Comments | zoemathemata: Republicans new tatics on suppressing the rights of women: get teachers and doctors to lie

zoemathemata

Republicans new tatics on suppressing the rights of women: get teachers and doctors to lie

Jul 14, 2013 16:21

Originally posted by karadin at Republicans new tatics on suppressing the rights of women: get teachers and doctors to lie
Texas did it. Then Ohio. Then North Carolina, and now Wisconsin. All over the country, in states where Republicans hold legislative majorities and the governor’s mansion, states are sneaking abortion restrictions into law, knowing that ( Read more... )

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sgamadison July 15 2013, 00:00:09 UTC

I'm so angry about this (and the Zimmerman trial) sometimes I can't speak without frothing at the mouth. I know too, as an 'author', I'm not supposed to make my views on such political hot topics known for fear of being boycotted. I say f*ck that shit.

One of the reasons I am such an advocate for GLBTQ rights is because I am an advocate for civil rights, and as such, together all minorities can make up a majority.

That would work if the opposition played fair. But they don't. They have done everything in their power to play to their powerbase to see they stay in power--even if it means attacking women, gays, POC, firefighters, teachers, the poor, etc along the way.

I say in 2014,we vote all the bastards out. Unfortunately, by then they will have tied up the laws in such a fashion that even if they fail to be re-elected, they will somehow retain office.

zoemathemata July 15 2013, 00:06:03 UTC

The thing that SCARES TEH SHIT OUT OF ME is how many people SUPPORT these insane right wingers. There are so many people that are like "FUCK YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT'
and I don't know how we raised a population of the world that has no respect for their fellow man.
and the BIBLE quoting! omg. I was raised catholic and the bible thumping REALLY TICKS ME OFF.
because if you're gonna quote the bible, how about LOVE THY NEIGHBOR?
or what about all the other rules that we break that no one seems to give a shit about?
I don't know why some people still seem to think that they DESERVE this power over another group of people - be it GLBTQ or women or other races.
WE'RE ALL PEOPLE

sgamadison July 15 2013, 00:35:35 UTC

Yep. And the next time I get an email forwarded to me from some "Christian" business saying they should be exempted from having to pay their employees health insurance because they're CHRISTIAN, you know, and they let their employees go home on National Holidays or whatever, I want to have Inigo Montoya say to them, "You keep saying Christian. I do not think that word means what you think it means."

greeneyes_fan July 15 2013, 00:37:42 UTC

The debates over 20-week bans are what really grind my gears. It's such a distraction, only a handful of abortions are performed that late, and almost all of them are done for medical reasons, either serious maternal health problems or severe untreatable problems in the fetus, revealed by prenatal testing. Making laws about how and when they can be performed just throws a sledgehammer into the whole mess. You can't possibly make enough laws to cover every situation, and when emergencies do happen, doctors should be able to act quickly in accordance with their own best judgement and the wishes of the mother ( ... )

zoemathemata July 15 2013, 01:38:14 UTC

Exactly! There is a reason church and state are SEPARATED. If your argument begins with "The bible says..." then it's not VALID in an argument for STATE/COUNTRY LAWS. Church and State - SEPARATE.

And also by making that argument you're leaving out a portion of your population that DON'T support your religion! HOW is this a good idea?? let's say your entire law is based on a religion. All someone has to do is say "yo. Not my religion. that law does not apply to me."