Day: March 16, 2012

You know what, Moon and I will stop obsessing about birth control and the Republican attack on women, when no longer have to read about insane legislation!

I am almost speechless, ALMOST, being the operative word.  Are we in the 21st century?

Since when do you have to tell your employers about your sex life?????!!!!!!!!!

In what WORLD do these Arizona Republicans believe it is ok to fire women because they use birth control for sex??!!  WHAT IN THE HELL is happening to my country?

Why would a woman get fired you may be asking, well, what if the sex police determine her affidavit was fudged?

This my friends, THIS legislation, is what intrusive government really looks like.

OMG, what an invasion of privacy.  I am disgusted.

 

Arizona Birth Control Bill Penalizes Women For Using Contraception For Non-Medical Reasons

Arizona legislators have advanced an unprecedented bill that would require women who wish to have their contraception covered by their health insurance plans to prove to their employers that they are taking it to treat medical conditions. The bill also makes it easier for Arizona employers to fire a woman for using birth control to prevent pregnancy despite the employer’s moral objection.

House of Representatives passed earlier this month and the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed on Monday, repeals that law and allows any employer to refuse to cover contraception that will be used “for contraceptive, abortifacient, abortion or sterilization purposes.” If a woman wants the cost of her contraception covered, she has to “submit a claim” to her employer providing evidence of a medical condition, such as endometriosis or polycystic ovarian syndrome, that can be treated with birth control.

 

Holy Cow!  Does he understand what he is saying?  How out of touch is it to compare Quebec to Puerto Rico? 

Spanish AND English are the official languages.  What would he do?  Ban people speaking Spanish?  Didn’t that happen with the Navajo children?  They were banned from speaking their own language. 

Stephen Colbert pretty much said it all:  It takes some cojones to tell Puerto Ricans they can’t say ‘cojones.’

Rick Santorum should never be left in charge of diplomacy.  Was that a little Spanish accent I heard slipping in there?

 

If Governor McDonnell signs the new Virginia Voter ID bill, it is expected to get the green light from DOJ.  Virginia is one of 16 states with  a history of voter discrimination that requires DOJ approval.  Voting laws have been extremely contentious this year. 

According to the Washington Post:

Even some critics of Virginia’s legislation — which is among the most hotly contested of this year’s session — aren’t counting on the Justice Department to stop it.

“It’s not as severe as the other two laws, in South Carolina and Texas,” said state Sen. Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fairfax), who nonetheless thinks the Virginia measure is intended to “hold down minority votes.”

For decades, Virginia has required voters to provide a voter registration card, Social Security card, driver’s license, government-issued identification or photo ID from a private workplace. About 10 years ago, the state changed the law to allow people without an ID to vote as long as they signed a sworn statement attesting to their identity.

Under House and Senate bills passed this year, anyone without identification could cast only a provisional ballot. It would not be counted unless the voter provided identification — in person or via fax or e-mail — before election results were certified six days later. At the same time, the bills would expand the list of acceptable forms of identification to include a college ID, current utility bill, bank statement, or a government check or paycheck bearing the voter’s name and address. The list goes beyond what was called for in the Help America Vote Act of 2002, said Sen. Mark D. Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)

 This bill doesn’t seem like it will restrict anyone.  I was unaware that we have a problem with illegal voting here in Virginia, however.  Is this one of those unnecessary bills?  Is this bill one of those anti immigration bills that is a wolf in sheep’s clothing?  Do hordes of illegal aliens try to vote? 

I think the bill actually makes voting easier.  Someone else will have to poke this one with a stick.  If I want to fight with Republicans, it won’t be over this bill.