The Indiana bill
By on Oct 6th, 2005 at 5:27 pm
The Indiana bill
that sought to make marriage a requirement for motherhood (including specific criminal penalties for unmarried women who do become pregnant “by means other than sexual intercourse”) has been dropped by its legislative sponsor.
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Looks like someone pointed out how stupid the legislation was.
Z.
October 6th, 2005 at 5:32 pmGee Zwack,
That never stops any OTHER stupid legislation.
October 6th, 2005 at 5:49 pmLike, say, bridges to nowhere or tax cuts during
a war.
So much for Intelligent Design and don’t look for the second coming of Christ to be in Indiana. We would be in a heck of a lot of trouble if Bethelem had such a law.
October 6th, 2005 at 5:50 pmGo Clyde Go!
Mary was an unwed mother. Jesus was conceived by means other than intercourse!
Go Clyde Go!
October 6th, 2005 at 5:54 pmOK so maybe she was married…. but she was also a Virgin!
October 6th, 2005 at 5:55 pmMaking America safe for turkey basters again…
October 6th, 2005 at 6:18 pmWere there going to be specific penalties for men who knock up innocent women? Just asking…
October 6th, 2005 at 6:21 pmClyde,
Stop with all those damn facts and logic. You’ll make those NeoCon’s heads explode.
On the other hadn, keep it up and watch out fo the splatter.
October 6th, 2005 at 6:30 pmWhat has happened to America? Where was our country misplaced too in 2000?
The best way for children to grow up emotionally stable is do away with proverty,repeal those tax cuts for the rich, repeal the so called death tax, health care for all Americans. Affordable housing, affordable Education Mr bush…..
Get the hell out of other peoples countries! Stop stealing the oil and natual gas mr bushco!
October 6th, 2005 at 6:32 pmProtect womens rights not destroy them and btw stop playing God because once again you have Failed the Litmus test Mr bush. Get a different base not the dobson crowd!
When I heard this I could not believe it, what’s in their water back there. Gees! I LOL at all your coments, beyond bazarr….Blessings
October 6th, 2005 at 6:40 pmIt’s just more irrational ChristoTaliban religious bigotry against gay people.
October 6th, 2005 at 6:49 pmThis sure doesn’t look like Kansas anymore….
Being from the left coast I can’t say what the good folks in Indiana really think like. This whole thing was kind of mind blowing.
October 6th, 2005 at 6:58 pmI was astonished to hear the news earlier and am relieved that it has been dropped.
October 6th, 2005 at 7:46 pmThe harsh reality is that it was introduced in the first place!
Do these legislators know how stupid they are? Do the people who elect them know how stupid they are?
Marie,
The obvious answer is “No” to all of the above.
They have failed to learn the lesson of time. Any Government cannot legislate morality and remain in power. They may try but eventually they will be meet the test: You can fool all of the people some of the time and you can fool some of the people all of the time but you can’t fool all the people all of the time.
(Will Rogers–or maybe Mark Twain, or even Abe Lincoln. Tell me–don’t make me google it.)
I think they just fooled a few people (themselves) for a short time.
October 6th, 2005 at 7:54 pmMy apologies for not proofing. Change ” will be” to “must” to read “…they must meet the test”…”
October 6th, 2005 at 7:56 pmClyde, I’ve always thought that was a Lincoln quote.
October 6th, 2005 at 8:27 pm“You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.”
Abraham Lincoln
Thanks Marie
October 6th, 2005 at 8:54 pmCompare to this little pearl from our President:
“There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.”
October 6th, 2005 at 10:22 pmThe bill was introduced by Mike Pence one of the most dangerous men in amurk. He envisions himself being a senator, then president.
The man is a right wingnut neocon who wants all people to be like him. Idiocy anyone?
October 7th, 2005 at 1:21 pmPablo, What bill does this guy have in the house? Another repubs that wants to take away from the poor and middle class. What they should do is repeal the tax cut for the rich, the energy and transportation bill.
October 7th, 2005 at 2:49 pmWar Protest – Nov 10 2005 Take a day off! – Please Read
If you feel, as the majority of Americans and people throughout the world do, that the war in Iraq is wrong, and you wish you had a way to show the Bush Administration, the Government of the United States, and the world, how you feel about it, then join us in our world wide walk out on November 10th 2005.
Show the world how you feel, and just how many of us feel this way. Let’s drive the point home by taking away from them their most precious item; money.
On November 10th 2005, unless you hold a position which people rely upon in the event of an emergency (you work at a hospital, a firemen, policemen etc), don’t go to work. Try not to drive your car; don’t watch T.V.; don’t use the internet. Stay at home. Read a book. Play with your kids. Engage in a hobby.
Plan a vacation day at work. Call in sick. Use your best judgment on how to take this day off.
If we don’t get their attention this way, we’ll just do it again, until we do.
If the people speak, and speak together, they have to listen.
Please email this to as many of your friends and colleagues as you wish/can.
October 7th, 2005 at 7:42 pm