Jade Margery
Stranger in a strange land
Oh hey! This has turned into another abortion debate, of course.
I'd like to introduce a new side of this problem (apologies if it has already been mentioned) and maybe we can chew on that for awhile instead of rehashing abortion over and over again.
The thing is, I'm from Ohio, I'm in Ohio right now, and I feel like I'm justifiably furious at this legislation. Besides the fact that I'm pro-choice, I think this is wrong for another reason.
First off, the majority of Ohioans DID NOT WANT THIS. No polls taken in the last month have shown that a majority favor this bill, in fact quite the opposite. Why, then, would we have voted in all the idiots who passed it?
Because they didn't run on platforms of abortion reform, they ran on platforms of economic reform. Like almost every other state out there, Ohio has serious economic and state budgetary problems, and the rallying cry from the Republicans last election cycle was to fix these problems.
Now, not only have they not done as they said they would and the economy is as bad as ever, but they are devoting all their energy to social legislation that they know is going to go to the Supreme Court. They also know that it is most likely going to be turned down. But it takes years to take a case to the Supreme Court... years and lots and lots and lots of money. So instead of trying to fix the economy and get our State out of debt, they are signing up for an extremely expensive and pointless gesture on our dime.
Is it moral to run on a platform saying you'll do one thing, then once you get into office do something else which no one wanted you to, and which will make the thing you originally said you'd do even harder to accomplish?
I'm so mad I could spit.
I'd like to introduce a new side of this problem (apologies if it has already been mentioned) and maybe we can chew on that for awhile instead of rehashing abortion over and over again.
The thing is, I'm from Ohio, I'm in Ohio right now, and I feel like I'm justifiably furious at this legislation. Besides the fact that I'm pro-choice, I think this is wrong for another reason.
First off, the majority of Ohioans DID NOT WANT THIS. No polls taken in the last month have shown that a majority favor this bill, in fact quite the opposite. Why, then, would we have voted in all the idiots who passed it?
Because they didn't run on platforms of abortion reform, they ran on platforms of economic reform. Like almost every other state out there, Ohio has serious economic and state budgetary problems, and the rallying cry from the Republicans last election cycle was to fix these problems.
Now, not only have they not done as they said they would and the economy is as bad as ever, but they are devoting all their energy to social legislation that they know is going to go to the Supreme Court. They also know that it is most likely going to be turned down. But it takes years to take a case to the Supreme Court... years and lots and lots and lots of money. So instead of trying to fix the economy and get our State out of debt, they are signing up for an extremely expensive and pointless gesture on our dime.
Is it moral to run on a platform saying you'll do one thing, then once you get into office do something else which no one wanted you to, and which will make the thing you originally said you'd do even harder to accomplish?
I'm so mad I could spit.
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