Morality in modern politcs

So there is a unavoidable debate currently about requiring Catholic or other religiously sponsored institutions to cover birth control for their employees. These institutions have claimed that the requirement forces them to pay for something they fundamentally find to be immoral. Immoral...

It is this statement that gets any religious liberty argument into trouble. Jesus said, "But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, Bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs of you; and if anyone takes away your goods do not ask for them again. Do to others as you would have them do to you." (Luke 6:27-31) Jesus is talking about what to do when people do you wrong. It is not your fault, and won't be held against you if someone misuses you. "Give to everyone who begs of you" does not exclude people who are asking for birth control or a homeless man asking for money so he can buy booze. This is just to say that the fundamental argument that a church cannot offer birth control to a non-believer working in a subsidiary agency is ridiculous. Jesus is clear, you are responsible for yourself. Yes, you can chastise a believer, a member of the church for wrong doing. However, you must accept their offer of repentance, no matter how untrue it may seem. (Luke 17:3-4) The idea that an employer would somehow be responsible for an employee taking birth control if it were offered is ridiculous. So theologically, the churches are on fairly weak ground. It is my choice to take or use birth control, and thus if it is a sin it is mine and not yours no matter who paid for it.

The issue at hand is certainly not about morality. I work at a Catholic institution that would be required to offer birth control coverage under the current law. However, I would not be eligible for that coverage as I am an adjunct professor and not full time. This is a common practice among colleges to fill out schedules with adjunct professors, and no difference in cost of credit hours or expectations of the professor involvement in the class appear in any college materials. Yet the college pays me 30% of what a beginning full time professor would be paid to teach the exact same class. A fair wage for fair work must be a moral principle. "Do to others as you would have them do to you."

This might be my own issue and completely a result of the hardship of starting an academic career. The problem is that in all the talk of morality no church official from any denomination has come forward to say that, "there are genuine medical reasons why someone might need to be on birth control outside of preventing pregnancy, and in those situations it is the moral obligation of the church to provide any comfort available to people who are suffering." Polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometriosis, amenorrhea, and other hormonal irregularities are commonly treated by birth control. These conditions cause suffering in those who have them, and yet it is apparently immoral to treat them.

If an organization or individual wants to lecture about what is or isn't moral they must first be moral.