I don't know if you realized it, but you are close to saying "government should tighten its belt unless it's stuff I believe in". Then, both sides can make the argument, and there is never any deficit reduction, we keep spending on things we want.
Why does your faith trump someone else's personal belief? That is, why does faith, which is a belief without any proof, often with proof to the contrary, trump a belief that might actually be grounded in some form of reasoning? In both cases it's simply what you believe vs what someone else believes.
Do you not realize how awful that is? How much of a hypocrite it makes you to hide behind freedom of religion as a means to try to force your religious beliefs on others? Especially via their health care.
How would you feel about tying health in to praying to Mecca multiple times a day?
How about if you work on the sabbath you lose your coverage?
Divorced? No health care for you sinner.
STD coverage should probably be banned. I mean sure, there are other ways to get AIDS but if you were having sex in a nice normal marriage then you probably wouldn't get it.
Oh wait, you mean that someone made a personal choice to use it. A choice that has exactly nothing to do with you, but you see an opportunity to oppress their freedom to choose so you are going to take it.
I'm sorry but you can't criticize the ACA for being unconstitutional, while also arguing that the law should allow you to opt out of supporting policies that are against your faith. The First Amendment states:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Also known as the Separation of Church and State.
You are free to exercise your religious beliefs by not using birth control. But you cannot demand that Congress write the laws to fit your belief system.
edit: By the way, I downvoted you not because I disagree with you, but because of your hypocrisy.
Separation of church and state doesn't apply here. The original founders didn't want church to control the state. Maybe you need to think about this a bit more, since your understanding is faulty.
As for being a Christian, fine, but my faith defines how I think. It doesn't mean the church controls my way of thinking. Just influences it. That in no way has anything to do with the separation of church and state. ESP for founders that were all very religious.
