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Cato on Contraception Mandate: 'We Should All be Exempt'

As a companion must-read article to Tim’s column on the ObamaCare birth control mandate, John Cochrane of Cato explains why President Barack Obama’s proposed compromise to exempt church-related institutions misses the point:

Our nation is divided on social issues. The natural compromise is simple: Birth control, abortion and other contentious practices are permitted. But those who object don't have to pay for them. The federal takeover of medicine prevents us from reaching these natural compromises and needlessly divides our society.

The critics fell for a trap. By focusing on an exemption for church-related institutions, critics effectively admit that it is right for the rest of us to be subjected to this sort of mandate. They accept the horribly misnamed Patient Protection and Affordable…[more]

February 10, 2012 • 04:52 pm
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Thursday, May 28 2009

A Tennessee woman is suing a restaurant, nearby liquor store and her alleged attacker following a good deed that turned bad.

According to news reports, Fran MacLaren gave a cheeseburger to a homeless man, David Craig, outside of a local McDonald's. After shouting that he didn't want the cheeseburger, but rather just money, Craig threw the burger at MacLaren. She responded by calling him an “ungrateful bastard.” Craig then went after MacLaren, striking her repeatedly, breaking her nose, fracturing her wrist and cheekbone, and cracking her rib.

Last month MacLaren filed a lawsuit in Davidson County Circuit Court seeking $2 million in damages and alleging that the McDonald's and the nearby liquor store "knew, or should have known, that their mode of operating their particular stores attracted persons prone to criminal acts and provided an environment to crime."

The suit further states that both stores failed to provide a reasonably safe place for their customers.

—Source: The Tennessean

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