I’m surprised that Orthodox Jews would get so uptight about this whole birth control issue when so many Orthodox Jews actually use it from time to time (with a heter, of course). Rush’s comments were despicable. Sandra Fluke is no paragon of virtue (and, in fact, goes against the morality we all hold dear) but make no mistake- Rush used that language to paint all women with the same brush, including moral, frum married women who use it with a heter from their LOR.
The issue is silly- this has nothing to do with taxpayers, it’s about insurance companies. If you want to complain about taxpayer money, we pay a lot more for the pregnancies of poor single women who should not be having babies; we then pay a lot of money for the WIC and other welfare services they then rely on. Also, if you get insurance through work, that is part of your SALARY. You should be able to do what you want with your salary, regardless of whether your boss would approve. You can’t do anything about it if your employee decides to spend her money on non-tznius clothes or on a wedding gift for Tom and Harry.
As for free speech- Rush has every right to say what he wants; people are free to complain if they don’t like it and boycott him; advertisers are free to pull their ads.
I hope Obama gets voted out this November, but Republicans keep shooting themselves in the foot. Rush is not helping matters. I’m almost convinced that they’re part of a vast liberal conspiracy to get Obama re-elected. I’ll vote for whoever is the nominee, but it’s not going to do doodlysquat because a)I’m in New York and b)I’m not the one who needs to be convinced, it’s people on the fence who do.