female sexuality why even talked about banning contraceptives when there is a more effective solution: female circumcision. Kill the ability for women to enjoy sex and you never have to worry about women and sex. Problem solved forever.

should women have to obtain a death certificate after each menstrual cycle?

bonus round:

which women should face charges for accepting the serpent's apple and the subsequent 'Fall From Grace'?

"Maybe MSNBC can hold off on those endless hours of Lockup and To Catch A Predator episodes to run both shows later in the day."

Especially Chris. Likeable. Friendly. Deceptively smart.

ever since artificial contraception became widely available, the patriarchs realized they were losing control over women, and they haven't liked it one bit. what we are witnessing, aside from the obvious political kabuki, is the last gasp rantings of said patriarchy, as they see the final shackles being broken. in fact, we are witnessing the dying shrieks of the republican party, as their "southern strategy" reaches its inevitable end-game.

realistically, none of the republican candidates has a chance of defeating obama in nov. of this year. they know it, the party poobahs know it. they are all fatally damaged goods, representative of the party itself. the very best they can hope to accomplish is to somehow damage obama and the democrats, but they're too blinded by impotent rage to do even that.

the republicans will get that 20% of the "i want to live back in the good old days, of the 12th century" vote, and that's pretty much it. fortunately for the rest of us, that 20% is, literally, dying off, as we speak.

More people need to see how the SCHOLAR and The Kid can really shed a different light on many important subjects. Not only, MHP has the experience in NO after Katrina and Chris is the future of the country. He is our hope and his mind is so curious and smart. DADDY STATE. Fathers care about their children and their families. This is not about being the DADDY, it is all about being the dominant male over females and being afraid of equality of women.

I'VE HAD ENOUGH! In this Holy War on Religion, of Religion, and by Religion, I SURRENDER! I’m a lover, not a fighter.  Instead... I’m gonna start my OWN religion, and get in on the good stuff: tax exemptions, and lots of taxpayer money to do what I want, in the name of religious liberty. Most definitely! Hey NEWT -wanna join? We’re gonna have open marriages and multiple wives and all SORTS of neat stuff that you’re just gonna love! But don’t you worry your little head Newt : we’ll have no , I repeat, NO nasty stoning of adulterers. None of that stuff. I Promise! As for SANTORUM, he just LOVES to tell other people how to live. He’ll make us a REAL fine preacher-man. In fact, we’ll make him Saint Santorum. AND fix his Google search results! As for Mr. Obama,  obviously, we’ll need to (severely) demonize him, even further. And his dog Toto too. Last but not least: MITT and RON. Hmmm. Hey, just for you two guys: we’ll insist on NO TAXES AT ALL for church members…AND human sacrifice of illegal aliens. Out with their hearts! Televised! Live! Whoooppee! WHAT A COUNTRY!  :-)
By the way, please don’t mention the REASON that Mitt Romney’s dad was born in Mexico (i.e. The fact that Mitt’s Mormon grand-dad left the United States in the 1880’s. He went to Mexico BECAUSE laws against polygamy were passed in the U.S. ; Being a Mormon back then, Mitt’s grand-dad wanted to keep his multiple wives. Hey, who wouldn’t?) Bottom line: if we follow the “logic” of the people crying crocodile tears about a non-existent “war on religion”, then the U.S. should have allowed polygamy (and who knows what else) just because a particular religion claimed it as their cherished belief. GIVE ME A BREAK!
Absolutely NO ONE is coming into our Churches or places of worship and trying to tell parishioners what to believe.....or forcing them to use contraception. BUT If the Bishops (and other denominations) want to continue running businesses that employ millions of people of varying faiths -or no "faith" at all- THEN they must play by the same rules and rights that other workers have and enjoy...especially if their businesses use our tax dollars (and skip paying taxes) in the process. This is not a “war on religion”. It’s a war on women and men who simply want to plan their families and control their future. Now that’s REAL religious liberty!

Here's what I've been thinking recently as I watch this ludicrous debate... and if I've made some logical howlers, or if this is a stupid argument, I'd appreciate the correction, since this is an issue I'd like to understand thoroughly:

Just as corporations are not and ought not be people, so too religious institutions are not and should not be people. Freedom of religion as guaranteed in the Constitution should apply first and most urgently to individual citizens... NOT to large religious institutions, whether they be churches or charities or Catholic hospitals, etc. Now: the way I understand it, in order to receive public funding, a church-sponsored clinic or hospital cannot discriminate on religious terms about whom they hire or to whom they provide their services... right? However, if they then specify that they, as an instiutution, will not allow their employees to receive benefits that are contrary to the institution's specific religious beliefs -- that is, that they will exclude from their insurance coverage specific benefits that are otherwise guaranteed, and for which specific workarounds have been developed to allow the employees to receive them without compromising the employer's position -- then they are mandating that their employees live their private lives as though they were orthodox believers in the church's religious views.

Nobody's having Rush Limbaugh's "mindless sex" on the job in a Catholic hospital, so contraception falls into the employees' private lives... it has little or nothing to do with the performance of their job. On top of that, 90-some percent of faithful Catholic women are using contraception. So when institutions claim a moral exception for basic coverage, it seems to me they are clearly violating their employees' freedom of religion. They are demanding a greater adherence to their own dogma than their own self-professed believers are willing to accept. That seems to me to invalidate their claim that their religious freedoms are being violated...

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane the GOP?

MSNBC, in the future can you leave the camera on Ms. Harris-Perry throughout her segment?

Thanks!