This is a difficult subject. Pity the embattled religionists. In attempting to apply their credos to American civil life, they stumble against powerful forces. If they make heaven too attractive, people may want to control their deaths to try to get in sooner. If they try to prevent people from choosing a death, their slumbers may be troubled by the misinformation they must give out. In this month of women’s history, I hope we’ll ask ourselves why women aren’t mentioned in the Constitution and why life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are not advanced now for the majority of the U.S. population.
What are our values? What is our education teaching us about tolerance for different values? It’s a difficult subject, but responsible people need to face it.
Why am I preoccupied with coat hangers today? If you haven’t heard of the coat hanger era, check here:
I hope you will join me in presenting Base Metal Coat Hanger Awards to the Governors of these United States for signing legislation that crudely micromanages women’s health and beliefs:
I nearly lost my mother when I was seven because she couldn’t find three doctors, including a psychiatrist to support her decision to stop a hemorrhage from an Rh-negative fetus which wasn’t going to live. Some of these brave, principled men hid on the golf course. That was the rule in those days of the Coat Hanger Era. I admit my bias. Religious adherence did not help my grandmother or my mother to make a decision about a medical puzzle during their pregnancies.
If Udo Lindenberg tells it rightly, even vampires have a problem with Type O Rhesus-Negative.
So, why are we sending women to school if we don’t want them to think?
I hope to hear soon that there is a fund to equip women in the heartland with video-capable cell phones when they enter these artless "counseling" session for full display on Youtube. If we all have to listen, maybe some hearts and minds will change.
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