{"id":6782,"date":"2014-03-27T12:24:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T16:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=6782"},"modified":"2024-09-11T23:37:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T03:37:53","slug":"hobby-lobby-self-respecting-rednecks-pay-condoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/27\/hobby-lobby-self-respecting-rednecks-pay-condoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobby Lobby: Self-Respecting Rednecks Pay for Own Condoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a self-respecting redneck, I&#8217;ve always insisted on paying for my own condoms.<\/p>\n<p>I am continually amazed at how the ObamaCare compulsory contraception coverage mandate is being portrayed.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post&#8217;s Tom Toles does some great cartoons.\u00a0 But I suspect many Post subscribers instinctively equate a lack of subsidized contraception with human sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/hobby-lobby-toles3-27.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As a self-respecting redneck, I&#8217;ve always insisted on paying for my own condoms. I am continually amazed at how the ObamaCare compulsory contraception coverage mandate is being portrayed. 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