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angrychair

(8,592 posts)
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 08:04 PM Jul 2014

June 30th, 2014

I preface my actual OP with this statement: While some will believe this to be hyperbolic and melodramatic (if you will, stop reading), the dissenting members of SCOTUS find much to be concerned about. Many intelligent and thoughtful people find much to be concerned about. With that being said...

Many years from now, when children study the history of our country, they will reference this day as the day everything changed. The christian taliban efforts to destroy those that don't agree with their views has now taken on new life and a new direction. Couch it however you want. Make what excuses you need to help you sleep at night. The majority SCOTUS decision today will become the touchstone for their efforts moving forward.

This is not the final word from the christian taliban on women's health. This is not the final word from the christian taliban to implement their dominionist agenda in the United States. This is just one more piece of the puzzle. This has shown that their efforts to make head way with the SCOTUS is possible. The model has been established. The method has been marked. The christian taliban have been crowing with righteous vindication since the ruling. All of the effort to move us forward in human rights in the wave of rulings in favor of marriage equality have been marginalized by a ruling such as this. A ruling such as this now throws the rights of LGBTQ people in the workplace into that gray area. Those concerned with fairness and justice for all people go from making great leaps forward to now waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Women go from making head way decade after decade to only see those rights and freedoms called into question and the future of all those gains called into question. Women's health is being assaulted on all fronts. Women's rights and freedoms are being assaulted on all fronts. This is an assault on the rights and freedoms of our mothers, daughters, sisters, wives and friends and neighbors.

This ruling is more than dis-hearting. It is more than a setback. It will and has embolden the christian taliban to step up their efforts. All across the country now, right-wing hate groups and republicans in state government and the federal government are working on new petitions to the court to press their victory to further minimalize the poor, people of color, LGBTQ and women and any that do not embrace their specific christian values. They will now work harder than ever to implement their dominionist efforts to take control of our government and our lives. To many of us this is a fight for fairness and equal rights for everyone. To them it is a holy war. They have an all powerful sky wizard on their side. He wrote a special book just for them. He wrote the Declaration of Independence just for them. He wrote the Constitution just for them. They have their own special rules that apply only to them. They can change them any time they want. They can move the goal post any time they want. No matter how much things are in their favor that are perpetually the most persecuted group in the world.

I have serious concerns moving forward. This will only get worse long before it gets better. As liberals and Democrats, we have to do better than we are now. We have to contest every election, everywhere. We have to make our case better than we are now. We have to be louder. We have to be the loudest voice in the room. We have to be the one to say "the emperor has no clothes". We have to do it in a clear, intelligent and honest manner. We can NEVER let batshit crazy have the final say in the matter. Silence is acceptance.

Voting matters. Municipal votes matter. County votes matter. State votes matter. Federal votes matter. If you don't vote, you don't matter.

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June 30th, 2014 (Original Post) angrychair Jul 2014 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author 840high Jul 2014 #1
"To them it is a holy war." I keep telling DUers that our side has the attention span of a gnat... Hekate Jul 2014 #2
GOTV K&R Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #3

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Hekate

(90,189 posts)
2. "To them it is a holy war." I keep telling DUers that our side has the attention span of a gnat...
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 08:36 PM
Jul 2014

... but that those who are motivated by religious fervor take the long view -- the very long view. They've been working on their Dominionist theocratic projects for close to 40 years now.

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