Linda Harvey #fundie #forced-birth #homophobia

Linda Harvey #fundie #forced-birth #homophobia rightwingwatch.org

Far from apologizing or changing his mind or respecting both our faith and our First Amendment rights, no, our President has doubled down, he now says this [contraception] mandate stands and will extend even to students, so Christian college insurance plans will now be required to pay for abortion-inducing drugs without any copay for both employees and students. How does a sitting president get away this this? I don’t know and we need to pray for him because his insulting rebellion in the face of God is breathtaking. Pray for his repentance. But just as we have to call out to God for help on these issues, we Christens also need to ask—within lawful means, of course—we have the God-given freedom to make changes in America which not all oppressed people in this world do. A godless dictator and his minions do not rule this country yet, we the people do.

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It is clear where this administration stands on respecting liberty, they don’t, or respecting faith, they don’t. We know they’re so committed to abortion and homosexuality that they’re willing to support late term abortion, to undermine national marriage law and to sanction open homosexual behavior in our military. Should we trust this administration? Not with our lives and our faith, and that’s really sad.

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old comment by Swede

Nobody is "committed to abortion", you dolt! We're committed to respecting liberty; the liberty to decide what happens to your own body, the liberty to decide how many children you want/can take care of. We also think that each child born has the right to be wanted, expected, loved and cared for. If you can't provide, you shouldn't have a child.

Homosexuals exist, whether you like them to or not. You might as well start prohibiting redheads in the military, or refusing people marriage to someone who supports the same baseball team.

Citation needed for this late term abortion you people always scream about. Is it really a big problem? In Sweden you have to have a medical reason for abortions later than 18th week. As in the fetus is malformed in some way, or the pregnancy threatens the life and health of the woman. An overwhelming majority of abortions are spontaneous abortions and most of them happen before week 12. Most induced abortion also happen before week 12.

old comment by Extraintrovert

I'm feeling a bit grumpy today, Harvey, so I'm going to dispense with the pleasantries and deliver a warm, hearty fuck you and the horse you rode in on.

It's glaringly obvious you don't give two shits for freedom. Or rather, you don't give two shits about freedom for those who don't think exactly the same way as you do. No, you're only interested in control, in submission, in ensuring that every single person is forced to live the way YOU want them to, and that anyone who doesn't is swiftly punished. You don't care that your endless tirade against people who just want to love each other devastates innumerable lives, or even outright ends them. You don't care that deciding how and when a women has a child is the defining factor in raising their health, education and general standard of living. And you certainly don't care that if your precious God was real he would smack you upside the head for being a selfish, arrogant, domineering pustule that spreads hate, intolerance and lies, all to feed your superiority.

But even you serve a purpose. People like you, so open in their bigotry and loathing of anyone not like them, show clearly to the world that your way of thinking is insane and destructive, and while it will take many centuries more eventually you'll be viewed in the same pitying way we currently view those who used to perform human sacrifice. But still, fuck you, you piece of shit.

old comment by Anon

For the n+1-th time: contraceptives cause abortions like fire extinguishers cause fire. Where does the level of misinformation in this quote come from?

>>Swede

Citation needed for this late term abortion you people always scream about. Is it really a big problem? In Sweden you have to have a medical reason for abortions later than 18th week. As in the fetus is malformed in some way, or the pregnancy threatens the life and health of the woman.<<

Wikipedia informs me that ~1% of all abortions performed in the US are at week 16 or later (so, somewhat less than 10,000 cases/year). That's a bit less than the rate of abortions for maternal health / fetal health reasons, but Wikipedia doesn't give a reference for what fraction of the late-term abortions are for medical reasons.

old comment by Skatepunk

@Thinking Allowed Basically, a FSTDT designed for specifically right wing people rather than fundies.

Also, the Republican Party didn't just do something wrong by trying to pass the Blunt Amendment. They did something STUPID. By cracking down on contraception coverage in times when the economy is far more important, they proved they just don't give a flying fuck about the American people.

Hell, Obama's compromise was more than fair (exempting religiously-affiliated organizations and not just churches), but no, the Republican Party couldn't have that because, (gasp), non-Christians would still have easy access to birth control. We must stop these "sluts" at all costs, even during election year! (Seriously, what were they thinking)

Whew... done. I tried to be fair to both sides, but when Olympia Snowe is the ONLY voice of reason in the GOP, I cannot remain unbiased.

old comment by Amadaun

Did you hear? Lex Luthor stole forty cakes. That's as many as four tens. And that's terrible.

He also wiped out the national deficit, stepped down nuclear armament, cut unemployment by 80%, and developed a drug problem and went completely insane on national television after selling his daughter to aliens. That's the story of his presidency.

The Venom insanity thing is what everyone kinda remembers, of course. And that's really sad.

What? I can live in imaginary worlds talking about scary evil presidents, too. And I didn't even have to make mine up!

...come to think of it, neither did you. You've got other people to do that for you. And that, also, is really sad.

old comment by Extraintrovert

@#1390337
"Why is everything about abortion and homosexuality to you people?"

Control. It is ALWAYS about control. When a person's own life is micromanaged to such an insane extent, with arbitrary and idiotic restrictions on seemingly everything (because GAWD commands it, dontcha know?), then that person has a tendency to attempt to control others people's lives, because they have no control over their own. Abortion and homosexuality are merely two of the innumerable examples where the highly religious seek to impose the same level of "Thou Shalt Not" on others that is inflicted on themselves, even if said actions could not possibly affect their own lives in any way.

Sincerely, your friendly neighbourhood armchair psychologist

old comment by Anon-e-moose

On BBC News last night, I watched an interview with a Republican party insider, and he stated that Obama may very well have his 2nd term in the bag, even though Romney is their candidate.

Even before Frothy Mixture was still in the running, and Romney's rival, Obama was several points ahead of the latter in the polls; more so, post-Rantsorbum's dropping out. But now with Romney, there's still a problem with him (and not just because he's regarded as a 'RINO', nor because he's a Mormon):

When Gingrich & Paul were still in the race, in TV debates, to pander to the Teabaggers, each was trying to outdo each other, re. abortion & contraception; 'I am considerably more pro-Life than thou!'.

As stated by said Republican interviewed, ccording to polls out, post Rantsorbum's dropping out, Obama is 18 points ahead of Romney - and that's a poll conducted purely amongst women voters.

Because Obama is pro-Choice.

And he said it's already damaging their party's chances of getting Romney into the White House.

The BBC's correspondent in the US had interviewed a group of pro-Lifers - all rabidly right-wing Fundamentalist Christians to a man & woman - and they point-blank affirmed that even if Romney lost, they wanted to make a point about the 'rights of the unborn child', and all that jazz.

Blinded by 'faith' indeed.

Moral: Pray all you want, Linda. Obama's gonna get his 2nd term, all bar Romney's conceding later this year. Great way to alienate half of your potential support base, dearie - by kissing the arse of the Patriarchal religion you profess to follow, Stockholm Syndrome-like.

And if this whole malarkey makes an entire swathe of the US electorate so disillusioned about the electoral process of their country that they refuse to vote in perpetuity - and the Repubicans are destroyed as a result - good.

Because the Democrats - and everything they stand for: Freedom - will then rule for ever and ever RAmen.

It is clear where this bile administration stands on trying respect, they don’t, or firing the aspect, they don’t. We know they’re so committed to extortion and my sexual hooit that they’re supporting to will term five tail extortion, to undermine national military behavior law and to sanction lax moose hue in our open marriage. Would she trust this administration? Not with our hour tail sand and that’s really sad.