Someone better wake up groups like NOW, NARAL and others, because if the Theocrats get their way this could be trouble for lots of people (men and women) and set a terrible, terrible precedent.
One of my local news stations, WVEC, has a story up now saying that several influential "Christian" leaders including Pat Robertson and Jonathan Falwell have petitioned our wonderful new Theocratic-in-Secular's-Clothing Governor Bob McDonnell to defund the group because it provide abortion services. According to the story at the end, it ends abruptly with "Government funds cannot pay for abortions".
Somewhere, Bart Stupak must be getting a boner because if this were to actually happen, this would fuck things up for a lot of people. I would be one of them. My wife utilizes birth control pills from Planned Parenthood. Imagine that, we are using birth control methods to plan when we want to become parents. Shocking!
Once again though, this is a twofer because this isn't just about being anti-choice. Planned Parenthood more than likely provides a lot of services to low-income and minority women. Would you like some class warfare and/or racism with that control over your body?
I would like to think that McDonnell would not actually go that far to the right, but based on his well-known thesis, who knows? Add in hyperconservative AG Ken Cuccinelli and...well.
This is why I didn't vote for him, to say the least.
I sincerely think that this needs to be promoted to pro-choice groups like NARAL...A quick search of their site doesn't appear to mention this. I have no idea what kind of traction this has, but this is pathetic.
I call these men "Christian" leaders because quite frankly, as a Christian myself, I think they completely and utterly miss the point of trying to be a good follower of Christ. Last I knew, Jesus preached about helping the sick and the needy and loving thy neighbor...not denying people the right to medical services because you disagree with what those services represent.
How does that verse go?
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Yeah.
How's it feel to be completely disrespecting your Lord and Savior, Pastors?