Saturday, April 28, 2012

Commentary Tidbits

My apologies for not posting for the past few days. Work has been extremely busy this week. Don't worry -- I'll be back to my normal posting schedule next week, with plenty of good posts to share.


Religion Dispatches: Today We Pray for Women for Whom Pregnancy is Not Good News ...

AlterNet: After a Generation of Extremism, Phyllis Schlafly Still a Leading General in the War on Women

Politicus USA: America Faces the Specter of Religious Apartheid

Media Matters: Huckabee: Hate-Crime Laws Are "A Form Of Reverse Racism Or Reverse Sexism"

Canyonwalker Connections: Scott Lively Brings the “Ugly Jesus” with Him

Mother Jones: The War on Women: Sex-Trafficking Edition

Xtra: Family Research Council blames us for prostitution

Ms. Magazine: Group Opposes VAWA Because Act Helps Lesbians

8 comments:

  1. After reading the last story in your list, I linked over to 10,000 Men Support VAWA. Very hot. :)

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  2. That's a pretty in-depth article on Politicus, and no doubt there are some fundies who would want a religious Apartheid, I don't think that they have the manpower to pull it off anymore. They are still strong, and sometimes invulnerable regionally, but nationwide is a different story, as we can see in Santorum's failed bid for presidency.

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    1. TWF -- That gives me hope. While the Religious Right could certainly do a lot of damage in the attempt, I have faith that many citizens would oppose them.

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  3. I found this from the first story particularly offensive:

    "The inclusion of spirituality in the pro-choice movement, the Liberty Counsel proclaimed, was “comparable to the religious leaders in Germany who supported Adolf Hitler.”"

    Give me a freaking break. People bandy about Hitler comparisons far too readily!

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    1. Knatolee -- Agreed! Reproductive rights are NOT in the same moral category as Nazis! I wish anti-abortion people would stop making that ridiculous comparison.

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  4. I think we've long had religious apartheid in the US. It was assumed everybody was Christian, and American society was built around that assumption. Workplaces gave employees all the major Christian holidays off with pay, stores catered to the Christian holidays, the public square was festooned with decorations for Christian holidays during the applicable seasons, etc. Each person was assumed to be Christian and if s/he wasn't s/he kept quiet to keep the peace.

    The reason we're having so much discord now is because Christian Privilege is being challenged. People who aren't Christian aren't as afraid to state it openly. Christian displays on taxpayer property are being challenged as they are unconstitutional. Stores are opting for "happy holidays" in deference to the fact that there are multiple holidays observed by different groups. The Christians are angry because they're not getting unearned, undeserved preferential treatment any longer and they're working to get it back.

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    1. Buffy -- It annoys me so much when right-wing Christians claim that they are being "oppressed" and "silenced" because they aren't receiving deferrential treatment anymore. The demise of Christian privilege in this country ccan't come soon enough for me.

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