lay down to obscure the issue to condition and manipulate us into going off to kill total strangers for the most secular ends.
Millions and millions of tax dollars spent by my government to kill innocent people--and some that those who prosecute wars want to dub "guilty" to make their deaths OK.
So, when do I get to make the government guarantee that my tax money isn't spent for war because it's "against my religion?"
And if I don't get that guarantee why do to the "pro-lifers" get it?
This is about integrity, of course, but it's also about equality. Why are some people's religious views "more equal" than those of others? And, in this country, given the First Amendment, why is "it's against my religion" a cogent argument in how tax money gets spent?
I think there's a big Cynical Lily Award to give out here, I am just not sure to whom it should be given.
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