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Another Upchuckable Week: The place where religion meets your rights

Posted by GottaLaff 
· Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 at 12:37 pm 
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Please welcome back guest blogger K.C. Boyd. You might remember her from her earlier posts.

A Monday Morning of Upchucks

Church

Education

  • Gideon’s Upchuck: Dispute over Bible distribution in Tennessee’s Hamilton County public schools. http://bit.ly/ZVQKOI
  • Congressional Jesus Upchuck: House votes to cut $2.5B  in Food Stamps after biblical/Jesus debate. http://bit.ly/11N47DZ
  • Drown ‘Em In the Bathtub Upchuck: Mike Pence puts Common Core, seen as “government propaganda” by Christian crazies, on hold. In Indiana.  http://bit.ly/14hHeF3

Federal Government

  • 1st Amendment Upchuck: “Jesus is calling our country.” Great summary of the National Day of Prayer.  http://bit.ly/106VM7j

Elections

  • Gubernatorial Upchuck: Ken Cuccinelli supports LGBT discrimination, attacks climate science, was called “the most overtly partisan attorney general in Virginia’s history” by WAPO, and . . . thinks Justice Antonin Scalia is too liberal, is running to be governor of Virginia. http://bit.ly/WNuVM0

Military

  • Family-Friendly Upchuck: Family Research Council continues its scare tactics to fundraise on the back of Mikey Weinstein. http://bit.ly/165Dewd
  • Government Paid Missionary Upchuck: Designed to win and train the military for Jesus Christ. http://bit.ly/OOhGdX
  • Spin Me ‘Round Upchuck: 59 Congress members demand Hagel answer to Breitbart.com’s version of black is white. http://bit.ly/19jgRQ7
  • Out of Control Upchuck: The moment Lawrence Wilkerson speaks authoritatively about the dangerous religious situation in the military, Tony Perkins comes out with this vomit. http://bit.ly/18JbJXZ
  • Me Fears MRRF Has Something Upchuck? Tony Perkins’s FRC takes the time to list Mikey Weinstein’s accomplishments, According to Perkins, we are indeed in a holy war. http://bit.ly/10Yo17s
  • Persecution Complex Upchuck: John Fleming (R-LA) calls Mikey Weinstein an anti-Christian extremist on the floor of the U.S. House. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/4451421

Politics

  • Nut-Job Upchuck: Steve Stockman (R-TX) sez “Democrats worship abortion with same fervor the Canaanites worshipped Molech.” http://huff.to/19nJStT
  • Voices In Her Head Upchuck: Campaign posters for mayoral candidate Anna Pierre tout that her bid in North Miami is endorsed by Jesus Christ. http://bit.ly/13vmWcu

States

  • Wrong Again Upchuck: Tennessee sheriff defends Ten Commandments display in jail lobby calling it a   document “that all laws are derived from in this country. http://bit.ly/14g5PdC
  • Try Till it Sticks Upchuck: Ohio House Republicans attach language revision to budget to defund Planned Parenthood. http://bit.ly/15tdvfY
  • Pandering Upchuck: New Jersey’s Chris Christie wants to fund religious education at the college level. http://bit.ly/YwcZtr
  • Christmas Wars Upchuck: Here it is May and the crazies are feeding the troops with early Xmas persecution. http://bit.ly/YFh0vE
  • Coat Hanger Upchuck: Denying poor women safe abortion and effective birth control. http://bit.ly/12jVzPV
  • Texas-Style Family Planning Upchuck: Perry takes away family planning funding and gives the money to crisis pregnancy centers. http://bit.ly/12jVzPV

Novelist K.C. Boyd is the author of Being Christian: A Novel, a steamy, pulp-fiction of a read.According to Mikey Weinstein, President of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, “Boyd created a story so riveting that not only could I not put it down, but upon finishing it, I found myself, like an addict, craving more.

Here’s the link.

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Kermit Gosnell forfeits right to appeal, will get life in prison; he is “the result of anti-choice attacks on women”

Posted by GottaLaff 
· Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 at 2:53 pm 
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Nobody should be able to force any woman to give birth. No hypocritical “small government” legislator, no abusive protester, no assassin, nobody. It’s up to the woman and her doctor.

Via an email from NARAL:

Yesterday, Kermit Gosnell was found guilty.

I’m thankful that this man will pay the price for the horrible acts he committed; all the women whose lives were affected deserve no less.

This tragedy should serve as a wakeup call to lawmakers to ensure that all women have access to safe and legal abortion care.

We can’t let anti-choice politicians use the Gosnell trial to make it even more difficult for women get an abortion.

The media reported that the women who went to Gosnell talked about not having enough money to be able to go to a reputable doctor – Pennsylvania is one of 33 states that doesn’t offer low-income women assistance for abortion care. The women also described being intimidated by clinic protestors at other well-known clinics.

Our choices about when, how, and with whom we have families shouldn’t be used as political footballs. Studies have shown that the number of women seeking abortion is the same all over the world no matter its legal status, but more women die in countries where abortion is illegal.1

It is so important for people to know and share the facts about how it has become nearly impossible for some women to access abortion – and why women are forced to turn to a monster like Gosnell.

1 “Facts on Induced Abortion Worldwide,” Guttmacher Institute, http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_IAW.html

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Another Upchuckable Week: The place where religion meets your rights

Posted by GottaLaff 
· Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 at 11:08 am 
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Please welcome back guest blogger K.C. Boyd. You might remember her from her earlier posts. We’re only posting part of this one, but you can link over to read the rest here.

Another Upchuckable Week - the place where religion meets your rights – by K. C. Boyd

The Weekly Upchuck

Church:

  • A Day in the Life of the Family Values Gang Upchuck: Ohio youth pastor accused of sex with teen
 in church-owned house. ow.ly/kEGMK
  • Seditious Upchuck: Right wing propaganda machine incites an ignorant public. ow.ly/kIhxK
  • Taliban-like Upchuck: Houston mega-pastor teaches his manly men how to get the most out of their biblically obedient women. ow.ly/kIhD8

Education

  • Taliban-like Upchuckable Redux: Women, we’ll teach you who’s boss. http://bit.ly/147Q34j
  • Dominionism Meets Corporatism Meets ALEC Upchuck: Yikes. This is big . . . this is scary. Read please. http://bit.ly/15wFJaT
  • Education Is Highly Overrated Upchuck: T-Rex Ted (Cruz) Sets His Sites on education. http://bit.ly/16zBcDK

Islamaphobia

  • Klan-like Upchuck: Greeting card turns “Muslim” doll into a “Terrorist.” http://bit.ly/Ytz2mF
  • The Tie That Binds Upchuck: Islamophobia is one of the few things left to unify the GOP. http://bit.ly/11pKRMv

Military

Politics

  • God Luvs Guns Upchuck: Santorum loves him some NRA. http://bit.ly/18iLO9o
  • Jeezus Saves Upchuck: As one of Jesus’ legitimate “Chosen,” Mark Sanford is risen. http://bit.ly/190kmuI
  • Prime(ary)-Time Upchuck: The National Organization for Marriage declares it’s a no-go for Portman in ’16. http://bit.ly/10GB2lR

Same Sex Marriage

  • Sodom Meets Gomorrah Upchuck: Homosexual activists go after the “low hanging fruit,” no pun on their part intended. http://bit.ly/16nPPdE

 States

  • Ten-Gallon Upchuck: BSA Texas Council votes to continue ban on gay members. Rick-the-Perry stands with them. http://bit.ly/10GB2lR

Novelist K.C. Boyd is the author of Being Christian: A Novel, a steamy, pulp-fiction of a read.According to Mikey Weinstein, President of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, “Boyd created a story so riveting that not only could I not put it down, but upon finishing it, I found myself, like an addict, craving more.

More at the link.

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Another Upchuckable Week: The place where religion meets your rights

Posted by GottaLaff 
· Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 at 4:49 pm 
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Please welcome back guest blogger K.C. Boyd. You might remember her from her earlier posts. This one is longer than her others, so we’re only posting part of it. You can link over to read the rest here.

Another Upchuckable Week - the place where religion meets your rights – by K. C. Boyd

With the 2012 election a dim memory and it’s crazy-making religion soaked primaries even dimmer, you’d be well advised to keep an eye on the states because that’s where it’s happening when it comes to Christian Crazies. For a brief sampling, take a read:

Here

  • Proving there’s still a little ‘Year of the Bible’ in all of us, last month the Pennsylvania House of Representatives declared the fast-approaching April 30 as “National Fast Day.” http://bit.ly/108RbBq

There

& Everywhere

  • Conservatives target political funding, investing where it gets the biggest political bang: in statehouses. Take a look here to learn about state funding efforts : http://bit.ly/17BbL2Ls

The “State” of Education

  • A Central Mississippi high school allegedly forced students to watch a Christian video and listen to church officials preach about Jesus Christ. http://bit.ly/11WzIMN
  • In Tennessee: The Blue Ridge Christian Academy Gave Fourth Graders the Creationism Test Heard Around the Internet. http://bit.ly/158eumJ
  • In New York, the Godly wonder: Can the Bible Save Minority Students From NYC’s Failing Public Education System? http://bit.ly/12tlgyG
  • HB 1017, which sailed through the Arkansas House of Representatives, would require the state board of education to approve public school courses that teach the Bible. Similar measures were introduced in North Carolina and Wyoming. http://bit.ly/18sAMfa
  • Virginia politicians tried a different tactic: a state constitutional amendment mandating that citizens as well as elected officials and state employees have the right to pray on government premises and public property. http://bit.ly/18sAMfa
  • Pennsylvania must have some pretty dumb pencils because: 20 percent of its high school science teachers say they believe in creationism. Zowie.Zounds. Egad. http://bit.ly/166pZdL
  • Mississippi, (Yet again. – do I detect a pattern – er, a takeover?) opens the door to student-led prayer. The state makes schools develop policies giving opportunity to pray/preach at official school events. http://bit.ly/18sAMfa
  • In the hang-loose, shake your bootie state of Hawaii; Governor Neil Abercrombie (alas, he’s a Dem) proposed amending the state constitution to allow for public funding of religious pre-schools. http://bit.ly/108Smkv
  • Alaska legislators have proposed amending the state constitution to allow for tax aid to religious schools. http://bit.ly/108Smkv
  • Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ruled that school districts and cities are in violation of the State Constitution for offering health insurance benefits to the domestic partners of their employees.. http://bit.ly/16qIs51
  • A new Alabama tax-credit law that subsidizes tuition at private schools will likely end up helping academies founded to get around racial desegregation of public schools. http://bit.ly/108Smkv
  • Down in the bayou, a Louisiana voucher plan subsidizes religion: http://bit.ly/108Smkv

Speaking of Louisiana, Here’s an Extra Bit of Educational Lagniappe

  • Despite a half century Of Supreme Court Rulings, states still look for ways to sneak prayer Into Public Schools. http://bit.ly/18sAMfa
  • The eight most conservative senators join fight against common core education standards. http://bit.ly/12Jg9up

It’s on to the 2014 Election Upchuckables aka, How To Insure Religion Remains On the Ballot

  • The American Renewal Project, whatever the frick that means, plans to target twelve key swing states in the mid-terms. Reminiscent of Ohio’s ’06 dance with the “Patriot Pastors,” they plan to organize pastor briefings and voter registration drives in an attempt to restore the U. S. to its Judeo-Christian roots. http://yhoo.it/YwDsGE
  • Mat Staver’s Liberty Counsel, an affiliate of Jerry Falwell  Liberty University, announced that it is gearing up to mobilize pastors who share the belief “that America was established as a Christian nation, and the guardians of those Biblical principles has always been His church.” http://bit.ly/17BcYal

Military Issues Provide for Deadly Serious Upchucks (thanks goes to Mikey Weinstein and his Military Religious Freedom Foundation)

Novelist K.C. Boyd is the author of Being Christian: A Novel. According to Mikey Weinstein, President of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, “Boyd created a story so riveting that not only could I not put it down, but upon finishing it, I found myself, like an addict, craving more.

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VIDEO– GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte: I support “full equality for women” except for that equal pay thing; “already existing laws.”

Posted by GottaLaff 
· Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 at 12:26 pm 
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Senator Kelly Ayotte isn’t doing herself any favors these days. Recently, the daughter of a Newtown shooting victim confronted Ayotte on her position on gun safety measures at a town hall meeting. As you may recall, Kelly Ayotte voted against the gun background check bill. As a result, her poll numbers have plummeted.

Now the New Hampshire senator has opened her big, insensitive GOP mouth yet again:

Ayotte, who laughably claims in the video that she supports “full equality for women,” said this:

We have existing laws — Title VII, um, Lilly Ledbetter, all those existing protections in place — that, I believe, enforce and provide that people doing equal jobs are, certainly in this country, should receive equal pay.

So, um, that bill, in my view, didn’t add — in fact I think it created a lot of additional burdens that would have been hard, um, to make it more difficult for job creators to create jobs. …

The reason that I voted against that specific bill is that, I looked at it, and there were already existing laws that need to be enforced and can be enforced and I didn’t feel like adding that layer was going to help us better get at the equal pay issue.

She opposed the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would not exactly “make it more difficult for job creators to create jobs.”

Via Think Progress, where there is much more:

[A]t a town hall earlier this week, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) claimed that Congress has done enough to ensure that women receive equal pay for equal work. Indeed, she justified her vote against legislation intended to prevent employers from dodging federal equal pay law with an excuse similar to the National Rifle Association’s explanation for why we do not need any more gun laws — we just need to enforce the ones we have. [...]

It should go without saying that, if similarly situated women are not making the same amount as their male colleagues, then we aren’t doing enough to close this pay gap. So Ayotte’s suggestion that our current laws are sufficient cannot be squared with the reality facing women in the workplace. [...]

So when Ayotte voted against this bill, she stood up for employer’s rights to make completely irrational judgments about how much a female worker should be paid, and their right to retaliate against employees who are trying to figure out if they are being treated fairly.

Please keep proceeding, Kel. We American women can almost feel your outreach efforts from here. Kidding.

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What I will not write about today

Posted by GottaLaff 
· Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 at 4:57 pm 
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Sometimes I get so frustrated and/or disheartened and/or annoyed by some of the news stories of the day that I can’t bring myself to write about them. Here are a few recent reports that made my blood pressure hit the roof. I am avoiding delving into them at length out of concern for my physical and mental health.

See what I mean? So who’s up for a couple of Margs or a trough of wine?

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Jobs? Ha! House GOP’s new “jobortion” bill would ban abortions in D.C. after 20 weeks of pregnancy

Posted by GottaLaff 
· Monday, April 29th, 2013 at 2:24 pm 
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Rachel Maddow, April 29, 2013:

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Rachel Maddow, August 2012:

This is what the Republicans did with their big new majority after the
2010 election. Republicans’ jobs, jobs, jobortion agenda is so fast they`re focusing on the area of legislation so intently that it kind of seems like there should be a monthly newsletter for following this sort of thing.

I repeat, “And by jobs, Republicans mean abortions.“

Today Steve Benen at The Maddow Blog is reporting that the people in Washington D.C., the ones who have no voice in Congress, have more of that idiocy to contend with, via The Hill:

Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) is bringing back a bill to ban most abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy. [...]

It will be opposed by supporters of abortion rights and the D.C. “home rule” movement, which believes Congress should not set policy in the District.

There’s that warm and fuzzy GOP outreach again. I write about that a lot, because the hypocrisy is so astounding.

Benen writes that the Franks bill will “almost certainly not” have a chance of becoming law. But that doesn’t mean that the constant and astounding Republican hypocrisy doesn’t extend to their claims of coveting “small government” as they try to jam their intrusive laws down America’s throats:

[L]et’s call this what it is: a big government proposal in which federal lawmakers want to overrule the judgment of local officials, overriding the wishes of a city because some in Congress feel like it.

Another “jobortion” bill will bite the dust, right alongside what’s left of “Republican credibility.”

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