Adopted

[rare]

H.R. 3590 passes 219 to 212. On to Reconciliation. Oh boy. I wonder if any Republican's speech will fail to mention abortion.

Comments

[kuangning]

Not thus far.

[rare]

Hehe.

[icetray]

I saw an interesting piece on the International History Channel the other day about how in ancient Italy (a particular city near Rome, specifically, the name of which eludes me) the various religions lived side by side harmoniously for centuries, sharing a common virtue of tolerance. But when the Christians arrived, preaching not only a new brand monotheism but moral singularity, the other religions accommodated the unpleasant eccentricity in following with their traditional ways of tolerance. Over time, of course, the message of exclusion pervaded the society and the quiet position of accommodation was strangled out by abstract notions of morality

[icetray]

You'd think with all this fuss over abortions that the Republicans would be friendlier to the gays, who rarely require abortion services.