A song about birth control (Hobby Lobby)


I was listening to the FFRF’s “Freethought Radio” podcast and was amazed that a song written thirty years ago is still relevant today. That song is “Days of the Theocracy” by Kristin Lems.

First they fight abortion, birth control is next,

Then comes sex if you’re not married, finally, out goes sex

Put the prayers back in the schools, install parochiaid

Allow for corporal punishment, and then you got it made!

We’re going back, back to the good ole days

When men were really men and women knew their place

Back, back a couple of centuries

And welcome back the days of the theocracy

The family is so holy, there must be no divorce

And if a wife is not content, she must adjust, of course

And if he’s forced to beat her, it’s all for her own good

She must know what her limits are, as any woman should

The next to go is daycare, it’s all a commit plot

What could be more fulfilling than a child, wanted or not?

A woman’s work is housework, God wanted it that way

A salaried job degrades her since she never works for pay

We’re going back, back to the good ole days

When men were really men and women knew their place

Back, back a couple of centuries

And welcome back the days of the theocracy

They teach us women’s lot is “love honor and obey”

And while their crusty notions seem like jokes to us today

They’re sitting in the Capitol, they’re voting on our lives

If we don’t stop them now, our freedom will not long survive

No going back..to the bad ole days…let’s go ahead for future centuries,

And build a world that’s based on true democracy

And build a world that’s based on true equality

Ah – person!