Say Anything Blog

People on the leftward side of the political spectrum say they want to “keep government out of your bedroom,” by which they usually mean they oppose restrictions on abortion. This is a bit of a non sequitur, since few abortionists make house calls. But you can see the logic: Restrictions on abortion may inhibit sexual behavior; hence they are a government intrusion “into the bedroom.”

But it’s an oddity of today’s politics that abortion proponents tend to be allied with environmentalists, and environmentalists want government in every room in your house, from the bathroom (mandatory low-flow toilets) to the kitchen (energy saving appliances) to the garage (fuel-economy standards) to--well, any room with artificial lighting (the bulbs had better be the compact fluorescent variety).

So it turns out the only room in the house these characters want to keep the government out of is the bedroom, and only when the lights are off. And don’t count on the bedroom remaining a safe haven, either. For there is, as it turns out, a nexus between abortion and environmentalism.