At last! The President has made a concession! We have found the Barack that promised compromise. We have reached the middle ground on contraception and Christian conscience. It is a small step and not nearly far enough but it is a step nonetheless. Now is the time to press for what this nation needs the most: an amendment guaranteeing that you will never be forced to confront your beliefs or temporarily set them aside for what the President would euphemistically call "the good of society."
Come! State your beliefs and never waver. Does the use of your public parks by the unemployed and the indigent offend you? Are your taxes higher than you find, ahem, morally acceptable? If so, there is no need to fret anymore. Your conscience has a voice!
Thanks to the actions of courageous clergymen (but not, for the most part, women), there is an opening for all of us, liberal and conservative alike, to finally press for a more general conscience clause. Call it the "Happier Society Act" or "Conscientious Government Pact." It will protect all groups from having their beliefs belittled by an overreaching government intent on destroying our communities in a manner reminiscent of Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, or an imagined feminist state. Your beliefs are more important than government mandates, the rule of the majority, or the steady march towards more and more unwieldy "rights."
So shrug off the mantle of P.C. liberalism that the selfish and self-important force us to wear. Make sure that everything you are will be respected and protected by law. Fight the government and make the next amendment about your beliefs. What if you could opt out of a health care system you think is un-American? Or refuse to contribute to a military you think kills too many people and spends too much of your money doing it? Your conscience is not trivial. Rise up! Fight for your beliefs! You have a right!.. (Editorial)
