A lot of us don't just follow blindly everything that's written on the book we should believe. I personally do believe in God and was raised Catholic, but don't see any problem with contraception and I'm pro gay marriage. I don't see this clashing with my beliefs because neither violate the "love thy neighbor like…

Yeah, as a catholic raised catholic and with catholic friends I can attest that even tho the official stance of the church is anti contraceptives most of us don't actually agree, my mom who every day is crazier about going to church doesn't agree, my friends that do missionary work don't agree, even one of the most…

I think it's kind of funny that the Catholic church continues to oppose birth control, considering I've grown up in majority Catholic areas (various parts of south Texas) and you'd be hard pressed to find a Catholic who opposes it. When I was a kid I asked my mom about it and she was all like "Of course I use birth…

>Do you find any parts of American [or your country's] policies inhumane or wrong?

No, you said:

On a related note I guess, if you treat every discussion as a debate argument, looking for a reason to dismiss the arguments of others rather than consider their reason for being stated, nothing ever gets resolved, nothing gets better, and all involved remained as hardline in their beliefs, with a disinterest in…

Or Joan Chittister or hell the entire Rule of St. Benedict.

The problem is that progressive Christians don't fit the media narrative about Christian women. Notice how they never interview anyone from this organization: http://www.cbeinternational.org/ or how few articles are written about Rachel Held Evans and other feminist Christian voices. Shoot i'd love it if they covered…

I would hope that the writers of Jezebel are aware of the great diversity within Christianity. Not all Christians are white evangelicals or Catholics or from the Bible Belt. Even within Catholicism there's quite a bit of diversity in terms of theology and cultures. The cause of this disconnect is not the Christians,…

I'm an atheist. This is not a defensive comment because I feel attacked. This is a reminder that the faith of others is complex, multifaceted, both personal and political, and is intertwined in many different ways with a person's life. It's never as simple as "the church says birth control is a sin and I don't believe…

Y'see, this is a problem. If you declare anyone with any sort of religion is a problem, then it becomes oh so much easier for those religious leaders who like to say that "There is an enemy out to destroy your beliefs and what you hold sacred" to be believed. Result-less push for change from within the church…

Women should just become better story tellers, there are relatively modern religions invented all the time. If you can tell a story well enough to trick dummies, you can form one too.

I'm one! I was raised Catholic. To be honest, I have always been surprised that contraception is such an issue in the church. The same goes for all the young women I went to high school with (I went to an all-girls Catholic school)— we all assumed that contraception was just fine. I don't even remember our…

This is very true. And many of those denominations place a high value on education, which goes hand-in-hand with a realistic, fair and compassionate view of reproductive rights.

This just proves what I've said before in other conversations: The voice of the Progressive Christian is completely drowned out of any and all religious conversations in this country. The voice of the Christian feminist is not heard at all. We do exist, and as much as we are out there actually trying to help with…

"Sixty-three percent of Catholic women said that employers should provide no-cost contraception for employees"

Funny how most Catholic women support birth control but the leadership that so vehemently opposes it is 100% male.

Now if only the "religious leaders" (menfolk), did. :\

I would say that a lot of religious ladies are for free birth control because they are against abortions and understand causation.

If you look at the religious denominations that allow women full participation in all leadership positions you will find they are generally pro-birth control and pro-choice. This has been true since the 70s.