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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore news from the unhinged Repug patriarchy......
WA Republican Says Maria Cantwell Is Unqualified to Talk About Birth Control Because She's an Unmarried Woman
What year is this again? Oh, and what decade?
An opponent, state Sen. Michael Baumgartner, denounced her for signing a Senate letter arguing that the so-called "morning after" birth control pill should be available over the counter at pharmacies. Baumgartner said that Cantwell was not qualified to talk on the issue because she isn't married.
On Tuesday, I wrote about how Republicans would have a fighting chance at this contraception debate if they stayed on the message that it was only about religious liberty, but because their visceral need to slut-shame is so great that they just can't do it. They are incapable of applying their habitual message discipline to this issue because they really, really hate the idea of women being on control of their own sexuality.
The very next night, during the latest GOP Cavalcade of Clowns, the point was illustrated perfectly. Gingrich and Romney stayed on-message, insisting that birth control isn't an issue and it was all about freedom to worship as one pleases and people's "conscience." ..............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/817500/wa_republican_says_maria_cantwell_is_unqualified_to_talk_about_birth_control_because_she%27s_an_unmarried_woman/
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More news from the unhinged Repug patriarchy...... (Original Post)
marmar
Feb 2012
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niyad
(113,552 posts)1. more like what friggin' century?
treestar
(82,383 posts)2. So unmarried men fit that category too?
Unhinged indeed.
tanyev
(42,610 posts)3. So how are unmarried male priests qualified, pray tell?
Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)4. Unmarried women should have a general strike against Republican men.
Very easy, actually. Unmarried, woman..."are you Republican?" yes - no sex. No - sex. Simple...lets see how quick the thinking changes.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)5. that logic would mean that a lot of Republican men would be unqualified to discuss
defense of Marriage ...
Matariki
(18,775 posts)6. grrrrrrrrr
Remember Me
(1,532 posts)7. Did I wake up today in some alternate reality or something?
It sure feels odd here on this planet to me today.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)8. We've been in an alternate reality for decades!
The problem is, that it's getting crazier and crazier!