I’m going to let you all in on a little secret. I’m kind of a religious nut. A bit of a freak. A tad on the fanatical side. But, my religious views aren’t really compartmentalized easily. I envy people who are born into a religion or stumble upon a religion and find that it fits them well enough to stay comfortable in it. That includes those who disregard any religion. The absence of religion works well for them. All the religions that I’ve tried on have pinched, or given me a rash, or shrunk down until they’re too tight.

In the end, it’s been a lot like buying clothes in some ways. There are colors or styles that I will readily admit suit another perfectly, but they’re not for me. Nothing against those other styles, but I just can’t see myself living within them. So, I give them a superficial look-over, basically just to widen my own worldview, and then hand them back unworn. Religiously-speaking, this has left me in a fitting room with different sizes and shades of Christianity. Sorry to be so bland (I am also the woman who only wears black: black with olive green, black with tan, and black with gray), so yeah, I admit to sticking close to my comforts with certain things. Buddhism becomes another woman, and Hinduism another, but for me, it’s boring old Christianity. I accept that’s my textile just as I accept that I can never, ever wear anything red.

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Sales analytics are showing that the sale of the controversial morning after pill is skyrocketing, much to the dismay of conservative and Christian activists who consider the pill a form of abortion.

Putting politics, religion, and morality aside, are blessings and consequences fully being considered in the light of objectivity?

Of course, the morning after pill is nothing short of a miracle for those women who are raped or have a night of indiscretion (after all, everybody makes mistakes) in preventing a pregnancy before it’s really viable, but what are the real consequences? Could it be the lack of consequences?

Some more moderate pro-lifers may be grateful in as far as the morning after pill might affect how often an invasive abortion procedure is needed or done, but is a society free from accountability and responsibility one of integrity and boundaries?

We keep creating policies, products and procedures to circumvent consequences. While some of these inventions and policies are miraculous and life saving, is it possible that diminishing the need or skill to control ones impulses or negate sound judgment may be counterproductive? Isn’t there a benefit of second guessing oneself or making an attempt to be responsible?

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