Americans have a deep respect for the freedom of religion and separation of church and state. It is disappointing that we had to wait until now to get the left to see the evil of Obamacare. Its easy to see why the President's team was caught off guard, they figured they had already tricked the American people into a utopian vision of health care, why should people care about further state intervention?
So, faced with an uproar from religious leaders and 2012 voters, the President made another non-pivot in his evolving health care executive order (Aren't these things supposed to be put in law by Congress):
“Women will have free preventive care that includes contraceptive services no matter where she works. The policy also ensures that if a woman works for religious employers with objections to providing contraceptive services as part of its health plan, the religious employer will not be required to provide contraception coverage, but her insurance company will be required to offer contraceptive care free of charge.”
Beyond the apparent bias of thinking only women are responsible or contraception, the President offers a morally ambiguous solution. Either way the result is the same, through the act of employment with the religious institution women will receive services that are in conflict with the religious organization's moral values. You can imagine politicians and advocates starting their arguments with "Well technically.....".
Morality declines slowly. Little rules and exceptions become routine over time, ultimately acceptable. The left continues in its quest to make pregnancy a diseases. PS: A condom costs $1.
