I wouldn't normally write about something this personal, but the recent circus of a Supreme Court ruling involving Hobby Lobby has forced my hand.
A few months ago, I had a vasectomy done. I talked about this at length with the Mrs. and her mother for a few years and I finally had it done this past March at a local Planned Parenthood, so-called pro-life protesters and all. It wasn't terribly expensive, but it sure as hell wasn't cheap either because I had to pay out of pocket with my tax refund from 3 months of work the year before. It was also a few days before my 30th birthday.
You see, I did this because my wife and I both have disabilities that would make raising children very difficult. There's also no telling what difficulties she'd have with pregnancy, or what could happen to the child, so I didn't want to take the chance. My wife is also on the pill. Suffice it to say, she'd be going through pure hell without it.
So, with all that behind me, let me just say this in regards to Hobby Lobby and other businesses and people who want to take reproductive autonomy away from women: Go fuck yourselves. Women don't need some self righteous douche bags telling them what they can and can't do with their own bodies, or what religious beliefs they can have.
And if any church or other religious organization decides to play politics with peoples' lives as Hobby Lobby, a private sector business did, they ought to pay their damn taxes.
Hell, I'm a Nichiren Buddhist, and I can guarantee if I ever tried something like this it would never see the light of day. This ruling smacks heavily of white, Christian privilege. Nothing more, nothing less. As I said in the title, Hobby Lobby can kiss my ass. That also goes double for the insincere asshat LibertAryan cult leader known as Ron Paul, and the jackass activist judges in the Supreme Court.
The Islamo-Communist Caliphate that Fox News said Obama would force on us to 'progress past the constitution' can't come soon enough.
See you around,
Homer