Nothing about a lot of something

This post has been a difficult one to write. So much is not being covered in MSM and yet there is so much going on.

Under the radar:

The Missouri House of Reps wants a Christian state. No jews, no muslims, no catholics, no undeclared, no angostics, no atheists are welcome.

They also passed a bill, now in the state Senate, to prohibit birth control. All forms of birth control.

South Dakota passed a law to eliminate all abortions. If you happen to be HIV + and get pregnant, you have no option in South Dakota. However you can drive to a neighboring state. If you have money and transportation.

Tennessee also wants to eliminate abortion.

As does Mississppi.

My step-niece, in Texas, is now pregnant. She is 18. She was on birth control but stopped. She says the pregnancy is three years too soon. Her chances of poverty are huge now, virtually inevitable. Any other children will escalate her chances of being impoverished. She will not abort, but the stigma and pressure on her to keep the child is great from our society's point of view. And yet buckling under this pressure she is most likely to become a burden as will her children. Should she have stayed on birth control? Should her boyfriend used condoms? Yes indeed. But where is the grace to correct this mistake?

What the hell are we asking of one another when we pass crap legislation that is religiously based? Where did we get the idea that morals only come from religion? Morals existed long before any formal religious teaching or doctrine.

Just when did religious freedom trump all other freedoms?

When the Talibangelists rail on about censorship of their freedoms, we are merely reigning in the influences that lead to punitive, discriminatory, gender-based, racially and economically targeted laws that cripple what democratic ideals we still have a hold on.