Honestly, I loathe calling anything a "war on (fill in the blank)" unless it involves actual soldiers with real weapons, but these last few months have pushed me to the brink. Today, when I discovered that Democrats in my home state of Illinois, one of whom I have voted for repeatedly have decided that I am a farm animal, I tumbled over the edge of that brink and am now free-falling into pure rage.
Rather than eat myself alive with that rage, I'm formulating a plan.
1.) I will not vote for a Catholic candidate. Extreme? Yes, but here is the deal. I've been sold out by Catholic Democrats in my state more than once. They may be Democrats, but when push comes to shove, they almost invariably choose the Pope's wishes over my rights. And I'm done with that. This most certainly means I'll have no candidate to vote for in some races, but so be it. Yes, I realize evangelicals are probably the bigger problem nationally, but not so much in my neck of the woods. I have nothing personal against any Catholic and am glad that they can worship as they please, but any of them who try to infringe on my rights need to stop it right now.
2.) I will no longer sit quietly when these outrages occur. I've written letters all day today, promising these dominionists in my state that I will work against them when they come up for re-election, and I will. I have contacted the county Democratic party and insisted they come up with someone to run against my representative. And I intend to follow up with them.
3.) Instead of just sending letters to my local paper, I'll also send a few statewide. Thanks to a great deal of time spent here, I can write a pretty mean letter now and again.
4.) I am finally going to join the local group of Progressives who meet monthly. I know many of you have been doing this all along, but it's difficult to me. I'm not overly social by nature but I have to do this. I apologize for being so late to the party.
I am a Christian and yes, there is a war involving religion in the country but that war is meddling, misogynistic politician vs women. I either have to fight, or live with myself if I don't. I don't think I can do the latter. What is it the second amendment folk say? Oh yeah.
"You can have my uterus when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers."