Lost Heritage

​The Republican Party has been causing a great many problems for themselves lately, but one leaped out as “Whoa, where did that come from???!!”  In fairness, it wasn’t directly from the Republican Party, but rather the very conservative Heritage Foundation.  However, the Heritage Foundation can probably best be described as “Official Republican Party adjacent.”  It’s probably the advisory think tank that’s most-closely associated with the GOP.  The advisory think that puts together the list of judges they want to party to get on the bench.  So, when the Heritage Foundation writes something, it’s not difficult to tie it to the Republican Party with a bear hug.

In this case, it wasn’t something that the Heritage Foundation wrote that can be interpreted different way by third parties.  No, this was something that the Heritage Foundation posted themselves from their Twitter account.

It should be noted that what they wrote was done in a really weird way, opening with a quotation without saying who they are quoting.  And it all reads like you’re coming into a conversation in mid-sentence.  (The quote appears to come from a woman speaking in a video they’ve embedded – though they don’t even say who they woman is in the video either.  But unless you watch the whole video, you wouldn’t know that for certain.  Nor will most people, I suspect, know who she is, even if she’s well known.  And she may well be, or not, but I can’t tell from this.)  But the tweet is so, “Whoa, where did that come from???!!” that none of that matters, because what they posted just leaps out that everything else falls by the wayside, and their words, no matter how disjointed, are all that matters.  Because what they wrote was –

"It seems to me that a good place to start would be a feminist movement against the pill, & for... returning the consequentiality to sex." Conservatives have to lead the way in restoring sex to its true purpose, & ending recreational sex & senseless use of birth control pills.​

​Yes, really. That’s what the Heritage Foundation posted.  Really.  Honest.  See what I mean?!  And to show I’m not lying, here’s the tweet –​

See!  I’m not lying.  That is what the Heritage Foundation, the leading advisory think tank of the Republican Party is actually pushing.  For people to stop having recreational sex.  Really.

Hey, that’s a great way to win the youth vote!

In fact, I’ve even got a great slogan for them –

"No Recreational Sex.  Vote GOP!"

They should print it up on flyers and distribute them on college campuses across the country.  I’d consider volunteering to help them.  Knock on dorm room and say, “Hey, kids, this is what the Republican Party is all about.  No recreational sex!  Vote them in office and help make this a reality.  Thanks!  Now, get back to studying.  And put your clothes on when you answer the door.”

The thing is, this is not just a horrible platform issue for young voters.  Married couples who have all the children (and frozen embryo children) they want, but still would like to have recreational sex on occasion probably would hate this idea, too.  A lot.

And the thing is even more, I’m still trying to figure out their strategy – to get the “feminist movement” to be “against the pill.”  That would be the feminist movement that was so strong and forceful getting the pill accepted in the first place.  And this is what they consider, “A good place to start.” 

Me, I personally think that’s the very worst place to start.  But hey, this is the Heritage Foundation.  If that’s where they want to start, I say Godspeed.

By the way, the "true purpose" of breathing is so people can stay alive.  But there are many other valuable offshoots from breathing that the world has discovered in addition to that.

(Further, without speaking directly to the Almighty, I also don't know if "the true purpose" of sex is to help the world procreate.  After all, why make something that the world finds so incredibly enjoyable but which they are only allowed to do a few times during their lifetime?  For all I know, the Heritage Foundation has it backwards, that God created having sex in order for people to have fun, so that most everyone would then want to do it with the benefit that it would help the world populate.  Honestly, for all I know, God thinks the Heritage Foundation and its ilk are all prudes, and that He completely supports all the entire points of recreational sex, but wants to protect against over-population and so created contraceptives.)

​I get the impression, though, from all their cries about "Stop having recreational sex!!", their main goal is actually the five last words.  "...the senseless use of birth control."  Not having recreational sex is just a means to the end.  The thinking being (although I use the word "thinking" generously), if you people would just stop having recreational sex, there would not be much of a need for birth control.

That's what they appear to want next from the Supreme Court, no birth control.  After all, banning recreational sex seems a bridge too far for even this Supreme Court. 

By the way, here's how cool an issue this would be for the Republican Party.  A poll was released yesterday about the public reaction to In Vitro Fertilization, after the Alabama court ruling that declared frozen embryos to be children.  (No, the issue isn't the same as recreational sex and birth control, but they're cousins.)

Among all people, 86% supported IVF.

Among pro-life, 78% supported IVF.

Among evangelicals, 83% supported IVF.

Now imagine, though not the same, if people feel this strongly, edging towards unanimously about protecting In Vitro Fertilization, the American public's reaction to banning birth control.  And wanting to end recreational sex.

So, if to reach the Heritage Foundation's far-right goal to get rid of birth control means making the case for banning recreational sex -- with a great place to start being with help from feminist women! -- the Republican Party, however much they might agree with such a dream, if they don't want to lose the youth vote, and married couples vote, and human vote, might need to look for a new advisory think tank.

Feminist women would be a great place to start.

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​"No Recreational Sex.  Vote GOP!