1. The war of words is lost again, this time the Catholics winning. In an @AP news item the opening sentence reads:

    Sharpening an election-year confrontation over religious freedom and government health insurance rules…”

    When the AP refers to the “other side’s” position in exactly the way they want it framed, even though it is patently wrong, it demonstrates that the Catholic church has successfully repeated the phrase “religious freedom” often enough to make it look as if freedom is being denied them rather than the other way around. Or, more correctly put, they are fighting to retain their self-assigned “right” to discriminate against those who don’t follow their crazy cult beliefs.