Keep 'em Barefoot and . . .

 

Harris & Ewing, photographer. N STREET, KITCHEN. [Between 1905 and 1945] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016861773/>., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Your labor pains begin. You need a medial professional. Where to turn?

You anticipate complications. Who cares? Certainly not the Iowa legislature in their act of not-yet ultimate misogyny. What is the ultimate act? Well, South Carolina wants that honor. The state legislature there has passed a bill that would subject women who have an abortion to 30 years in prison or the death sentence. Yes, the Death sentence. Next, lynching for a miscarriage?

Meanwhile, a "Christian" so-called Right to Life group seems to prefer death to abortion in Tennessee unless the patient is "bleeding out". How very Christian of them.

Be afraid, women. Be very afraid.

In other Keep 'em in the kitchen news, a headline  tells us that "Southern Baptists boot Saddleback Church for having a female pastor".

Women pastors as allies or adversaries? Adversaries, of course. It is our duty to Almighty God to keep uppity women out of positions of authority. Give 'em an inch and soon they will want equality and autonomy. Keeping women under our control is a key component of our drive to return to the medieval age and Christian control of the cultuture and the country. Tomorrow, the World! Praise Jesus.

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Power Grab

 

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Power Grab

A contributor to the AZ Central news outlet summarizes the attack on voting rights by those who would deny those tights in favor of a supposed* strong man authoritarian rule selected by a "committee" of solely or predominately right-wing authoritarian voters. The erosion of voting rights and the recent rule of an incompetent but charismatic president signal the final days of the experiment in democracy.

With the ability to select which voters to give the strongest voice through voter suppression and gerrymandering, we can expect the future day in which we live under an essentially one-party rule with authoritarian rulers representing a segment of society at the helm. Those facing diminished representation might then see restrictions on free speech to cement the ruling party's grip on power.

The shutting down of alternative voices has worked well for religions for thousands of years. It creates the illusion that the words of the powerful are representative of reality through the Argument by Consensus. If a majority of people in a culture can be convinced that the consensus defines reality, rulers then have the minds of the people in their hands. That same procedure routinely puts despots and tyrants into positions of power, as we saw with abundant examples through the twentieth century.

A link to the AZ Central article:

Supreme Court upholds Arizona law, giving voter protections their last gasp