This is a cause and effect essay explaining how education, free speech, and contraception contribute to a free society.

Vehicles of Freedom We have the privilege of living in a free and open society, a society kept afloat on an open sea of oppression by providing and allowing education, freedom of speech, and contraception. Through readily available education we establish a citizenry with the opportunity to communicate clearly and understand each other in ways unavailable to a less educated people. Freedom of speech is a necessary vehicle for navigating the treacherous waters of a …

…pill to even the playing field for minorities. Education, free speech and contraception are simply of opportunity and opportunity is what makes a society free. Without it, we are set adrift on the sea tossed about by the whims of those in power. We still need courageous men and women to take advantage of the opportunities, that we may exercise our free and open society, steering it into a safe harbor, until the next storm.