Category: Reproductive Rights
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Why Worry About Same-Sex Marriage and Trans-ideologies?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhy worry about same-sex marriage and trans-ideologies? This article is not a rejection of same-sex partners and trans people. It’s a request for the missing narrative about hetrosexual relations and how they affect social organization. Currently it is being drowned out by a particular version of a patriarchal narrative. It is more…
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Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Enabler
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Republicans have spent decades trying to repeal Roe v Wade. They were out of step with reality when they started. Now that their cherished conservative dream has finally come true, they are even more out of step with reality. Although Republican madness is obvious to millions of people, five conservative justices,…
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Lords of Chaos on the Supreme Court
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt seems the Supreme Court Justices are lords of chaos. Leaking the Supreme Court decision on Roe v Wade was like waving a red cape in front of a bull, or a MAGA cap in front of a progressive. It has brought out the worst in progressives and put anything good we…
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Republicans Don’t Want to Reverse Roe v Wade
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRoe v Wade has been a gift to the Republican Party. A candidate can be a war monger, a corporate puppet, and eat puppies and kittens for breakfast, but if he or she is pro-life none of that will matter to conservative voters. Another candidate can have a great plan…
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The Seducer State and the Free Labor of Mothers
Reading Time: < 1 minutePaul Ryan told American women in a televised speech that they must bear more children. Because this speech closely followed the passage of the scandalous tax bill that reduces taxes for the rich and therefore endangers funding for social programs that help mothers, Ryan’s proposal demonstrates the connection between the seducer…
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Will a Higher Birthrate Lead to a Better Society?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe very government that nags us to increase the birthrate squeezes the unfortunate among us and gives benefits to the rich. So, will a higher birthrate lead to a better society, as a certain bishop has claimed? I doubt it. The question should be, will it lead to love and compassion in…
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The State is Your Daddy
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s been my policy to ignore the Republicans. However, I feel I should say something about the government shutdown and the House tax bill. Since the Republicans control both houses of Congress I suspect that they actually want the shutdown to happen. Therefore, their threats represent a clear and present danger and…
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Humanity at the Crossroads
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just read the New York Times article about the baby homes in Ireland. Patriarchal ‘morality’ creates a throwaway culture. It turns love to hatred, beauty to ugliness, and human kindness to cruelty. If we really want to make things better we have to let it go. [1] [1] Ireland wanted…
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Irreconcilable Differences?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re all aware of the conflict in the Catholic Church between those who want the Church to be more modern and those who want it to maintain traditional discipline and forms of worship. For those of us on the outside, the public comments have been so cryptic and contradictory it’s impossible…
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This is How We Should Talk to Each Other
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo Italian designers made a statement about gay marriage that turned out to be very controversial. However, I believe this is how we should talk to each other. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana said in a recent interview that they oppose gay adoptions. They also oppose gay marriage. They believe ‘the…