Oy Vey!

In plugging around on the so-called “Blogosphere,” I stumbled upon Plittle’s journal, Aurora Walking Vacation, and a great, well-written entry titled “A Plea.” 

 

In it, he discussed how the Christian Right is, for lack of a better word, contributing to the number of cases of cervical cancer in this country by prohibiting the innoculation of our children against a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) known as Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).  It's definitely worth taking a look at.

 

Call me crazy, but I think it's horribly wrong to condemn our future generations to a possible, painful death based solely upon the irrelevant squawking of proselytizing pseudo-Christian ninnies.  What do you think?

 

Now, the entry itself is a very articulate piece on just one of the myriad of hazards in allowing a specific religious belief to interfere with the health and safety of the overall population (after all, it's painfully clear that very few people grasp the concept that not onlydo our First Amendment rights grant us freedom of religion, it also grants us freedom FROM religion). 

Throughout history, the conflict between science and religion has been a prime example of the collision of the proverbial unstoppable-force and the immovable-object.   And, now there is a way to prevent a specific form of cancer which could benefit humanity, and Christians are getting in the way simply because it carries with it the stigma of a sexually transmitted disease, and they apparently know what God thinks about sex.  Even crazier, their skewed logic is stating that if we innoculate our children against this virus, we are somehow encouraging them to have sex.  It's infuriating to see how the twisted beliefs of this irrelevant religion (and yes!  In terms of government legislation, ALL religious beliefs are irrelevant) is still striving to control the lives and beliefs of not just a few followers, but the entire friggin' nation. 

Now, don't get me wrong, I do respect ALL religious beliefs, and I favor none over the other.  However, as an American, when I see those beliefs seeking to trample upon the rights of others in persuit of a Theocracy, I see that sort of thing as treasonous and utterly wrong.  Where do Christians get this notion that they are somehowmore "important" than any other religion in this country?   Are they under the impression that numbers somehow matter in this case? 

Moreover, if this country is ever going to succeed and survive, Conservative Christians desperately need to learn that they are not the sole religion in this country, and they need to learn to respect the beliefs and lives of others.  After all, so long as there is a single individual within this country's boarders who believes differently from Christian dogma, then that person's First Amendment Rights deserve to be respected.  Otherwise, we're right back in the same old mess this country's very first settlers sought to escape. 

Enough for now,

DP