The vast majority of my posts are stories about my kids, or sometimes by or for my kids, but every once in awhile I dust off the Keyboard of All Seriousness and type something different.

I am linking to an old post of mine because birth control still seems to be a hot topic in the U.S. political and media realms. In March 2012, I wrote:

Recently, CNN published an article titled, “Why don’t men in favor of birth control speak up?” It pointedly asked:

…where in these recent debates are the voices of ordinary men? Why aren’t we hearing publicly even now from husbands who are not ready to have children they would have to support? Or from boyfriends who do not have the means to support a child?

I am one very ordinary man who absolutely, completely supports the birth control coverage requirement. I’m going to continue discussing this below, probably in far too much detail, but if you’re a man who supports birth control, please speak up. Say so on your blog or Tumblr or whatever. Say it on Facebook or Twitter. Write to your local newspaper. Seriously. Birth control is not just an issue for women.

Actually I wrote a helluva lot more than that. If you read the whole thing, you’ll see I talk about religion and Republicans and science and Scripture and all kinds of stuff. I used the letters “sex” at least 24 times.

In any case, I remain amazed at the politicization of this topic. The situation may actually be more acute than it was a year ago.  Dads — or any parent, really — what say you?