Thursday, May 21, 2009
Legislature / Woods How Dare They? Senators Buck Christian Right on Family Planning
Posted by Jeff Woods on Thu, May 21, 2009 at 2:24 PM
"I can't imagine a right-thinking community where the parent should not have some involvement in the child's medical condition, whether STD or otherwise. I think the bill is aimed at something that's very real and very proper: To vindicate the rights of parents. That's the high duty of any community. But we ought to cure it, Mr. chairman, in such a way as to not maim or kill a bunch of children. That's what I'm talking about."Pith's favorite action hero, freshman Rep. Tony Shipley, is the House sponsor of this bill. He was sitting on the front row watching the Senate proceedings. We're surprised he didn't invoke God's wrath, scoop up the senators and drop them into the Cumberland River. Actually, we're sorry he didn't, but that's another story.
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Does it ever occur to those folks that not everyone has a mature, responsible, supportive set of parents who might not exactly be supportive of your problems, who might throw you out of the house, beat you up or something worse if you did something they didnt' agree with. Or parents who are so checked out they don't give a hoot, and won't participate in their kids problems? The world is full of less than ideal situations. If you want to kill a bunch of children, I can't imagine a better way than to fix it so that you have to tell your parents about things that may cause them to kill you in many various ways. They'll never ask for help under these circumstances.
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Does it ever occur to those folks that not everyone has a mature, responsible, supportive set of parents who might not exactly be supportive of your problems, who might throw you out of the house, beat you up or something worse if you did something they didnt' agree with. Or parents who are so checked out they don't give a hoot, and won't participate in their kids problems?
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