The latest conservative outcry about contraception led by the CBMH (Catholic Bishopian Male Hierarchy) isn't really about contraception or abortion for that matter except it logically, sensibly reduces it, nor is this about religious freedom v. government.  Again, it's a time for some general observations. 

It is about ignoring facts and substituting faith, a never ending tactic of the right leaning politicos, Catholic Bishops included.  It stands out that 98% of women admit having used contraceptives sometime in their lives and an estimated 14% of women currently use birth control pills for health reasons other than pregnancy prevention.  If all the catholic women involved here (and condom bearing men) sought reconciliation, priests would surely be overwhelmed at confessional.  A case of faith over fact, religious dogma over human behavorial reality.

Tea Party conservatives rail that taxes are too high yet can rarely tell you what percentage anyone actually pays.  Only that it's too much.  This is what their leaders tell them so they believe it. 

Economists cite the fact that over 1.1 million private sector jobs have been created in the last 3 years and government jobs are in a plunge but the Republican presidential candidates, McConnell and Boehner over in the congress, all tell us we've lost millions of jobs under Obama and refuse to admit that General Motors is again the world's largest car maker thanks to government loans that kept them out of bankruptcy.  They say it, repeat it over and over and over again and the faithful believe it.  Faith over fact in case after case ad nauseum.

 It's religion as politics.  Religion preaches faith over facts and declares it morality.  There's nothing moral about ignoring facts.  Imaginative rationalization fosters the heartbreak of ignorance and at its worst, the cause of much uneeded suffering.

These people cannot be helped by economists, mathmeticians, philosophers or colorful graphs and charts.  Their only optimism comes from an impending fulfillment of the riches and utopia in the afterlife aka heaven.  There's not one iota of evidence to support that and of course, you have to die to attain it.  They need psychiatrists, not more theology.  Thank you.