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Health & Fitness

GOP versus the US Constitution

The GOP disregards the 1st Amendment, Supreme Court decisions, and other laws. Are they the stupid party or do they think they are above American law?

The GOP seems intent on limiting women’s rights by inserting religion into civil law. Our founding fathers knew religion and civil law was not a good mix hence the 1st Amendment. But the GOP lawmakers believe they have every right to ignore the law.

Last week GOP lawmakers:

  • Proposed a bill to make Christianity the state religion of North Carolina, which would have completely overturned First Amendment. This just solidifies the well held belief that republicans only like white male Christians!
  • Passed a bill in Missouri allowing pharmacies to decide what drugs they sell to women, which also conflicts with the 1st Amendment. It also disregards the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) signed by Missouri lawmakers in 1975.
  • Passed a bill in North Dakota banning abortion after six weeks, which conflicts with Supreme Court decision, Roe versus Wade. (GOP lawmakers want more citizens with brains that don’t function. Brains start functioning about the same time a fetus is considered viable per Roe versus Wade.)
  • Passed a bill in Arkansas denying abortion rights after 12 weeks which also conflicts with Roe versus Wade. At least Arkansas admits they discriminate against women by not passing the ERA.
  • Passing a bill that would completely outlaw abortion for any reason, which also violates Roe vs Wade. Kansas GOP lawmakers also want citizens with non-functioning brains!

Some states want to propose laws making all the eggs in a woman’s body citizens. Now this is so incredibly stupid I don’t know where to start. Can someone tell the Republican Party it also takes sperm to make a human! If this is made law can women deduct all their citizens, aka unfertilized eggs, on their taxes? Can women receive food stamps for all their citizens? Can these citizens vote – they don’t have functioning brains either!

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All of these laws will be challenged but how much of our taxpayer money will be wasted on this nonsense? How many women’s lives will be lost trying to abort unwanted fetuses without the benefit of a clean clinic?

What is worse is the GOP has taken away women’s rights without due process. Instead of going through the courts they are just taking freedoms away state by state. Ms. Roe challenged existing law and won! That decision should be upheld until that decision is changed. But Republicans don’t bother with legalities when they can use “god” to justify their bad behavior.

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Republicans are dead set against allowing women the rights granted by the Supreme Court and the first amendment.

The GOP doesn’t just want to control women’s vaginas. Wisconsin Republican lawmakers repealed the Equal Pay act because women were clogging the legal system. Hmm, how about being a decent Christian and paying women fairly! This by the way is in direct defiance of the US Equal Pay Act of 1963.

If lawmakers cannot follow the law by keeping their religious doctrine out of the civil laws, they should be fired. Personally, I think lawmakers should be imprisoned for breaking the laws we elect them to uphold. I have a question for Republicans and/or Christians that want to overturn the First Amendment and limit women’s rights: Why: does it make you feel good to know you are oppressing people?

I believe in the soul as do many Christians, which means we are human for a nanosecond. Let’s live it with dignity and respect each other.

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