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In reply to the discussion: Robert Reich: The moral crises of our age has nothing to do with gay marriage or abortion... [View all]sendero
(28,552 posts)29. As I have said here before....
... the right to get married to a same sex partner or the right to an abortion are moot if you are living under a bridge.
It doesn't look like the 1% will have enough until most of us are living in a cardboard box.
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Robert Reich: The moral crises of our age has nothing to do with gay marriage or abortion... [View all]
Playinghardball
Oct 2014
OP
The single most important issue facing us is the reestablishment of our democracy.
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#33
It's a hard pill to swallow and I pity those living in denial that think we can continue
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#36
I've been saying that for years. Grousing about abortion, gays, contraception....
Triana
Oct 2014
#4
They use women and minorities for political purposes. If we had a true democracy, those issues
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#46
The 1% respectfully disagree, and their bought-out Media empire will tell us, 24/7.
blkmusclmachine
Oct 2014
#9
Well sometimes not being able to have an abortion can make a woman homeless
BrotherIvan
Oct 2014
#43
That thinking is very narrow minded and very short sided. All of our civil rights and human rights
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#35
Inciting racial strife among Dems over whether we're paying enough attn to racial strife –
snot
Oct 2014
#45
That's exactly why they do it. They USE these issues, cynically, to try to control the 'left' with.
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#47
+1!!! So true! Where are the so called "Moral Leaders?" I can't tell because they are soooo quiet
Dustlawyer
Oct 2014
#11
Has Reich ever said how he views that issue now--after seeing what has happened in the real world?
bklyncowgirl
Oct 2014
#28
Exactly. The wedge issues that keep us fighting on the fringe while Wall Street and Congress fuck us
whereisjustice
Oct 2014
#19
It's also destroying the earth's critical biosphere for their profit and amusement.
Enthusiast
Oct 2014
#26
Crooked lawyers, corrupt city government, unethical community leaders...
Baitball Blogger
Oct 2014
#48