GOP Rep Mike Kelly compares Birth Control Mandate to Pearl Harbor Attacks & 9/11 - Polidicks

[URL]http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/01/13070876-republican-likens-contraceptive-mandate-to-pearl-harbor-911?lite[/URL] [quote]A House Republican lawmaker likened the implementation of a new mandate that insurers offer coverage for contraceptive services to Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks against the United States.Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly (R), an ardent opponent of abortion rights, said that today's date would live in infamy alongside those two other historic occasions. Wednesday marked the day on which a controversial new requirement by the Department of Health and Human Services, which requires health insurance companies to cover contraceptive services for women, goes into effect. [B]"I know in your mind you can think of times when America was attacked. One is December 7th, that's Pearl Harbor day. The other is September 11th, and that's the day of the terrorist attack," Kelly said at a press conference on Capitol Hill. "I want you to remember August the 1st, 2012, the attack on our religious freedom. That is a day that will live in infamy, along with those other dates."[/B] Republicans cried foul when the Obama administration first announced the new rule, reasoning that it would force employers with a religious affiliation to act in a way that contradicts their beliefs. The outcry included criticism from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and President Obama subsequently announced a compromise in which employers wouldn't be forced to offer insurance plans that cover contraception, but insurance companies would be required to offer coverage to women who wish to purchase it. Republicans rejected the compromise, and subsequently attempted several times to advance legislation to reverse the mandate. The imbroglio contributed to Democratic charges of a GOP-led "war on women." "This is a right that every American should be outraged, outraged about what this administration and Secretary Sibelius has set forth here on August the 1st," New York Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R) said at the same press conference as Kelly. "And as Mike said, August the 1st is a day that we as American will look at as the largest assault on our First Amendment rights."[/quote] there you have it, it is now war.

You're fuckin' retarded Mr. Kelly.

Oh come on, the US asked for Pearl Harbor when they cut off the oil supply of the Nipponese and started screwing around in their empire

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;37042506] there you have it, it is now war.[/QUOTE] Time for a Crusade!

What is Obama gonna do next? First he's mandating employers pay for birth control as part of an insurance plan, the only next logical step is herding christians into concentration camps and gassing them

[QUOTE=prooboo;37042571]What is Obama gonna do next? First he's mandating employers pay for birth control as part of an insurance plan, the only next logical step is herding christians into concentration camps and gassing them[/QUOTE] [B]No.[/B] You feed them to the lions in a Colosseum.

[QUOTE=Dr.C;37042539]Oh come on, the US asked for Pearl Harbor when they cut off the oil supply of the Nipponese and started screwing around in their empire[/QUOTE] Yeah, its not the like the Japanese wanted to conquer all of Southeast Asia or anything, right? [editline]1st August 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;37042582][B]No.[/B] You feed them to the lions in a Colosseum.[/QUOTE] Sounds familiar.....

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;37042582][B]No.[/B] You feed them to the lions in a Colosseum.[/QUOTE] You would know, wouldn't you [B]EMPEROR[/B]???

Why must our politicians be idiots?

how is requiring insurance companies to let people get contraceptives related to thousands of people killed in a bombing by japan and 2 planes flying into skyscrapers?

[QUOTE=Falubii;37042654]Why must our politicians be idiots?[/QUOTE] They adapt to the masses they have to convince.

That makes condoms the holocaust? therefore Trojan must be Hitler. :downs:

ban religious freedom

[QUOTE=-Get_A_Life-;37042696]They adapt to the masses they have to convince.[/QUOTE] Its scary how theres people retarded enough to go for a guy who could just say "I will stop 9/11!"

Condoms: WORSE THAN SUICIDE BOMBING

i want to see a birth certificate mr. kelly nobody born with a brain could be this stupid

why dont they go after coal fired power plants, after all, all life is carbon based :downs:

[QUOTE=Foda;37042686]how is requiring insurance companies to let people get contraceptives related to thousands of people killed in a bombing by japan and 2 planes flying into skyscrapers?[/QUOTE] Its the GOP, they don't have any logic. Anything they are against is basically worse than December 7th and September 11th combined. Its a shame that the batshit insane Representatives has taken over the GOP and the sane ones are either gone, or joined them.

[QUOTE=lolwutdude;37042506]I want you to remember August the 1st, 2012, the attack on our religious freedom.[/QUOTE] Wouldn't [i]refusing[/i] contraception based on religion be an attack on religious freedom? This makes absolutely no sense.

[QUOTE=Arkei;37044465]Wouldn't [i]refusing[/i] contraception based on religion be an attack on religious freedom? This makes absolutely no sense.[/QUOTE] I refer to my previous post. GOP doesn't have much logic. So logically, allowing contraception is not an attack on freedom. But for the GOP, they can say it does attack religous freedom, and the dipshits will listen.

[QUOTE=Dr.C;37042539]Oh come on, the US asked for Pearl Harbor when they cut off the oil supply of the Nipponese and started screwing around in their empire[/QUOTE] Yeah, just ignore the millions of Chinese being slaughtered by the Japanese.

[QUOTE=King Tiger;37044805]Yeah, just ignore the millions of Chinese being slaughtered by the Japanese.[/QUOTE] I think his use of the word "Nipponese" was enough to discredit him. [editline]1st August 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=ForcedDj;37044664]I refer to my previous post. GOP doesn't have much logic. So logically, allowing contraception is not an attack on freedom. But for the GOP, they can say it does attack religous freedom, and the dipshits will listen.[/QUOTE] I can see the GOP's point, though still disagreeing with it.

[QUOTE=Elecbullet;37044944]I think his use of the word "Nipponese" was enough to discredit him. [editline]1st August 2012[/editline] I can see the GOP's point, though still disagreeing with it.[/QUOTE] Please explain the GOP's point, i'm so confused by what they might mean here.

What an unbelievable ass.

What.

I swear the GOP has no knowledge lady parts. Not even the women GOP members.

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;37045014]Please explain the GOP's point, i'm so confused by what they might mean here.[/QUOTE] If people really believe abortion is wrong at any time, and they often do, then they don't want to provide for day after pills. It is unreasonable, yes, but not incomprehensible.

Would they still think of it this way if the money came from paychecks instead of insurance? In both cases the money is coming from them indirectly, why is it suddenly an attack on religious freedom when it comes from insurance?

Only conservatives could look at providing additional services to Americans as an attack on freedom. Get the fuck out.

[QUOTE=Elecbullet;37045155]If people really believe abortion is wrong at any time, and they often do, then they don't want to provide for day after pills. It is unreasonable, yes, but not incomprehensible.[/QUOTE] Sure, but justifying it as "freedom" or calling that an "attack on freedom"? How the hell do you warp your mind around that.