The Ultimate Trollers (Sumblog 8)

                So this last week’s topics we covered secularization and de-secularization, which have probably been the topics to intrigue me the most. In this week’s rant (because I realized that is what my sumblogs have turned into) I would like to complain about de-secularization and corporate America. I am particularly angry about the fact that corporations are given more humanization and religious freedom that many of its workers (especially of the female variety.)

                In case you haven’t picked up what I’m hinting at, I’m thinking of the bullshit with Hobby Lobby that gave a non-human corporation more rights than the human beings that work for them. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard what went on; but basically what happened is that it was determined that giving women specific types of birth control (including the one I personally use) would not be covered by their insurance because the people of hobby lobby began claiming the plan B pill and certain types of birth control as a form of abortion. And despite those being very personal medical decisions that should only be held between a patient and doctor: hobby lobby was able to vouch as a person with religious issues and overturn the law that would have provided affordable family planning care to its workers.

                David Greene, the guy in charge of Hobby Lobby basically stated that his religious beliefs over-rode those of his workers, and lucky for him, we live in a capitalistic and patriarchal society that agreed with him. In this case, this was de-secularization at its worst. With this in mind, with an employer being able to deny coverage for certain medical procedures and medications, would that then make it possible for Jehovah’s witnesses to deny blood transfusions? Would another religious group be able to deny a lifesaving procedure because it was against their beliefs? Isn’t that a terrifying idea? I sure as heck think so given how terrible some of my previous employers have been.

 

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