This. Is. Not. A. Uterus.

Also, women's breasts are not cheeseburgers.

 Apparently there has been some confusion.

 Bishop Lori and the Parable of the Kosher Deli

Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport Connecticut testified before the US House Committee of Oversight and Government Reform on the matter of the HHS mandate and its calamitous consequences for religious liberty this morning and gave one of the most unique and incisive testimonies seen in Washington D.C. in a long time. Bishop Lori, instead of speaking outright on the matter of the state forcing Catholic institutions including Catholic colleges to cover sterilization procedures and contraceptives including abortfacients, told a parable about a kosher deli and a ham sandwich. Here’s Bishop Lori’s testimony as submitted to the Committee:

For my testimony today, I would like to tell a story. Let’s call it, “The Parable of the Kosher Deli.” Once upon a time, a new law is proposed, so that any business that serves food must serve pork. There is a narrow exception for kosher catering halls attached to synagogues, since they serve mostly members of that synagogue, but kosher delicatessens are still subject to the mandate.

The Orthodox Jewish community—whose members run kosher delis and many other restaurants and grocers besides—expresses its outrage at the new government mandate. And they are joined by others who have no problem eating pork—not just the many Jews who eat pork, but people of all faiths—because these others recognize the threat to the principle of religious liberty. They recognize as well the practical impact of the damage to that principle. They know that, if the mandate stands, they might be the next ones forced—under threat of severe government sanction—to violate their most deeply held beliefs, especially their unpopular beliefs. Meanwhile, those who support the mandate respond, “But pork is good for you. It is, after all, the other white meat.” Other supporters add, “So many Jews eat pork, and those who don’t should just get with the times.” Still others say, “Those Orthodox are just trying to impose their beliefs on everyone else.”

But in our hypothetical, those arguments fail in the public debate, because people widely recognize the following. First, although people may reasonably debate whether pork is good for you, that’s not the question posed by the nationwide pork mandate. 

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It goes on like that, and the Rude One has nicely shaved that hock into delicious, NSFW canapes here so I will only add this.

 First, I want to emphasize in the strongest possible terms how much I am in favor of the GOP running on a platform comparing a woman's uterus to a ham sandwich.

 Second -- and again, I want to make sure I am absolutely clear about this -- I want to underscore in bright, unambiguous language how completely awesome it would be for the GOP to continue to insist on  the  primacy of Bronze Age dietary restrictions and cosmology in all discussions about science generally and women's health specifically.

 Or as the late Steve Gilliard used to say, when your enemies are drowning

 throw them anvils.