Prescription filled while you wait - if God says its ok

Perhaps in the light of last Tuesday's election we ought to pay closer attention to things like this:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-11-08-druggists-pill_x.htm

In brief the article explains that there is a growing trend among pharmacists to refuse to fill birth control prescriptions based on religious grounds. Seems there's a slippery slope from Abortion to RU486 to Ortho-Novum.

And here just a day or two ago I was having an nice conversation with one of my, apparently, media elite friends about how all birth control ought to be on-demand and free because its a good thing for the country. Guess we're a little out of touch with the mainstream.

Truth be told, the guys at Monty Python called this one years ago. It was in "The Meaning of Life" I think where they took this to its natural conclusion, declaring: "Every sperm is sacred." That would put a dent into a lot of cultural assumptions.

I've always thought we were safe here because this was one of those issues where everyone would want it to be this way except for their wife, girlfriend, or daughter. Counting on b-flat American hypocrisy I guess. Maybe I've been wrong. Maybe the same kind of moral center that runs one this way also keeps the same people from becoming hypocritical.

If I had to guess, I would say that in the end American hypocrisy will trump American morals every time. I mean we're the country founded on freedom and religious freedom that then immediately forced out and murdered an indigenous population and then enforced strict Puritan rules. Surely a country with such a dysfunctional foundation will be able to protect access to birth control? Wouldn't you think?

Still, might be a good time to invest in condoms - the stock in your dresser and the companies' stock on the exchange. Although if they're campaigning against The Pill, can condoms be too far behind? If every sperm is sacred, is there really any difference?