First we had that godawful campaign finance law passing as slick as shit through a goose. Now, the state can tell religious institutions how to practice their faith. From Donald Sensing:

One of the cries oft heard from the secular Left is that religious people (always meaning the Christian “religious right,” never the religious left or non-Christians) have no right to impose their values on the rest of society.

It’s separation of Church and State, don’t you see? Let us consider, though, whether this “wall of separation” that Thomas Jefferson wrote of in a letter has a doorway. Yes, it does, but it only opens one way. The state gets to be separate from religion, but not vice-versa.

California’s Supreme Court has ruled that a Roman Catholic charity in San Francisco “must provide employees with birth-control coverage despite its opposition to contraception.”

Read that quote again. Now, go forth to Donald Sensing’s and read the rest, towards a conclusion so unsurprisingly true it’s remarkable that it still feels like a kick in the stomach. I’m all for keeping religion from interfering with matters of state, but I know for one that it should work both ways. Shoulda, woulda, coulda.

(Link via the irresistible Mog.)