Pic Of The Moment: GOP Congressmen Want Employers To Be Able To Fire Women For Using Birth Control

[EarlG]

Republicans again appeal to theocracy

House committee votes to upend first D.C. law in 23 years

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[Mnemosyne]

1. Makes me want to

Assholes.

[AuntPatsy]

2. Where's the power of Facebook and Twitter, tweet and retweet again until everyone has his name!

[yuiyoshida]

3. Okay but...

How is my employer going to KNOW if I am using birth control, I am certainly not going to tell them and If they ask, its non of their damn business!. Why the f@*^$ would they even ask me? I am so glad I live in San Francisco!

[Helen Borg]

16. What if hubby wants you home with the kids?...

He might tell?....

[yuiyoshida]

17. well for one I am not married..nor do I really want to be...

secondly there won't be any kids, as I don't want any.. third.. if there ever is a hubby, she will probably not want kids either

[SoapBox]

19. ...

[Helen Borg]

25. Righto. But I did not use "you" to mean "you" specifically...

[yuiyoshida]

65. ah...

the unspecific "you" .... oops!

[Helen Borg]

78. "ye" as opposed to "thou", to be specific.

There was a reason for it in the old days...

[yuiyoshida]

88. wow you are talking old days...

Like Shakespeare old days... Romeo and Juliet!



But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she:
Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!

[Helen Borg]

89. Yup :)

Man, in that painting, it looks like Romeo's pants are glued to his body or something!

[yuiyoshida]

90. Lol I noticed that too...

[Johonny]

24. if you have employer based insurance

they might track what you use it on... Most companies wouldn't want to know. Companies run by sick brain damaged GOPers already want to kick birth control off your insurance. I have no doubt they'll force insurance companies to flag birth control users for them if allowed to.

[CrispyQ]

39. Doesn't HIPPA protect from that kind of snooping?

I know they can probably get around it, but if you found out they were actually doing this, isn't there a law against it? Your employer snooping your med files?

I feel like I've fallen down a rabbit hole.

[awoke_in_2003]

52. Yes, it is supposed to protect us...

but as we drifter further and further into Corporatism... Hell, call it what is really is- Fascism.

[CrispyQ]

54. Yeah, what's a little sharing of secret info between corporations, huh?

Wink, wink.

What a disgusting mess.

[awoke_in_2003]

57. And getting worse...

my grandchildren will have to fight the same fight my grandparent's generation did.

[Plucketeer]

33. Chrishria law!

Bible trumps Constitution any day!

[pansypoo53219]

41. talibornagain. sharist?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

4. FUCK the PUKES.

With a rusty flagpole. Sideways.

[Hepburn]

22. DITTO!!!!!!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

34. and

Afterwards....instead of a cigarette....


A BLOWTORCH!!!!!

[Arugula Latte]

83. I like your style, Blanche.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

84. likewise!!!!

we rock!

[DetlefK]

5. "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's" means PAY YOUR TAXES!

[underpants]

21. Yeah he completely missed the point of that verse

It is basically the basis of the separation of church and state.

[Stevepol]

31. Exactly!

Why didn't someone ask him to explain what he meant.

The question might go something like this: "If I might ask the congressman to explain what he means by the analogy. My memory of that scripture is that the Pharisees were tempting Jesus to make sure he was paying his taxes and thought they would trip him up. So they asked if his disciples paid their taxes. He said, 'Show me a coin.' And they showed him one. 'Who's image and superscription is on this coin?' he asked. 'Caesar's,' they said. 'Render, therefore,' he is reputed to have said, 'unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and render unto God that which is God's.' The people during that time, who evidently were more conversant with analogies and metaphor than some in our halls of Congress understood exactly what he meant. 'Pay your taxes. Your religion, like the Kingdom of Heaven, is spiritual and is within you. Give spiritual things to God, give material things to the powers that be in the material world.' Am I misreading this passage of scripture, Congressman? If not can you please enlighten me. I breathlessly await your brilliant exposition. As it seems to me you're saying that abortion is OK in the material realm but not in the spiritual, or maybe it's the other way around. I'm totally confused."

[corkhead]

6. That's my congressgoon!

Koch brother toady Tim

[justhanginon]

7. Does this also apply to men

buying condoms or having vasectomies? Last I heard those are forms of birth control.
I am getting to the point that, fairly or unfairly just the word "christian" is making me nauseous.
Why is it always the men in congress that come up with this misogynistic crap?

[Moostache]

80. whoa, whoa, whoa....let's not get crazy here!!!

(SARCASM INTENDED just to be clear!)

If Viagra remains covered and birth control is not then I truly hope every man taking Viagra, while simultaneously exposing the evils of women taking control of their bodies through birth control, suffers a debilitating embolism and ends up being sustained on a feeding tube with no control over their own bodies as cosmic justice.

[marym625]

8. Bravo!

[Faygo Kid]

9. As a Michigander, I can only say that Walberg is an embarrassment to my state.

What a total jerk, and always has been. Voters electing him should be ashamed.

[Snotcicles]

11. This Michigander would insert "this shitstain" between "that" and "Walberg" nt

[Baitball Blogger]

10. Caesar wasn't even brought into the world in a

way designed by God. I'm surprised they're using him as a proponent for natural birth.

[LynneSin]

12. Did the guy use a scripture about paying TAXES as a reason to fire women for using birth control

What a WHACK JOB

[NBachers]

13. We'd all have been better off if Mary had been on The Pill herself.

This guy looks, talks, and thinks like a huge anal cyst. How does anyone vote for ignorant vicious shit-balls like this?

[MADem]

14. What an idiot...!

[RoBear]

23. Incredible response!

I'm going to share this with friends; hope that's okay!

[MADem]

26. Hell, go for it, I swiped it myself...! nt

[William769]

15. Kick & recommended.

[SoapBox]

18. Radical Religious Terrorists

These freaks are a true danger for America.

[GoneFishin]

20. What a moron. Likewise for anyone stupid enough to vote for him.

[wordpix]

27. complete idiot & wtf does the quote have to do w/birth control?

these pukes cannot even think straight

[Politicalboi]

28. America 21st Century

Giving men more control over women's bodies, and giving them the guns to enforce it.

[Half-Century Man]

29. Why is a representative of the people in Michigan

Worried about protecting the religious hatred of employers in the District of Columbia?

Overstep much?

[Kalidurga]

30. It's a good thing that the GOP isn't engaging in a war against women.

If they are this bad when they are friendly I would hate to see what they would do if they had evil intentions. Oh wait...

[Novara]

32. This is 2015, folks.

Thank about that for a while. We've been fighting about BIRTH CONTROL throughout the last few years when IT WAS SETTLED in 1965 in Griswold v. Connecticut.

This is, of course, unconstitutional, not that it ever stops them.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

35. Didn't you know the role of women is to be a vessel for spirits from God?

Preventing a pregnancy is making all of those baby spirits sit forever in the Divine Waiting Room.

[AngryDem001]

37. But what about all the sperm that falls to the ground

when a man masturbates?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

45. Spilled seed soaks into the earth and become demons.

[d_legendary1]

47. That's what cleaning wipes are for

To make sure you can catch it. Otherwise holy hell and all that...

[vlyons]

36. Becuz - you know - Every sperm is sacred

Because every sperm is sacred
Every sperm is great
If a sperm is wasted
God gets quite irate

Monty Python - The Meaning of Life

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

38. Jesus was talking about taxes

Something Republicans vehemently oppose.

[pansypoo53219]

40. wonder why they IGNORE the taxes part.

and i seem to remember WE ARE NOT LIVING UNDER SHARIA.

YET

[samsingh]

42. repugs have no bottom to their idiocy

[tartan2]

43. Hey folks this gop turd is an ordained minister.

He wouldn't know or understand separation of church and state. Why isn't there a law preventing a minister from holding any political office? It is just so wrong.......

[libodem]

73. Yeah

Why? Hmmm?

[Initech]

44. These people are insane. Certifiably.

[Lifelong Protester]

46. It's a definite'' WTH? ''

[The CCC]

48. Pic Of The Moment: GOP Congressmen Want Employers To Be Able To Fire Women For Using Birth Control

When I want to render unto God I go to the church of my choice, not my government/employer. Keep your damn government/employer out of my religion.

[classof56]

49. Gee...this is a real trip down Memory Lane on the Wayback Machine

Usta be, employers could ask a married female being interviewed for a job just what she did to keep from getting pregnant, since they didn't want to deal with the cost of providing, medical expenditures during the pregnancy, maternity leave, paying someone to cover her job, all that spendy stuff. Then there were the probing questions asked working mothers about who watches the kids while the Mom's at work, etc. etc. etc. The idea that a female employee should make as much as her male counterpart was, of course, unheard of. The notion of the working mother was almost unheard of (back in the 50s and 60s, before the Feminism Movement hit the national radar), since hubby was supposed to be the breadwinner and stay-at-home moms were the "norm". I'll never forget a children's book about "the family", which stated (with appropriate illustrations of course), "Daddy goes to work to make pennies, Mommy stays home to take care of baby." Sigh....

But I digress. Fact is, I'm simply appalled at this "congress-idiot's" statement. First of all, the twisted scripture taking Jesus' words out of context is bad enough, but I'm guessing he's totally against employers covering health care for female employees who aren't allowed to use birth control when the resulting pregnancy/childbirth/child care expenses kick in.

Good. Grief. And god help us all.

[ProfessorGAC]

50. God Wants This Guy To Mind His Own Business

Not kidding. God told me to tell him!

[awoke_in_2003]

51. Whenever you hear "Jesus THE Christ"...

you can bet lunacy is going to follow. Why can't they just say "Jesus Christ"? Do we say "Tim the Walberg"?

[Orrex]

68. I hate to nit-pick, but...

We do say Winnie the Pooh and Jabba the Hutt, so...

[awoke_in_2003]

69. Ok...

I guess it works for fictional characters

[MynameisBlarney]

53. When these Fascist Theocratic Talibangelicals start spewing this shit

It makes me want to smash things.

[AlbertCat]

55. And god what's god's

I have GOT to remember to return that casserole dish I borrowed from Shiva!

[Shrike47]

56. I think he might be saying that gov't shouldn't make law about why employers can fire people.

Which is clearly wrong of him, if so. We make such laws all the time, like you can't be fired for being away at jury duty.

[CrispyQ]

58. I can't even comprehend a mindset this . . . unhinged.

Much less that he is in Congress.

[world wide wally]

59. Here, numb nuts.

God gave me this middle finger just for you.

[Curmudgeoness]

60. And if you are pregnant or have kids,

they probably will want you fired as well. I am sure that they will find scripture to justify that as well.

[HockeyMom]

61. So where are the MALE employees being fired for buying condoms,

or horror, for getting vasectomies? Little secret Misogynists? Females don't get pregnant all by themselves. Sin? Hello? MALES spilling their "seed" without the possibility of conception!

[Turbineguy]

62. One thing I've noticed about some people who go to Washington

They get imbued with some sort of mental disorder. They think that whatever they say makes sense and is good. When in fact they are deranged morons.

[allan01]

63. and the r's whine and complain about government interferance in our lives ???!!!!???!

[deathrind]

64. WTF...

These idiots continue to quote bible verse and continue to completely miss the point of the verse. It is times like this when it would really be nice to see another member set aside the courtesy and decorum and call this idiots stupidity out in front of everyone.

[mackerel]

66. Why it's Jesus the Christ himself. Where's the wine let's party.

[TBF]

67. Lunatics ...

[Iris]

70. wouldn't most employers prefer that their employees used contraception?

[Arugula Latte]

71. Relgion. Making people stupid for 2,000 years.

[PatrynXX]

72. and right now Jesus is confused

face palm

[libodem]

74. Booking

In case I'm ever depressed and I need something hysterical to cheer me up.

[cui bono]

75. It's time to outlaw Christianity.

I see no other solution.












(but kinda not really)

[blkmusclmachine]

76. https://dummidumbwit.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/dominionism21.jpg

[RKP5637]

77. More and more the inmates are running the asylum. n/t

[father founding]

79. no worries

Doesn't look like Timmy needs to worry about birth control.

[Cryptoad]

81. This is the very reason for the decline of the Christian Church,,,

idiots making up Church Doctrine to suit their own needs. Christ never spoke of birth control in the Scriptures.

[lupinella]

82. K&R n/t

[TRoN33]

85. I agree. W... T... F...!

This is exactly one of many reasons why young people are leaving religion in record numbers in 2014. I left it in 2005 and I found myself to be far more spiritually connected to Mother Earth than ever.

[oberliner]

86. That Bible quote doesn't mean what he thinks it means

For what that is worth.

[tclambert]

87. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,

or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

Contrary to many Republican "thinkers," this applies to individuals as well as corporations.

If a woman doesn't happen to interpret the Bible, or the Writ of Cthulhu, or whatever, the same way Rep. Dumbass does, she should not be discriminated against any more than if she were a Unitarian rather than whatever dumbass religion Rep. Dumbass pretends to follow.