Exhibit #1:
Iowa's Supreme Court mandated the state permit gay marriage. Next week, there is a special election for a state Senate seat. If the GOP candidate, Cindy Golding, wins the GOP and Dems would have the same number of seats, allowing for a vote on a state marriage amendment. During a candidate forum Golding said, "Until we allow the citizens of Iowa to vote on this issue and the citizens of Iowa to vote it up or vote it down, it will continue to take all of the political attention and energy off of other issue (sic)."
Translation: the GOP will use this issue to prevent work on any other issue. Either they are going to hold the Iowa Senate hostage, or they are going to use gay marriage as a smokescreen to hide their inaction on useful government work.
Exhibit #2
Mississippi has a constitution amendment up for a vote next week that declares personhood begins at conception. That means (1) all abortions (even if the result of rape) can be prosecuted as murder, (2) birth control methods that prevent a fertilized egg from implanting on the uterus become illegal, and (3) miscarriage might be prosecuted as involuntary manslaughter. There are probably other very much intended consequences.
Ashley Sigrest was raped 13 years ago. She had an abortion. Since then she "accepted Jesus" and is now in favor of the amendment because, she said, "Rape is no excuse for an abortion."
Timothy Kincaid of Box Turtle Bulletin asks, "pregnant rape victims are looking for an excuse?"
Many years ago I saw a play that included this great line: "Darling, do you ever listen to yourself speak?"
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