Since When is Hate is a Moral Value?

by js on November 3, 2004

I felt sick to my stomach for most of the day today. La Di Da sums it up well:

I now realize that most Americans do not vote their economic interests, but vote on social issues, especially gay marriage and reproductive rights. I live in a country in which the majority fears sexual self-determination, civil liberties, and women’s autonomy more than it fears poverty, war, and disease.

… and I don’t get why.

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Damn Bush!

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by Dan on November 4, 2004 at 8:00 pm. #

I can tell you why, JS, but you won’t like it. It’s about controlling women. It may be theologically-based or maybe it’s just deep-seated misoygyny, but it’s about controlling women.

by Elle on November 8, 2004 at 9:34 pm. #

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